Relocating To Elfland

“Comprehension excludes amazement and admiration. I comprehend or think I comprehend the things that are self-evident and perfectly natural. Often comprehension ceases to the degree a person digs deeper into a subject. That which seemed self-evident proves to be absolutely extraordinary and amazing. The farther a science penetrates its object, the more it approaches mystery. Even if on its journey it encountered no other object it would still always be faced with the mystery of being. Where comprehension ceases, however, there remains room for knowledge and wonder. And so things stand in theology.” (Bavinck, p. 1.619)

“A Christian believes, not because everything in life reveals the love of God, but rather despite everything that raises doubt. . . . Throughout the whole domain of faith, there remain crosses (cruces) that have to be overcome. There is no faith without struggle. To believe is to struggle, to struggle against the appearance of things.” (Bavinck, p. 1.441)