Posts from October 2014

Posts from October 2014

Can Faith and Doubt Co-Exist?

The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel Objection #6 – Can Faith and Doubt Co-Exist? “Those who believe they believe in God but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe in the idea of God, and not in God himself.”  Madeleine L’Engle In this final article from Lee Strobel’s book, The Case for Faith, the once atheist now pastor and evangelist takes us to a major stumbling block…

I Still Have Doubts, So I Can’t be a Christian

The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel Objection #5 – I Still Have Doubts, So I Can’t be a Christian Theologian Lynn Anderson remembers the time a brilliant novelist came to the small Canadian town where he lived as a boy. One day, as he visited with Anderson’s family, the writer asked Lynn, “Do you really believe the Bible’s true? Babies born from virgins, dead people coming out of the cemetery?” “Yes,” Lynn answered, “that’s what I believe.” The writer…

God and Evil

The problem of evil is the one argument that most atheists cling to in defense of their world view. They say that the existence an omnipotent and omnibenevolent creator is logically inconsistent with a world containing evil. Evil is a great problem that causes many of us to question our belief in who God is. Many wonder how an all-powerful, completely good God can allow such suffering and evil to occur in this world; i.e. Sandy Hook shooting, the slaughter…

God Are You There?

Sometimes our walk with God can be confusing: Why it is that God, at times, feels closer than my very skin? And other times further than the moon? If you find yourself struggling with God’s existence, there are several arguments for God’s existence. I encourage you to research and understand each argument. This is not an exhaustive list however, but these arguments are very applicable, powerful, and easily understood. They are as follows: The Cosmological Argument, The Ontological Argument, The Moral…

The Bible is Inaccurate and Unreliable

The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel Objection #4 – The Bible is Inaccurate and Unreliable For years, skeptics have assailed the Bible as a book of pious pronouncements, and scientists like Carl Sagan claimed science would prove the Bible to be unreliable. This question of the historical reliability of the Bible was a major stumbling block for journalist Lee Strobel before his conversion. So, like any good journalist, he decided to investigate. He turned to theologian Norman Geisler, an…

What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity

Maximus, in the movie Gladiator, before his epic battle with the barbarians said, “What we do in life, echoes in eternity!” But does it really? If who I am, what I do, or who I become means nothing, how then can life have any meaning? Inevitably we all will begin asking life’s most difficult questions. One question we all ask ourselves is; is my life significant? Does it matter? Is there purpose to my life? If so, what is that…