Reason to Believe

Reason to Believe
Psalm 116

Last night I had dinner with a young man who is a faithful church worshiper. He has been so for most of his life, but he isn’t sure whether the worship in which he takes part is real in the sense of corresponding to the truth. As he put it, he isn’t sure whether the Christian story is true. He was brought up as a Christian, and he really wants it to be true, and he is willing to give his life to serving God. But he is not certain whether God is really there to be served, and he doesn’t know how to move from this uncertainty to a greater certainty, either way. I didn’t have much idea about how to help him move except (in response to his questions) to tell him how and why I live on the basis of its being true...