Are you curious about how things work? Do you wonder about cause and effect? When presented with a new situation do you try to find an explanation for it? A given situation may have multiple plausible explanations, some of which are natural and some are supernatural. Do you assume that only one can be true? Do you prefer natural explanations if one is available? This reflects an anti-supernatural bias and there is nothing irrational in thinking that a given effect can be the result of a combination of causes. I created the natural world. I continue to be present and intervene in its operation. 

The following blog is from Pastor Joe Brock, a close friend, and upcoming blogger to the CWG website. Enjoy! I was a youth pastor in the early 90’s. In 1995 I graduated college and moved into a full-time associate pastor position. My family was involved in a church plant and in time, I became my father’s associate pastor. Who says God does not have a sense of humor? So for the next few years, I served the church in a number of capacities, all the while growing and experiencing the things of the Spirit. As time when on, my wife and I realized that the path we were on was parting from the direction of the church. So in an honoring parting of ways, we left the church and the denomination, determined to continue to follow the Lord.

Is it possible that one could be blind and not know it? Yet the Pharisees asked me if they were blind also, and the answer was yes. What about hunger? Is it possible to be hungry and not know it? Everyone is created in my image, and is therefore a spiritual being. This carries with it a hunger to return and connect with your source, and this applies to all, believer and unbeliever alike. Unbelievers don’t know what to call this, and you see some peculiar and distorted attempts to fill the spiritual vacuum. So you can be hungry and not know it. You are in a position to identify this hunger and bring them to the one who can fill it. Blessed are those who hunger after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

How old is the earth, and for that matter the universe? You get a wide variety of answers depending on whom you ask. A strict reading of the Bible suggests thousands or tens of thousands of years. Most people you meet will say millions or billions. Is this a battle you need to fight? This isn’t a point of doctrine as doctrine is properly understood, and the Bible itself doesn’t have a chapter and verse giving the age of the earth. If it was important I would have told you. In your presentation of the good news of the Kingdom of God, keep the focus on me and my identity. Don’t make it easy for your audience to dismiss you for secondary reasons.