It is rational, given the almost infinite complexity of even the smallest living things, to believe that a super-intelligent Being called God created all living things. It is also entirely reasonable to expect that the Supreme Being who created human beings would desire to speak to human beings. A logical next step would be to believe that the words the Supreme Being had spoken to man would be written down in a book for posterity.

Though most human writers may have a hard time getting a book published I don't think God had any trouble inspiring His book -- the Bible -- and getting it published! God even put His signature on the Bible. The multitudes of predictive prophecies and their fulfillments testify to the supernatural origin and inspiration of the Bible and these prophesies are like God's signature on it.

No other holy book such as the Koran, the Hindu Vedas, the Upanishads or the Tao-te-King has anything like the Bible's record of prophesy and fulfillment. Most holy books of other faiths have no prophecies at all. The Bible is truly in a class by itself and therefore it is entirely reasonable to trust it. The Bible's teachings have the ring of truth.

In earlier generations skeptics attacked the historical accuracy of the Bible. The science of archaeology however has confirmed the integrity of the Bible's references to places and things. Prominent archaeologist Nelson Glueck though not a Christian himself, wrote that "no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference."

Many intelligent observers maintain that it is the secular viewpoint that is in many ways irrational, illogical and unreasonable. The secular view of human origins is that human beings evolved not just from apes but from dirt! The secularists believe that inorganic molecules -- dirt -- randomly collided and became organic compounds and these collided and became proteins and randomly formed RNA, DNA, etc., etc., until a living cell was formed. A century ago such a view might be considered absurd but excusable. Now however with the increasing knowledge of the incredible complexity of even the simplest living cell such a view is manifestly absurd! Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, calculated the probability of proteins forming randomly and found the probability to be so small as to effectively never occur.

Science, as it progresses is clearly on the side of the creationist. As new findings in the field of microbiology (and other fields) pour in, the evidence mounts for the necessity of an intelligent designer -- God -- to create life.

The secularist must make an incredible leap of faith. It is both shocking and disheartening to see secularists cling to their irrational position against all odds.

God is a reasonable and loving Being who has given us abundant evidence of both His existence and His love for us. The word "faith" means to trust in another person. Faith is a relationship word. We must trust in God and relate to Him as a person. God invites us to repent and turn to Him in faith to receive salvation through Christ who died for our sins.

The Bible is scientifically accurate! Find the evidence at www.icr.org.  

Steps to salvation: Jesus said "Ye must be born again." (John 3:7)

1. Believe that God created you and loves you and sent the Messiah (Messiah is Hebrew for Christ) to redeem you.
2. Believe that Jesus the Messiah came in fulfillment of over 300 Bible prophecies to die for you to take upon Himself the penalty for your sins. (Isaiah 53:5-6, John 6:29, Romans 4:5, First Peter 3:18)
3. Turn from sin and call on the name of Jesus to receive forgiveness. (Romans 10:13)
4. Receive Jesus as Savior and experience the new birth. (John 1:12, Acts 2:38)
5. Follow Him as Lord. (John 14:21)

"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13)

To receive the salvation that Jesus purchased for us at the terrible cost of His suffering and death on our behalf I invite you to pray this simple prayer:

"Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus, the promised Messiah, to die for my sins. I admit that I am a sinner and I ask for your forgiveness on the basis of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I ask you to fill me with your Holy Spirit to empower me to serve you under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Amen."

If you prayed that prayer in the humble sincerity of your heart then you have received everlasting life, which includes power to live right in this life and entrance into heaven in the afterlife!

Bill Nugent, Overcomer Ministries of West Harrison, New York, USA

(C) 2010 William P. Nugent, permission granted to email or republish if credit given

< DEFENDING THE FAITH APOLOGETIC ARTICLES Bill Nugent currently writes a series of articles called "Defending the Faith" which, as the title suggests, defend the Christian faith from the many attacks leveled against it in our postmodern world. The articles deal with such topics as evolution, UFOs, cults, modern/postmodern philosophy, liberal theology and popular culture. At the end of each article is an invitation to receive Christ as Savior and Lord. These articles are sent out over the Internet to several opt-in email lists. People who receive these articles are encouraged to resend them to their own lists and in this way reach their own unsaved relatives and friends with the Gospel. All Defending the Faith articles are © 2009 William P. Nugent, permission is granted to email or republish if credit given. To receive these articles which are sent out once per month fill in your email address below and click the SUBMIT button. *Security: Write the characters in the image above (Case sensitive)