Does God Exist? (Part 1)
A friend recently sent me a link to YouTube for what is being called, “the blasphemy challenge” in which people are encouraged to publicly deny the Holy Spirit and damn their souls to hell. In return the sponsors of the event will send each participant a video of an atheistic program they have created which has received good reviews from the New York Times. It’s certainly a misunderstanding, hence misapplication concerning the New Testament blasphemy passage concerning the Holy Spirit (hence nothing more than foolishness in the spiritual realm) but atheism is generally foolishness as declared in Psalm 14 and Psalm 53. While I’m preaching the series at Heritage on Christianity 101, let’s also take the time to explore our rational for believing in Christiantiy.
Gerard Baker of the Times of London recently wrote about 2006 being “a good year for…atheism” and Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe wrote, “you don’t have to be especially religious to find this atheist zealotry alarming…” Militant atheism is certainly on the rise. Fundamentalist atheists are committed to the aboltion of any kind of religion anywhere in the world. The controversy concerning God’s existence is indeed spreading all over the globe. Is Christianity rational? Is there a sound basis for belief. On Monday, we’ll start exploring the controversy and offer reasons to believe. Invite your friends to the Christianity 101 series and to look in on the blog!!!