If you follow the homosexuality debate on the news, you will often hear someone slam the Bible because it says homosexuality is an abomination…along with eating shellfish. The basic angle is that because it is ‘ridiculous’ to say eating shellfish is an abomination to God, it is also equally as ridiculous to say that homosexuality is. The Bible is a foolish book because it makes such statements. But is it, really?

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[This is the second part of a 2-part article. Click here for Part 1. Also, Biblical passages and other important points are hyperlinked; click to read them.] 

What’s the Cause like?

As with the two-by-four, we can deduce some characteristics of our Cause by observing the universe itself. In other words, by noticing characteristics about the universe, we can draw some detailed conclusions about the Cause who brought it all about. Here are a few:

• The universe is incredibly vast, therefore the Cause must be unbelievably powerful
• The universe demonstrates remarkable complexity, therefore the Cause must be, not only intelligent, but super-intelligent
• The universe shows a tremendously diverse array of life, plants, and heavenly bodies, therefore the Cause must be immeasurably creative
• Life on earth is built to sustain life, therefore the Cause must be loving
• Humanity shows an inner moral sense, therefore the Cause must be a moral being[1]

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[This is the first of a two-part article. To read Part 2 click here.] 

Let me start this article by asking you a simple question: What is God’s first name? Or, what was the first name God gave Himself in the Bible? Let me show you an interesting portion of the Bible that gives us the answer. Keep this passage in the back of your mind as this article progresses. We’ll make an interesting tie-in at the end; see if you can figure it out before we get there.

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I had been planning this meeting for some time. Julie and I had a couple of brief occasions to talk about spiritual things in her office, but we had always run out of time to get into serious matters. Now the time had finally come: Julie and I were meeting for lunch to discuss some business between our two companies and I hoped this would be the spiritual opportunity I was looking for.

After we placed our drink orders, Julie surprised me by saying, “Wes, I’m glad we got to meet today. I know you’re a spiritual guy and there’s something I’d like to talk to you about.” Wow! Let’s go, I thought. Then the hammer fell. She went on, “I have Christians in my office. They gossip; they don’t turn in their time cards on time. Why would I want to be one of those?”

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“I already believe that,” she said. But I wasn’t so sure.

She said she believed in Jesus. She accepted that she was a sinner-as God tells us we all are-and that Jesus died on the Cross for her sins. But there was something about her response that made me doubt. She didn’t seem moved in any way; it seemed like she accepted the facts about Jesus and that was it. Continue Reading »