I appreciate your general skepticism. To be open to believing any claim, when many claims are false, is to be open to believing that which is false - a logical dilemma. Therefore we must all consider carefully those things which are presented to us as truth.

Religion, from the Latin religare, means to bind together. You might not believe in any spiritual aspect to life, but you likely hold some worldview on the nature of reality and how all things relate or are bound together. Weigh the worldviews presented in the following discussions to see if they ring true:

 

1. WHY CONSIDER THE BIBLE?
If the Bible's not important, then it doesn't matter whether or not it's true. This is why the Bible is important.

2. IS THERE A GOD?
Here is proof that belief in God is rational, logical, and reasonably accounts for the universe around us.

3. HOW CAN WE TELL WHETHER OR NOT THE BIBLE IS TELLING THE TRUTH?
If the Bible claims to be true, then an objective strategy must be found that can test that truth. Here is a strategy from the science of law.

4. DO MIRACLES REALLY HAPPEN?
There is, of course, no believing in Christ without believing in miracles. This chapter explains the nature of miracles, the nature of physical laws, and the surprising relationship between the two.

5. WHAT IS TRUTH?
Christianity is accused by nonbelievers as being untrue. Can we at least agree then that there is such a thing as truth? And that it matters?

6. WHERE DID THE EARTH COME FROM?
If you doubt there could be parallels between Scripture and science, I challenge you to look at the summary at the end of this chapter.

7. INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY
IDT is a scientific approach to origins that is devoid of both evolution's materialist philosophy and creation's premise of a supernatural God. Strictly adhering to facts in evidence, IDT evaluates whether or not any particular subject of study is the result of intentional design.

8. WAS JESUS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD?
If there was no resurrection, then it's scientific likelihood is irrelevant.
Yet if it did happen, it's possibility is a foregone conclusion.

9. JESUS IS LORD
A summary of the major proofs for the Lordship of Jesus Christ (not comprehensive).