What we can learn from Larry Sanger's journey to faith

Niv Lobo  |  Features
Date posted:  11 Feb 2025
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What we can learn from Larry Sanger's journey to faith

Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia. Source: Wikimedia Commons

On February 5, just last week, Larry Sanger — a former philosophy professor and a co-founder of Wikipedia — announced his conversion to Christianity. He accompanied it with a long account of how that happened.

What’s going on? A vibe shift? A revival? A surprising rebirth of belief? Whatever is happening at a cultural level, I give thanks for Sanger’s testimony. Reading it was a delightful, encouraging experience; there were moments in Sanger’s story which struck me with a wonderful freshness, as well as others which resonated with my own coming to faith. It’s long, but I recommend reading it for yourself.

Either to whet your appetite, or to spur some discussion after you’ve read it, I thought I’d share some of my reflections on his story. While Sanger is commendably keen to avoid presenting himself as an authoritative Christian voice, and while one person’s journey to faith in Christ is just that, there are some valuable lessons to shape our praying and our practice in making Jesus known.

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