How you can reasonably believe that the sky is green (and why Christianity is reasonable)
The objections to belief in God in general, and to Christianity and its God in particular, are many and varied. It’s important to note, however, that the quantity and variety of objections have no bearing on the truth claims that Christianity makes – you really only need one solid objection that can withstand scrutiny and refutation to pull Christianity down. So quality, not quantity is what is required here.
Recently I found a forum thread* that was seeking responses from non-Christians about the “dealbreakers” that prevent them from believing in/exploring Christianity. That is, what are the lynch-pin reasons that prevent them from taking Christianity seriously. This query, put forward on an otherwise very liberally-minded, left-leaning technology site, has flung up some tired-old objections that seasoned Christians… Continue reading ...
Quote: God doesn’t promise Christians an end to their troubles
When a man turns to Christ and seems to be getting on pretty well … he often feels that it would now be natural if things went fairly smoothly. When troubles come along – illness, money troubles, new kinds of temptations – he is disappointed. These things, he feels, might have been necessary to rouse him and make him repent in his bad old days; but why now? Because God is forcing him on, or up, to a higher level: putting him into situations where he will have to be very much braver, or more patient, or more loving, than he ever dreamed of being before. It seems to us all unnecessary but that is because we have not yet had the slightest notion of the tremendous thing [God] means… Continue reading ...
Quote: Hope, faith and love
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from ours. Therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love … which is forgiveness.
Reinhold Niebuhr, philosopher and theologian… Continue reading ...
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