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Why Trust Jesus?

In Dave Sterrett’s new book, he gives you plenty of reason to. What I especially appreciate is his holistic approach in which he offers various reasons – personal, intellectual, emotional – to trust Jesus.

What can you expect from this book?
“Our generation is up for grabs! The last decade has shaken our trust in personal safety through terrorist attacks, school shootings, economic turmoil, and war. Our trust has been shattered in other areas as we have seen hypocrisy in governmental leaders as well as in the church. We are looking for relationships that are authentic and full of life, but we have many questions in regard to faith, reason, suffering and even the person of Jesus himself. Author and speaker Dave Sterrett helps us answer these and other questions:


Why Should I Trust Jesus when So Many Other Spiritual Paths Exist?

Why Should I Trust Jesus When All I Need to do is Trust Myself?

Why Should I Trust Jesus in the Midst of Suffering and Death?

Why Should I Trust Jesus When I Have Failed So Many Times?”


Why Trust Jesus?: An Honest Look at Doubts, Plans, Hurts, Desires, Fears, Questions, and Pleasures

If you are looking for some reasons to consider Jesus, this is a great book to start with!
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Are You Still Thinking Like a Non-Christian?

Our churches are filled with people who are spiritually born again, but who still think like non-Christians.—William Lane Craig
Pop Quiz: Try to make a list of all the beliefs that you have that the culture around us doesn’t. (any difference?)
Could you show someone from the Bible, why the Trinity is important? That Jesus claimed to be the only way to God? Could you tell someone why it is reasonable to believe God exists? If you have been a Christian for longer than a year or two, you can read, and you own a Bible–without trying to induce guilt–the answer ought to be yes.
How are you doing? As Christians, our intellectual habits should be different from those around us. Engage your mind (Luke 10:27; Rom 12:2; Col. 2:8; 2 Cor. 10:3-5)–it is an act of worship. Our world desperately needs thoughtful Christians. You can become one–start here:
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Americans, Truth, and Ice Cream

“Americans think of God, religion, and morals like ice cream and not like insulin. They choose religious views according to tastes, according to what they prefer rather than according to what’s true. Non-believers view religion like ice cream. Remarkably, Christians often do the same thing.”–Greg Koukl

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Spiritual But Not Religious?

Interesting article at CNN..

“I’m spiritual but not religious.” It’s a trendy phrase people often use to describe their belief that they don’t need organized religion to live a life of faith.

But for Jesuit priest James Martin, the phrase also hints at something else: egotism.
“Being spiritual but not religious can lead to complacency and self-centeredness,” says Martin, an editor at America, a national Catholic magazine based in New York City. “If it’s just you and God in your room, and a religious community makes no demands on you, why help the poor?”
Religious debates erupt over everything from doctrine to fashion. Martin has jumped into a running debate over the “I’m spiritual but not religious” phrase.
The “I’m spiritual but not religious” community is growing so much that one pastor compared it to a movement. In a 2009 survey by the research firm LifeWay Christian Resources, 72 percent of millennials (18- to 29-year-olds) said they’re “more spiritual than religious.” The phrase is now so commonplace that it’s spawned its own acronym (“I’m SBNR”)

To think more clearly about SBNR, pick up a copy of True for You, But Not for Me: Overcoming Objections to Christian Faith by Paul Copan
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Has Artificial Life Been Created?

And if so…what does that mean?

“Artificial life, the stuff of dreams and nightmares, has arrived.” So proclaimed The Economist on May 20th, after a team of scientists headed by J. Craig Venter [2] announced that it had replaced the natural DNA in a bacterial cell with DNA they had artificially synthesized.