Can I be honest?
As God-fearing as I am, as passionate as I am about Jesus Christ, I love reading articles written by atheists.
Why?
They scare me.
They scare me to think that they have valid points. That what they are writing makes sense. That I can understand why they came to the conclusion that God is pretend.
But for the grace of God, there go I.
It pushes me.
It pushes me to examine my beliefs. It pushes me to to not take what I'm taught at face value. It pushes me to pray harder that I would not fall away, that I would not be overtaken by the cares and trials of this world.
More than all those things, it pushes me to be honest with my kids.
To tell them to doubt. To tell them to question. To tell them to seek.
To tell them God is not offended or surprised by their questions.
And to remind them that when they have those moments of confusion, they will simply be loved.
It's not up to me to save my kids but I have been called to teach and to train them.
So I will give them truth as it is revealed to me. Truth that has stood for thousands of years as the trends of this world change minutely.
It's not a one-size-fits-all and God most certainly does not fit in a box.
So, as a challenge to the unbeliever, read the Bible. The Holy Bible. In it's entirety, in context and see if maybe, just maybe, the god you've read about in articles and heard opinions on is nowhere close to the God of the Bible.
And, as a challenge to the believer, read the Bible. The Holy Bible. In it's entirety, in context and ask the Lord to reveal more of Himself. Stop using it to puff yourself up and start using it as a tool to learn how to engage the disengaged. Jesus can teach you.
