Intermission

Part 1 of the book, The Reason for God, spoke to the seven biggest objections people of a primarily modern, post-industrial, age-of-information culture have about the Christian faith. The author, Timothy Keller, argued that there are no sufficient reasons for disbelieving Christianity. I happen to agree. In Part 2, he will argue that there are sufficient reasons for believing in Christianity.

But first there is an Intermission. Let me say that I didn’t need to be convinced of Part 1. I’m guessing I won’t need to be convinced of Part 2 either. More importantly, the Intermission appealed to my heart. It spoke to me in a way that bought me joy. It put into words, in an eloquent manner, very much what I wish to believe. That the Christian Worldview makes sense of this world we live in. That it is complete. Logic and rationality are a part of it. They are not everything alone. They cannot explain this world that we live in. It is like accepting the part of me that must have knowledge and collect knowledge, but denying my artistic tendencies. Boring! Suicidal!

Forgive me. I just wanted to share the parts below and I didn’t want to massacre them…

“The view that there is a God, leads us to expect the things we observe – that there is a universe at all, that scientific laws operate within it, that it contains human beings with consciousness and with an indelible moral sense. The theory that there is no God, does not lead us to expect any of these things.”

Page 121 referring to the book Is There a God?
Written by Oxford philosopher Richard Swinburne

“Imagine trying to look directly at the sun [God] in order to learn about it [Him]. You can’t do it. It [He] will burn out your retinas, ruining your capacity to take it [Him] in. A far better way to learn about the existence, power, and quality of the sun [God] is to look at the world it [He] shows you, to recognize how it [He] sustains everything you see and enables you to see it [God].”

Page 122 referring to a metaphor
attributed to C.S. Lewis

“We have a sense that the world is not the way it out to be. We have a sense that we are very flawed and yet very great. We have a longing for love and beauty that nothing in this world can fulfill. We have a deep need to know meaning and purpose. Which worldview best accounts for these things?”

Page 122

“Christians believe that the Christian account of things – creation, fall, redemption, and restoration – makes the most sense of the world.”

Page 123

“That is why, if God exists, we would expect to find that he appeals to our rational faculties. If we were made ‘in his image’ as rational, personal beings, there should be some resonance between his mind and ours. It also means that reason alone won’t be enough”

Page 123

But the punch line is the best part… Read the book yourself!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (niv)

Hint… God the Playwright wrote Himself into the story…