Articles

11/18/2002
Article 1 -Answering the Tough Ones: Introduction

This is the first in a series of articles in which I hope to be able to raise some questions about our faith, and in which I hope to be able to provide some reasoned answers. While many of us are firm in our beliefs, we often are unable to quickly and intelligently provide an answer to challenges or questions others ask about why we believe what we do. More...

07/10/2003
Article 3 - Why is the world so full of suffering?

This is the third in a series of articles. The last article dealt with our freedom to choose and with the hard fact of God's "tough love." We made the point that God is not evil, nor does he allow evil to flourish unchecked. Through Jesus, God has initiated an end to evil, and through those who believe in Jesus, a powerful force against evil in the mean time. When the freedom to choose results in so much pain and suffering for the innocent, how can God still be considered as loving, especially when there is so much suffering in the world? More...

07/06/2005
Article 10 - Couldn't it all happen by chance?

This is the tenth in a series of articles. The last article asked the question "Why believe in God in the first place?" I brought up the point that whatever we believe, it must be explainable in simple terms. However, that did not imply that our belief is not complex. The reality is that our belief is not something we invented, but rather, God's revelation of certain facts of Himself to us. This is "...not neat, not obvious, not what you expect." as C. S. Lewis has said. If God offered us a universe like we expected it to be, then we would not be capable of believing Him. But offering us a universe which is unexpected does not imply that the universe is without order. The main point of the last article was that the order in our universe points to the existence of God. In fact, our very existence makes no sense unless there is an ultimate source for everything. More...

10/09/2006
Article 14 - Why trust the Gospel accounts?

This is the fourteenth in a series of articles. The last appeared in February 2001 and asked the question: "Why would God care about us little humans?" The long absence of this column was due to several factors, not the least of which was having to take Greek and Hebrew at the seminary. I don't think it will be hard to pick up where we left off though, but in case you missed the earlier articles let me know and I'll get you a copy or copies. More...