I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much. Lionel Blue beginpaulsympathetically Change image and share on social
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two. Lionel Blue christianitydividejesus Change image and share on social
The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. Lionel Blue basechristianchristianity Change image and share on social
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge. Lionel Blue acknowledgecareecclesiastical Change image and share on social
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly. Lionel Blue cancelcomfortablegay share on social
I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses. Lionel Blue beginplussproblem Change image and share on social
It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. Lionel Blue fanaticismresultunknow Change image and share on social
The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs. Lionel Blue basebeliefchristian share on social
I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls. Lionel Blue endhalllearn Change image and share on social