Today, on renewing your mind.

For Kirkaguard, the existential leap of faith was not something

that was patently irrational or absurd,

but it was something that on the surface

seemed to be irrational and absurd,

and what Kirkaguard is saying is that that's the risk

that a person has to take if they're going to be a follower of Christ.

Have you committed yourself passionately to the Christ of Scripture?

In other words, have you taken what Soren Kirkaguard called the existential leap of faith?

Kirkaguard was a 19th century Danish theologian and philosopher,

and he didn't meant words when he addressed the lack of passion

that marked the church of his day.

Today on renewing your mind, Arcy Sproll shows us what we can learn from Kirkaguard.

We remember that Socrates was known as the GAD fly of Athens

because of his style that was so provocative

as he would go through the marketplace and ask people

penetrating questions and try to stimulate their thinking.

So the modern philosopher who also was given that descriptive nickname of GAD fly

was Soren Kirkaguard, who many believe to be the father of modern existentialism.

Of course, Kirkaguard lived in Denmark.

He was born in 1813 and died in 1855 at the young age of 42.

I remember as a college student being a philosophy major

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