If the evolutionary mechanism of natural selection depends on death, destruction, and violence of the strong against the weak, then these things are perfectly natural. On what basis, then, does the atheist judge the natural world to be horribly wrong, unfair, and unjust?

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying, and serving him for his own sake. This means that you can rebel against God and be alienated from him either by breaking his rules or by keeping all of them diligently. It 's a shocking message: Careful obedience to God's law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God .

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's.'

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties