Deciding to follow Jesus can be a meaningful moment, but it can also leave you with questions. What exactly happened? Did God really receive me? Am I supposed to feel different? What happens now? You do not need to understand everything that happened in order for your relationship with Jesus to be real. Following Jesus…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Can the Bible Be Trusted? The Bible has shaped cultures, communities, and individual lives for centuries. But being influential is not the same as being trustworthy. Is there good reason to take it seriously? The Bible makes remarkable claims. It speaks about God, human nature, good and evil, the meaning of…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Why Has Religion Hurt So Many People? Religion has sometimes been connected with compassion, courage, and extraordinary good. It has also been connected with hypocrisy, abuse, division, and real human suffering. How should we make sense of that? For some people, questions about Christianity are not primarily intellectual. They are personal….
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Can I Believe in God and Still Have Doubts? Faith does not always come with complete certainty. Sometimes believing and questioning exist in the same person at the same time. Some people imagine faith as the absence of doubt. You either believe or you question. You either have faith or you…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Can Science and Faith Fit Together? Do we have to choose between taking science seriously and believing in God? Perhaps the two are asking different kinds of questions about the same reality. Science has transformed the way we understand our world. It helps us understand everything from distant galaxies to the…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? What Happens After We Die? Death is one of the few things every human being eventually faces. What happens afterward is one of the questions we cannot help asking. Most of us can go for long stretches without thinking very much about death. Then something brings the question close. Someone we…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? We expect life to have some relationship between goodness and what happens to us. Yet often the world does not seem to work that way. There is something in us that expects life to be fair. Kindness should matter. Honesty should matter. People…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? Why Does God Allow Suffering? If God is loving and powerful, why is there so much suffering? It is one of the oldest and most difficult questions of faith. For many people, suffering is not primarily a philosophical problem. It has a name. A person we lost. An illness we did…
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? How Do I Begin a Relationship With Jesus? A relationship with Jesus does not begin by becoming religious enough. It begins by receiving the life He offers and learning to trust and follow Him. The phrase relationship with Jesus can sound strange if you have never thought about Christianity that way….
WHAT IS LIFE ABOUT? I Think I Am Ready to Follow Jesus. What Do I Do? You do not need to understand everything before you begin. Following Jesus starts with turning toward Him and placing your trust in what He has done for you. Perhaps you have been exploring for a while. You have asked…