Our souls - our invisible selves - bear the mark of God Himself. We're like God in that we bear His image.

If the unborn is a human person, no justification for abortion is adequate.

Our reasons for believing Jesus existed and also that He was who He claimed to be - the God who came down - are the same reasons for believing any fact of history: the documentation is substantial and it passes all the tests of historical reliability. Scholars - both liberal and conservative - overwhelming agree that Jesus of Nazareth was a man of history and the Gospels, on the main, tell His story accurately.

God is the very first piece of the Christian Story because the Story is all about Him. He is the central character, not us. The Story is not so much about God's plan for our lives as it is about our lives for God's plan.

Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral freedom.

Something good made something bad possible (though not inevitable). Humans, however, didn't use their freedom well. Instead of using it to honor God in friendship, they used it to rebel.

Evil did not catch God by surprise. He had a rescue plan, and He's still in the process of working out His plan.