Series: Defending Your Faith – Worldviews The God Who Is There For generations, much of the Western world assumed that God made the world, rules over it, and has spoken into it. Then came movements like the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and little by little many people began to trust human reason more than divine…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Thinking Love the Lord with Your Mind We often admire sharp thinkers, clear speakers, and people who seem to have everything figured out. But as Christians, our calling is deeper than sounding smart. Jesus said we are to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22:37;…
Series: Defending Your Faith – God Why Must the World Have Had a Beginning? Most Christians instinctively believe there must be a God because the world did not make itself. Deep down, we know creation points beyond itself to a Creator. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). But many…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Thinking The Truth That Does Not Change A Confused World and an Unchanging God We live in a time when many people do not believe truth is fixed. If you tell someone you believe something is true, they may say, “That may be true for you, but it’s not true…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Thinking Can We Know the Truth? When Jesus stood before Pilate, He spoke about truth. Pilate answered with a question many people still ask today: What is truth? (John 18:38). That was not just Pilate’s question. It is the question of our generation too. Many people say truth cannot really…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Thinking Faith That Thinks and Trusts Many people say Christianity does not make sense. They say faith is just a blind leap in the dark. They say if you believe, you must stop thinking. And in a world that prizes science and learning, some act as if faith has no…
Series: Defending Your Faith – Thinking Ideas Matter A Call to Be Ready God does not call us to drift through life without thinking. He calls us to know what we believe and to be ready to speak that truth with confidence and grace. Peter tells us, but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord…