Why God Why (Part II)
Christianity makes Emotional Sense
April 20, 2014 • John 11
A few years ago, a group of atheists in England financed an advertising campaign where they wrapped buses with the following message: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." The questionable word in the ad isn't "probably"; it's "enjoy." This is a categorical error. There is much more to us, and life, than enjoyment. We can't just "enjoy" life, because we have more emotions than "enjoying." When we're not enjoying life, we're busy feeling hope, boredom, curiosity, anxiety, irritation, fear, joy, bewilderment, hate, tenderness, despair, relief, exhaustion, heartache, etc. The Resurrection of the Son of God, speaks to our minds, our souls, and our hearts.
Christianity makes Personal Sense
April 27, 2014
We continue our "Why (God) Why" series tomorrow by making the case that "Christianity Makes Personal Sense." What do I mean by this? I mean: Christianity provides the most substantive, substantiated and satisfying answer to the question: "Who are you?"
Questions about Jesus
May 11, 2014 • 1 Corinthians 15:1–11
If you've been following along with us at Mosaic, you know that we're approaching the 4th installment in our 5-part series, called "Why God Why." We've attempted to show that Christianity makes emotional sense, personal sense, and intellectual sense. Faith in Christ sustains both the weight of the heart and the mind. Last week I attempted to make the case for theism. However, even if there is a God, how do we know it's the Christian God? How do we know that Jesus Christ is God? Wasn't he just a man? Even if he was a great man, and a powerful, charismatic leader, wasn't he still a man?
Questions about the Bible
May 18, 2014
Tomorrow at Mosaic, we're wrapping up our "Why God Why" series with a sermon attempting to answer why it's reasonable to believe in the Bible as God's means by which He reveals Himself and His will to the world. Even if a person believes in God and in Jesus Christ as the way God has revealed himself, many still have a hard time accepted the Bible as God's Word. “You don’t honestly believe that, do you?” Why would anyone believe in an authoritative book about absolute truth? Silly. Funny thing is, whenever anyone wants to refute or discredit this book--they do it by writing their own book. In order to discredit the Bible, you can't just discredit it, you have to supplant it. In order to refute these words, they write their own words. In order to counter these absolute words, they come up with their own absolute words. "Don’t believe in the Bible. Buy my book, that tells you why you shouldn’t believe in the Bible. Don’t follow Jesus. Follow me." So if there's no way around a worldview built on some version of absolute truth, why is it reasonable to believe in the Bible? Good question.