When you pray – it’s not the place that matters – it’s what’s in your heart. It’s an individual action – between you and God. And yet central to Christian belief is being part of a community of people who believe the same – those who can be considered as close as brothers or sisters.
Is one possible without the other? Isn’t church just a Sunday club where people go along out of tradition or hypocrisy?
Seems like everyone agrees that Jesus was a good guy. But God himself? And what was he up to anyway? Was he a street magician like David Blaine, or a male Mother Teresa who got famous for doing good? Read on to discover more.
War. Oppression. Typhoons. HIV/ AIDS. Malaria. Cancer. Poverty. Death. Where is the good news in the midst of all this suffering?
There are a number of problems that spring to mind when considering prayer…talking to someone that’s invisible…talking to someone who doesn’t talk back. How is it supposed to work? And what do I do when God doesn’t grant my wish to win the lottery?
Atheists seem to have a credible intellectual basis for their conviction. But a person of faith – well, they are just a bit unthinking. After all, science shows that there is no God, doesn’t it?
People see flaws in the lives or arguments of those who say they believe. They are sceptical or even cynical about faith things. Being gullible or religious is to be avoided.
Is there evidence worth considering? The person of faith has to provide it.
