Atheists live sad lives. The key to being Atheist is to live a shallow life as thinking deep hurts. If you think of meaning in life where only material exists, you end up finding that all is meaningless. If your thinking comes from a random collection of atoms, then your thinking is meaningless. Death is just an end. Faith gives meaning, but why? Did you know that committed Christians and conservative Muslims both are known for having lots of children? …
How are we representing God? Or how are Christians viewed? Are we giving God a good name in public? We all know that the US church is in decline. Let’s think more. Here, an evangelical pastor writes to chart 50 years. Look at this data. Christianity has traditionally been seen as a stabilizing, even moderating, influence on American life. In 1975, more than two-thirds of Americans expressed “a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the church,” according to Gallup, …
In 312-16 AD Christianity went from being a banned and severely persecuted group in the Roman Empire to being the favored faith and joining the Emperor in power. Christians, understandably, thought it was good news when the Emperor Constantine had his soldiers put the symbol of the cross on their shields. In fact, it proved to be a disaster for the church. Power hurt us. Let us make Constantine a warning to the faithful. Constantine encouraged the Christians, but refused …
In China where I live, if you are a child of a top political leader, you have the world at your feet. Some might wish that they were some official’s son or daughter. The Bible says those who believe become children of the King of the Heavens and Earth. That is a lot bigger than earthly political power. That is why the Bible says we can be joyful always. God is in charge and says we need not worry. Why …
I have often noted that Jesus said we are to be children all our lives. He, further, emphasizes that we need to be like little children. The result is that the gap between what we are today and what the Bible says can be daunting. We also have gaps in terms of meeting people’s needs around us. Are we good enough? It can all be too much for us, and we give up or shrink inside ourselves. How does God …
