Abraham Joshua Heschel said that, «We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we have the answers.» He believed that to be a Christian is not to be a person who knows all the answers but one who «lives in the part of the self where the question is constantly being born.» Most of us don't think very much about our questions. In our culture, we are accustomed to being able to find out answers to nearly any question just by typing it into Google search or asking Siri. But behind any answer, there is always a question. Sometimes, the question isn't clear to us; sometimes, it is not very well articulated, even to ourselves. But it is always there. In over thirty years as a psychotherapist and spiritual director, Peter C. Wilcox has seen how the questions people ask themselves have shaped their lives in some very important ways. This book is an invitation to see how important it is to learn how to ask the right questions about our lives. This is because our choice of questions leads us on a path of discovery towards answers that help us to grow spiritually and psychologically. Our questions orient our lives and give direction to us. We will see that they enable us to make fifteen choices that have a tremendous impact on the kind of person we become.
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Peter C. Wilcox. There are no Right Answers to Wrong Questions
There Are No Right Answers to Wrong Questions
Table of Contents
Introduction
Reasons Why People Ask The Wrong Questions
Questions in the New Testament
Learning to Ask the Right Questions
Fifteen Ways Our Questions Influence Our Choices to Grow Spiritually and Psychologically
Conclusion
Bibliography
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15 Ways Our Questions Influence Our Choices to Live a Christian Life
Peter C. Wilcox
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Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.4
How deeply we are influenced by this way of thinking is evident in a variety of ways. Among other things, we see it by looking at what we read and what we admire. When we survey the best seller lists for non-fiction books in recent years, we see that virtually every one of these books has to do with achievement, how to become more successful, the quality of lifestyle, and the pursuit of excellence. We also see this in the proclivity we have for the rich and famous. Pop stars, actors and actresses, as well as sport figures—these are the people that our culture holds up for admiration and emulation. If this is our criteria, imagine the kinds of questions that people would be asking.
