A Case for Christianity
An engineer who designs a complicated piece of machinery would know best how to operate that machinery. He or she would provide an instruction manual or user guide in order for the operator to get the most out of the machinery he or she designed. If the operator ignores the instructions or even just reads part of the instructions the machinery will not be best used as designed and not be as effective as it could be, or not effective at all.
If we were designed and created by a divine creator, in other words God, then it would stand to reason He would provide a user guide or instruction book. The instructions would show us how to get the very most out of our lives as well as how to live in harmony with each other. There are many who are convinced there is a Creator who has provided instructions, and those instruction as well as other hugely important revelations are what make up the Bible. I also understand there are many who question or even deny the existence of God. What I ask of you is to consider the rational view if there is even the smallest chance there may be a God then it would be wise to examine any evidence that would point to a God and the reliability of Scripture.
You will find there is an abundance of evidence, which is why you will find many highly intelligent, highly successful individuals that are devoted followers of the Faith. You will find college professors, teachers, scientists, entertainers, musicians, athletes, physicians and successful business men and women that devote their lives following and defending scripture. Many highly successful individuals who adopt Christianity would never do so if there were not evidence to support their beliefs. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment he replied "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind". In other words he expects us to use our reason as well as our heart and soul.
Many do come to God because they are broken and they call out to God to fix them. Often it is the testimony of others who have undergone a life changing transformation because of God reaching and impacting these broken individuals. Observing the power of God in others is another way our reason lines up with our faith. And then there are the arrogant who point to every flaw of professing Christians (keep in mind many Christians really do not live the lives they are called to live) as an excuse to reject God. They will reject any support pointing to a Creator and will embrace theories that require even more faith to believe in then the faith required to support intelligent design. .They are blind to all the positive effects Christianity has had throughout the ages and support oppressive political systems opposed to Christianity, systems that history has proven to be failures. What this means is it is a matter of the heart as well as a matter of reason. Many are easily deceived because they are agenda driven and not truth driven. One really has to have a sincere desire to know truth in order to know truth!
If we were designed and created by a divine creator, in other words God, then it would stand to reason He would provide a user guide or instruction book. The instructions would show us how to get the very most out of our lives as well as how to live in harmony with each other. There are many who are convinced there is a Creator who has provided instructions, and those instruction as well as other hugely important revelations are what make up the Bible. I also understand there are many who question or even deny the existence of God. What I ask of you is to consider the rational view if there is even the smallest chance there may be a God then it would be wise to examine any evidence that would point to a God and the reliability of Scripture.
You will find there is an abundance of evidence, which is why you will find many highly intelligent, highly successful individuals that are devoted followers of the Faith. You will find college professors, teachers, scientists, entertainers, musicians, athletes, physicians and successful business men and women that devote their lives following and defending scripture. Many highly successful individuals who adopt Christianity would never do so if there were not evidence to support their beliefs. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment he replied "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind". In other words he expects us to use our reason as well as our heart and soul.
Many do come to God because they are broken and they call out to God to fix them. Often it is the testimony of others who have undergone a life changing transformation because of God reaching and impacting these broken individuals. Observing the power of God in others is another way our reason lines up with our faith. And then there are the arrogant who point to every flaw of professing Christians (keep in mind many Christians really do not live the lives they are called to live) as an excuse to reject God. They will reject any support pointing to a Creator and will embrace theories that require even more faith to believe in then the faith required to support intelligent design. .They are blind to all the positive effects Christianity has had throughout the ages and support oppressive political systems opposed to Christianity, systems that history has proven to be failures. What this means is it is a matter of the heart as well as a matter of reason. Many are easily deceived because they are agenda driven and not truth driven. One really has to have a sincere desire to know truth in order to know truth!
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In order to help you decide if Christianity is real this website will point you to evidence in the form of articles, books, blogs, links, and more. If you are already starting to embrace Christianity the Life Application Bible (link on the left) is a great study Bible for a deeper understanding of Scripture. The web resource page of this website will provide a link to a free online Bible along with commentaries and other resources. The book resource page will point you to many books that defend the faith, including books by authors that started out in a quest to disprove the reliability of Scripture and came to a very different conclusion as they examined the evidence.
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