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    May 22, 2019

    Questioning Christianity - Week 4 - Identity

    Questioning Christianity - Week 4 - Identity

    Speaker: Patrick Lafferty

    Series: 2019 Questioning Christianity Q&A

    Category: Questioning Christianity

    I teased [my voice] back by singing in empty theatres. I would sing, and crap out, and my knees would buckle and I would whimper in frustration. I didn’t know how I was going to carry on. Was I going to be some guy named Walter who doesn’t sing? Did I have to get a regular job instead? I’ve been singing since I was five. It’s my identity. - Art Garfunkel

    *Due to technical issues, the recording of this week's Q&A is not available.

    I teased [my voice] back by singing in empty theatres. I would sing, and crap out, and my knees would buckle and I would whimper in frustration. I didn’t know how I was going to carry on. Was I going to be some guy named Walter who doesn’t sing? Did I have to get a regular job instead? I’ve been singing since I was five. It’s my identity. - Art Garfunkel

    Talk: Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC

    Reorienting us to the series:

    • As neither belief in God nor atheism can be proven, all positions rest on beliefs: premises which require some measure of faith-commitment
    • But even if there is no way to prove any position with certainty, positions can be compared and weighed according to experience, evidence, and within themselves (internal consistency)
    • No matter our position we all require a way of satisfaction, meaning, morality, justice, hope….and an identity that sustains us regardless of our performance

    Problem: We all need a sense of self and worth.  Am I only as good as my latest achievement?

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