When I was a kid, one of those many Christian clichés often rang out at Bible studies and spiritual dialogues: “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” Well, this rather bold assertion lives or dies on whether or not the source of God’s Voice is reliable. Our church banks on the presumption that … [Read more…]
At the heart of the Christian Faith is this cardinal tenet that a man named Jesus was conceived apart from the laws of biology and performed a slew of supernatural works; like treading on very thin ice – water actually – and raising dead people to life. Yet though he was a very good … [Read more…]
The co-founder of the Methodist Church (along with his brother) and one of the greatest evangelists of the 18th century, both in England and America, John Wesley, once offered this logical progression of thought regarding the Bible: “This Book had to be written by one of three people: good men, bad men or God. It … [Read more…]
I don’t think I’m overstating a probability when I say that most people in our culture believe in God; and by this I simply mean, that He exists as something more than just some Grand Idea or Eternal Metaphysical Absolute. In most people’s mind, God is a Real Person. I believe I can safely add … [Read more…]
We live in a day when it’s impossible to believe everything we read. With the plethora of self-serving agendas out there, as well as an equal or greater number of charlatans who are looking out for #1, and a boatload of mutually-exclusive ideologies all touting to be the final word, it’s getting more and … [Read more…]
