“I am - in Pascal’s famous phrase - wagering my life that Jesus is the ultimate authority. My answer is a confession: I believe. It is a personal commitment to a faith that cannot be demonstrated on grounds established from the point of view of another commitment….The Christian commitment is distinguished in that it is a commitment to a belief about the whole of human experience in its entirety – namely, the belief that this meaning is to be found in the person of Jesus Christ, incarnate, crucified, risen, and destined to reign over all things.”
Leslie Newbigin, The Open Secret, p. 15.
