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The Christian life is active, not passive.
It’s so easy to start letting life happen to us. There’s so much to do.
Information to process. Schedules to manage. Emails to check. Laundry to fold, practices to get to and homework to be done.
The pace is crazy. If we’re not careful, we can become passive observers in our own lives.
Here’s the problem: If we’re passive, then we’ll not be able to do all that God has called us to do. (more…)
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Where do human rights come from?
You may have noticed that everyone is not the same. Look around your classroom, workplace, or on social media and you quickly realize that people are, well, different…Men, women, big, small, different cultures and ethnic backgrounds—we don’t have equal abilities, power, talents, strengths, or intellect.
So why treat everyone the same if we’ re not?
It has to be something more than “we agree” or “we took a vote” that everyone is equally valuable because all it takes is for someone to disagree or take a new vote and equality goes out the window. (more…)
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What is atheism?
Contrary to what you may hear in pop culture or see on YouTube, atheism is not merely the absence of belief. Or as the popular atheist, Christopher Hitchens put it, “Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.” But even with a delightful British accent—saying it’s so, doesn’t make it so.
Just as Theism is the positive claim or belief that there is a God. Atheism is the positive claim or belief that there is no god.
Here’s the big idea to grasp: The claim that “no gods exist” is just as much a claim to knowledge as the claim that “God exists.” Both require justification—providing good reasons and evidence to support that view. (more…)
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Why are you a Christian?
If you ask a lot of Christians you’ll usually get one of these answers—I was raised in the church, my parents were Christians, I had a powerful experience or God changed my life. And I’m grateful for these answers.
But at the end of the day, the reason why I’m a Christian is because it’s true. I’m convinced it accurately describes reality.
And if you asked the Apostle Paul, he’d tell you the same thing. In his words, “if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.” (see also 1 Cor. 15)
I’m a Christian because I believe Jesus rose from the dead. It was a real, historical event that you can investigate with eyes wide open. (more…)
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Do all religions lead to God? If you’ve ever had a conversation about your Christian faith, then you probably have encountered this slogan. But is it true?
No, and here’s why. Isn’t it interesting how people tend to create special rules when investigating spiritual or moral questions? Sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be.
For example, are all economic systems the same? Socialism and capitalism are very different. What about forms of government? Having a king (monarchy) and rule by the people (democracy) are very different as well.