Hello everyone!
I wanted to start this blog for my friends and family and anyone who cares to read it. In particular, those who are unbelievers. Personally, I have undergone a pretty extreme transformation in the last year. I have entered into a personal relationship with the God of the Universe and I have dedicated my life into finding out as much as I can about Him.
Some of you, no doubt, think that I’m crazy. The more polite among you think that I am just misguided. The truth is that the evidence for Christianity, the world-view taught in the Bible, is completely overwhelming. In other words, if I was going to remain an intellectually honest and rational person, I could no longer live as though Jesus was not real and God did not exist.
I’ve researched the main arguments for atheism and none of them are convincing at all. Quite often they are simply flat out fallacious. Frankly, I have not seen a single positive argument for atheism that, when scrutinized even superficially, is plausible. In contrast, plausible positive and negative arguments for theism, in particular Christian theism, are legion.
Anyway, I plan to use this space to describe the reason behind my faith in God. People often say Christianity is a faith-based religion. This is partially true. God gave us brains and we are to use them to reason. In this modern world, it does not make sense to believe things blindly and without evidence. There is tremendous evidence for the truth of the Bible. The “faith” comes in when you decide whether or not to trust the implications of the evidence.
For example, I have evidence to show that when I cross the Manhattan Bridge it will not collapse. But do I really know for sure that when I do cross it, it won’t collapse? No, I don’t know for sure. The reason I cross it everyday is because I have “faith” in the evidence and I put my trust in it. It’s the same way with faith in Jesus. I don’t put my faith in his claims without evidence. I’ve put my trust in him because of the evidence.
2,000 years ago, when asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus responded, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Yes, we are called to love God with ours hearts, and our souls. These are hugely important ways to love God, but on equal footing is to love God with all your mind.
Ultimately, I hope I can introduce people to the real Jesus through this blog. The Jesus who lived in the Middle East, 2000 years ago. The Jesus who lives even today.
