The Forgotten Door: In our rush to prove truth, the Church forgot about beauty

It’s not always a solid argument that wins a heart to Christ but, increasingly, an encounter with something far more transcendent. Let’s get rid of the moss and bring on the beauty, says Andy Kind

I addressed the crowd with confidence: “Christianity is not about feelings, it’s about facts,” I declared.

A smattering of applause and the odd “Amen!” punctuated the air but, on the face of my non-Christian friend, I simply saw a broken hallelujah. He had agreed to come to the event and hear me speak because of a certain ‘spiritual longing’ that he was experiencing. Yet, in the space of one trite aphorism burned straight from Now That’s What I Call Evangelical Soundbytes, Volume 3, I had dragged him back through the looking glass from an imagined Wonderland and into the solid, sober world of Christian evidentialism.