Our Journey
There is a war raging around us. Two forces vie for the hearts and minds of people, young and old, across our world. Words fly back and forth, and those who battle with words are good at what they do, and very aware of what is at stake in this global conflict.
The principals in these public debates are scientists and theologians, and both parties are armed to the teeth. There is a tacit, stubborn respect for each other, but the lines are drawn, even etched deep between them. Atheists have joined with evolution to argue that there is no God, and theologians are fighting back to show that God does, indeed, exist.
So great is the importance of this war, it has spilled out into the pages of our nation's more prominent, albeit liberal magazines. I even watched a debate between a religious apologist and an atheist, and the mutual admiration between the two was palpable. They disagreed with each other, for sure, but still were very polite in their debate.
For myself, there is no argument. God is real, and I have experienced and witnessed verifiable miracles that cannot be explained away by the unknown powers of the human body that lay still undiscovered by science. But I do understand why there are those, intelligent though they may be, who question the validity of God when no one has seen Him nor known of a supernatural, verifiable proof He exists that can transcend human doubt and logic.
The religious community has failed in communicating the power of God that makes all doubt disappear. I include myself in their number, even though I now stand at the side and discuss our failings. It is easy to disbelieve in the existence of God when most Christians do not believe in the deity of Christ nor believe that we, ourselves, are capable of supernatural acts and living.
We use terms such as "dispensationalism" to explain why certain ages of our existence since the life of Christ are different from each other, and why the apostles saw and performed great miracles when we see hardly any (and when we do, it is in some dark corner where it never becomes public as a witness to the power of God in us). But Christ Himself asserted that we would do greater works than He did, and He did quite a lot of miracles.
I want to live this life, and I want others to live it with me. Power silences critics, and pure, loving power that changes lives really shuts their mouths or makes us martyrs. Either way, the Truth is brought to light, and people see that.
More later.
The principals in these public debates are scientists and theologians, and both parties are armed to the teeth. There is a tacit, stubborn respect for each other, but the lines are drawn, even etched deep between them. Atheists have joined with evolution to argue that there is no God, and theologians are fighting back to show that God does, indeed, exist.
So great is the importance of this war, it has spilled out into the pages of our nation's more prominent, albeit liberal magazines. I even watched a debate between a religious apologist and an atheist, and the mutual admiration between the two was palpable. They disagreed with each other, for sure, but still were very polite in their debate.
For myself, there is no argument. God is real, and I have experienced and witnessed verifiable miracles that cannot be explained away by the unknown powers of the human body that lay still undiscovered by science. But I do understand why there are those, intelligent though they may be, who question the validity of God when no one has seen Him nor known of a supernatural, verifiable proof He exists that can transcend human doubt and logic.
The religious community has failed in communicating the power of God that makes all doubt disappear. I include myself in their number, even though I now stand at the side and discuss our failings. It is easy to disbelieve in the existence of God when most Christians do not believe in the deity of Christ nor believe that we, ourselves, are capable of supernatural acts and living.
We use terms such as "dispensationalism" to explain why certain ages of our existence since the life of Christ are different from each other, and why the apostles saw and performed great miracles when we see hardly any (and when we do, it is in some dark corner where it never becomes public as a witness to the power of God in us). But Christ Himself asserted that we would do greater works than He did, and He did quite a lot of miracles.
I want to live this life, and I want others to live it with me. Power silences critics, and pure, loving power that changes lives really shuts their mouths or makes us martyrs. Either way, the Truth is brought to light, and people see that.
More later.