Exercising Faith with Your Mind

One reader wrote, “I believe in God with my faith and not by my mind. It’s impossible to think what God’s thinking.”
Dear Reader,
I will work with the second half of your reply first. When you say “it is impossible to think what God is thinking” there is a sense you are right. In Isaiah 55:8 [...]

Is Religious Belief Man-Made?

I received this question from a friend. 
“Have you ever run into somebody who says ‘Religion is all man-made.  Because ancient man couldn’t figure out the universe he came up with “gods” to answer the questions.  He is still doing it today.’  This is how my boss sees any kind of faith as just something man [...]

Was the Resurrection a Historical Event? Part 15 (Series Final)

The best explanation of these facts is that Jesus rose from the dead.

This, of course, was the account the eyewitnesses themselves gave, and I can think of no better explanation. The resurrection hypothesis passes all the standard criteria for being the best explanation of the 5 facts scholars accept.
After examining each of the alternative theories [...]

Saved by Grace through Faith

Last week, while teaching a class, I was talking about how we are saved by grace through faith and not by works.  I mentioned we have this sense that when we wrong someone we need to do something good.  An individual in the class asked where these feelings of doing good, whenever we do bad, come from.   [...]

Was the Resurrection a Historical Event? Part 3

I am arguing that Jesus physical rose from the dead after 3 days and appeared to many.  What you have to understand is there is a lot at stake if I am wrong about this.  The Apostle Paul states the problem in 1 Corinthians 15:17-19 “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is [...]

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