Quote by: George MacDonald

I would never speak about faith, but speak about the Lord himself - not theologically, as to the why and wherefore of his death - but as he showed himself in his life on earth, full of grace, love, beauty, tenderness and truth. Then the needy heart cannot help hoping and trusting in him, and having faith, without ever thinking about faith. How a human heart with human feelings and necessities is ever to put confidence in the theological phantom which is commonly called Christ in our pulpits, I do not know. It is commonly a miserable representation of him who spent thirty-three years on our Earth, living himself into the hearts and souls of men, and thus manifesting God to them.


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Author Bio


  • NameGeorge MacDonald
  • DescriptionScottish author, poet, and Christian minister
  • AliasesAuthor of Dealings with fairies,
  • BornDecember 10, 1824
  • DiedSeptember 18, 1905
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Minister; Poet; Novelist; Cleric
  • WorksLilith; Phantastes; David Elginbrod; The Princess And The Goblin; At The Back Of The North Wind