Reasonable Faith -

Jesus deliberately offended people. And there’s probably no better example than John 6:53. ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.’

A guy at work one day made a comment like this, ‘Yeah, but there are other people who are just as passionate about what they believe as you are’. And he was right, but unfortunately, passion does not validate what we believe…

Science can tell us more about how our world works than ever before. But until we start addressing the question of ‘why’, meaning and purpose will continue to elude us. Even if science could explain how the universe came into existence, without knowing why it’s all pointless…

Why do so many ‘not religious’ people go to church at Christmas and Easter? Or when in life-treating situation like a hurricane, earthquake, plane crash or some sort of disaster start making promises to God, call on Jesus, quote Psalm 23, sing ‘Amazing Grace’ or rapidly repeat with an American accent ‘Oh my God’?

Phrases like ‘coping with reality’ should have been made redundant by now in our ‘Brave New World’. After all, why should we have to cope with reality when, as relativism says, we can create our own by determining what the truth is?

Feelings heavily influence, if not determine, how we act, what we eat, where we go, what we buy, whom we stay married to, and now even what we believe about truth and morality. If feelings are taking such a major role in our lives we should know more about them…

Nothing divides people, families, communities, even nations, more than this question: what is truth? Some say truth is subjective, some say it’s objective, and there are others who claim nobody can know it all…

People who think have opinions that are backed up by what they believe is the truth. Discussing truth often gets people fired up because we all believe it’s on our side. But the strange thing about truth is it doesn’t side with anyone…

Our ability to choose is not the problem; the problem is whom we have chosen to obey. No wonder the world is full of evil, murder, rape, terrorism, genocide, pain and suffering. With so many people making themselves god I’m surprised things aren’t far worse…

Most everyone has an opinion about hell. And while we may not agree on the details or even if it really exists, there is one intriguing factor we all have in common…

The desire for control is a deep, powerful urge within our being. We probably crave for control more than anything else. This is not entirely bad. Control is a necessity and applies to all matters of living…

Does that title unsettle you? Does it sound a little dangerous? It’s more than a provocative title; it’s a quote from a highly-educated person with a secular world-view…