Unavoidable Conflict The notion that the holidays serve as little more than emblems of family dysfunction is now a cliche, fodder for countless jokes, movies, and television shows. From National Lampoon’s A Christmas Vacation to The Ref, the modern take on the holiday season is decidedly cynical. These
“Doubt everything, find your own light.” These are the last words of the Buddha. It sounds like good advice, but then the human heart invariably presses on to doubt itself! After all, what security, what authority, what kind of assurance can we have that this light is true?
Unavoidable Conflict The notion that the holidays serve as little more than emblems of family dysfunction is now a cliche, fodder for countless jokes, movies, and television shows. From National Lampoon’s A Christmas Vacation to The Ref, the modern take on the holiday season is decidedly cynical. These
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
(Psalm 19:1–2)
Specified complexity is the notion that systems and structures bear certain markers of design. That is to say, we can reasonably infer based on the characteristics of an object that it is likely caused by an intelligent agent, rather than a natural random process.
When it comes to the question “why does the universe exist at all”, the only reasonable answer is the theistic one; an eternal God created it and continues to sustain it.
Is there really a God? To this question, answers fall into three basic categories: 1. No (Athiesm) 2. Maybe (Agnosticism) 3. Yes (Theism) We must deal with the question of God’s existence. Indeed, how we answer this question might be the most important thing about us. It affects
When we ask the question of those who never heard, it demonstrates our accountability to God in that He is also calling us to respond to Him.
Despite the witness of nature and the witness of the conscience, without God’s intervention in our hearts, we turn away from Him.
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