What is Baptism?

One of my seminary professors used to call baptism “Jesus’ altar call.” In other words, baptism is the immediate response to the gospel Jesus Himself ordained for His followers. Are you a Christian? Show it by being baptized. If you claim to be a Christian and you’ve...

How Do You Know God Exists? Part 3: GOODNESS

Critics often attack Christianity because of all the evil and suffering in the world: “If there is a God, why is my life so hard?” It’s the classic “Problem of Evil.” But there is an equal and opposite problem for atheism that we might call the “Problem of Goodness.”...

How Do You Know God Exists? Part 2: DESIGN

David’s meditation in Psalm 19 draws our attention to the finely tuned movements of the stars, particularly our own sun as it arcs across the sky: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. …In them he has set a tent for the...

How Do You Know God Exists? Part 1: ORIGIN

How do you know there is a God? Over the next three weeks, I’ll lay out three arguments in this column that are fairly easy to understand, easy to remember, and powerfully convincing: Origins, Design, and Goodness (= ODG or… GOD!). This week: origins. For as long as...