22 Quotes by Nancy R. Pearcey

In the past, most civilizations held that reality consists of both a natural order and a moral order, integrated into an overall unity. Therefore, our knowledge of reality was likewise thought to be a single, unified system of truth.

Modernists claim that the lower story is the primary or sole reality – facts and science. Postmodernists claim that the upper story is primary – that even facts and science are merely mental constructs.15.

Many people concluded that morality does not qualify as objective truth. It consists of merely personal feelings and preferences.

A reductionistic worldview leads to a lower view of humanity – and thus of the human mind. It reduces human reason to something less than reason. Yet the only way any worldview can argue its own case is by using reason. By discrediting reason, it undermines its own case. It is self-defeating.

We must be committed to turning away from idols and toward God as the ultimate source of truth in every area of life. To avoid being “conformed to this world,” we must “be transformed by the renewal of your mind.

Christians must become independent thinkers with the tools to think critically about diverse points of view – weighing the evidence and judging the validity of arguments.

Most people do not know that the hospice movement has Christian roots. It was the brainchild of an English medical humanitarian, Dame Cecily Saunders, in the 1960s, and it arose directly from her deep Anglican faith.

The challenge today is to create new structural supports for the practice of celibacy – structures that integrate singles into our families and churches again, especially older singles who are often overlooked.

In every decision we make, we are not just deciding what we want to do. We are expressing our view of the purpose of human life.