God won't hold us accountable for the content of our beliefs about Him. Right? from Nate Atwood on Vimeo.
Jesus only. Yeah, I know. It seems narrow. And it’s certainly uncomfortable, even for many Christ-followers. But . . . should we always expect truth to be comfortable?
Some folks think the existence of evil and suffering proves that God doesn’t exist. Actually, if anything, it more likely proves He does.
If God is as Christians claim, loving and caring, then surely He won’t hold us accountable for believing correctly. Right?
Have you ever thought about the “counter claims” between “just one true religion” and “all religions have part of the truth but not all of it”?
President Obama’s recent decision to allow for stem cell research to expand to the human embryo is a big deal. So what are the issues at stake . . . or is it just tissue we’re talking about?
The question regarding human embryonic stem cells is not whether it’s human life. The secular scientists tell us that the human embryo is both living and distinctly human. The question then becomes, what is the nature and value of human life.
Some people think it’s not cool to talk about God in public debate/discourse. President Obama talks about “separating idealogy from the science.” Sounds okay . . . but there is human life involved here.
I don’t know if you’ve seen this really cool movie entitled “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium”. While not a theistic or Judeo-Christian movie, it asks this really big question…is there more to life than what we see? Or, in the language of the movie, “Is it just a box?”
A lot of people are generally okay with Christianity but it’s the thing about “Jesus only” which is the big turn off. How can God be fair if there’s only one way to Him? Well, here’s a new take on Christ alone.
Talk about the ultimately uncomfortable topic! Hell is a myth, right? Nobody really believes this stuff, right? Well, think about this. Isn’t hell a subject so deadly serious that at least at some point in our lives we need to take a moment and think seriously about it?
A lot of people think God is a myth? Really? What are the odds of us having a universe to begin with, much less an ordered one?
For too long the church has just been “running the machinery”. We’ve forgotten about people, serving them, and going out of our way to winsomely share the message of Christ.
May 14th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Nate,
I learned in Cultural geography that people adopt a world view in order to make sense of life. Because no one can truly understand all the complexities of life/God/no God, they start only accepting information that fits with their accepted view of the world/life. They also join with other people who adopt semiiliar world views. and find a place in that system of belief. They feel safe (like sheep in a herd) because they are connected to other people. This helped me to understand how other people in my family can reject Christianity. I have a sister who on a weekly basis would have long conversations about God with me. Even though I was just a simple housewife and she has a PHD in Women’s Studies, God helped me to walk her through the truth of Christ on each conversation. The next week she would call and act as if we never had the previous conversation. This pattern went on for months. I finally learned that I could not help my sister because she has scales on her eyes. So my question to you is this: If a person has scales on their eyes or wears a blindfold, can we really hold them responsible for not seeing the elephant? This all gets into predestination but our faith is a gift from God. So isn’t that a paradox? How can a loving God hold a blind person responsible for not seeing who God is when God has put on the blind fold?
Enjoyed your blog.
Susan Heath