God Is and He May Be Known
Does God exist and, if so, can He truly be known? These timeless questions have shaped human history, prompted countless people to seek answers, and stand at the very heart of the Christian faith. Christianity does not merely state that God exists—it proclaims that the Creator of the universe has chosen to reveal Himself. Rather than leaving humanity to search blindly, Christians believe God makes Himself known through creation, our consciences (the human mind and heart), through Scripture, and, most fully, through Jesus Christ.
Understanding God’s nature is more than an intellectual exercise; it’s an invitation to know personally the One who is eternal, sovereign, holy, loving, and faithful . . .
Be Still My Soul
On Monday, November 3rd, around 3 a.m., my father peacefully passed from this earth. As a man of faith, he believed in the biblical promise of eternal life in God’s kingdom. For the past 15 months Dad was mostly relegated to his bed or recliner due to his declining health and as my sister and I lived only 10 minutes from his assisted living facility, we were able to be his daily companions through his remaining life journey.
You might think being being mostly confined to a small apartment would be depressing, but we had purchased for Dad a 65” smart TV and with YouTube we explored with awe the wonders of God’s creation . . .
All Creation Points To Him
In his letter to the Colossians Paul makes this astounding claim about Jesus Christ:
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him . . .
Jesus and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
It is easy for us to fall victim to illusions. Part of the reason is that we live in two worlds: the material-social world around us, and the invisible, spiritual world operating within and through the visible . . .
Powers of Ten
When I was in college (1973 - 1978) two classes that profounded affected me were astronomy and cosmology. As a person of faith I have always believed that science ultimately reveals God’s amazing design in everything. It was during my college years that most cosmologists accepted the Big Bang, the theory that the universe had a beginning. This shift in the scientific understanding of the origins of universe mirrored the creation story in Genesis 1:1 . . .