Prayers and Proof

Prayers and Proof

“Next, the devil took him into the holy city, and there set him down on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down to earth; for it is written, He…

Two More Episodes on Holy Ground?

Two More Episodes on Holy Ground?

“Patience comes of sovereign prudence, impatience of unchecked folly.” — Proverbs 14:29 During Lent I recounted two life-changing episodes I experienced on the same stretch of road, 30 years apart. (I’ll link to the stories below if you are interested…

Thought Experiment – If You Knew

Thought Experiment – If You Knew

What if you had absolute knowledge God existed? What if you had absolute knowledge God did not exist? These unanswerable questions make me think of Pascal’s Wager, a famous philosophical argument for living as if God existed. Pascal reasoned that…