Straight Talk: Biblical Christianity v. Religion

The main reason why you are not a Christian is that you haven’t looked. Therefore, today is both the best day of your life and the beginning of the rest of your life! You are finally seeking answers to the three questions all of us have: who am I; what is my origin; and what’s going on/what’s life all about? 

I like to characterize these as issues of origin and disposition. We’re here! We must have an origin somewhere – with at least the implication that we have a purpose. Having a purpose suggests that we have a disposition – a direction toward which we are headed. Instead of taking the time to investigate this, many people simply go along with the crowd and, for example, accept the absurd notion that we oozed-up like slime on a beach someplace and evolved. (Ironically, these same people will then try to add a dimension of nobility to what they have otherwise defined as evolved slime!). Take a minute to look and you will see scientists admitting that the odds against the “chance formation” of even the hemoglobin molecule are beyond human comprehension. 

If you will look, you’ll necessary come to the realization that the Christian Bible tells the only story of origin and disposition that the human mind is capable of rationalizing; we simply cannot comprehend, for example, a “cosmic egg” exploding with a big bang without there being a “cosmic chicken” somewhere. We also know from constant daily experiences that everything has a cause; that, as the song says, “nothing comes from nothing – nothing ever could.” 

Our discussion is entitled “Straight Talk” and is intended as a simple introduction to the written and demonstrated revelations provided to us by our Creator. Our Creator has also revealed Himself in His creation but our primary focus will be His word – both the Holy Bible and the “Word that became flesh” (John 1:14) Today there are many books which are claimed to be “Holy” but I will show that only the Holy Bible can be proven as divine. 

Here’s food for thought as we begin! Wherever you may be with regard to the faith issue, there’s one undeniable, practical reality that you must accept: something happened 2,000 years ago that was so profound the world system changed its calendar. The world literally said “time-out, let’s start all over again; this was year number 1!” Consider: What would have to happen today to make us do something like that? 

Within the context of this book, Christianity refers to revelations by the Creator to mankind, addressing our three questions and providing us an eternal disposition; the word religion will be used to denote what are actually attempts by people to establish or reveal ways to a creator who exists only in their minds. Oftentimes religion operates within the framework of what is supposed to be the Christian Church; sometimes it is clearly cultist, professing an entirely different theology yet still claiming to be Christian. All religion either requires doctrinal sources other than the Holy Bible or seeks to modify the Holy Bible. I will show that the Holy Bible directly refutes much of what religion teaches and that, when religion claims to be Christian, the Bible is its biggest obstacle. 

The plain truth is that our Creator has revealed himself extensively and is appealing to the good old “horse-sense” with which he endowed us. (I especially like that metaphor because our God made a donkey speak to a pagan prophet about using good old horse-sense; you can read about this in chapter 22 of the book of Numbers.) The point is that we don’t need advanced degrees or people who are “experts” in religion to teach us how to reach our God in faith and answer his call. If you’re an unbeliever, perhaps the greatest obstacle you have is the perception that you can’t reach belief by responding with the ability and faith that our Creator-God gave you. Hopefully, you shall see that nothing could be further from the truth! 

I should add a word about your “obligation.” We shall see that the overwhelming testimony of Scripture is that everyone who walks this earth must either believe in Jesus Christ or perish. If you brought children into this world, don’t you owe it to them to at least tell them about the claims the Creator makes on their lives? Put another way, what manner of love do you have for them if you decline to tell them what the Bible says about the three questions they have?