A new series from La Croix Church dealing with various "problems" that people have with God. Have you ever heard...
“Why have there been so many wars in the name of religion?”
“What about all of the disturbing, violent stories found in the Bible?”
“Is God even real?”
“Why are there so many scandals in the church?”
“Where was He…when I was abused…when I was hurting…when I was suffering?”
Have a conversation with anyone wrestling with the existence of God, and these are just a few of the honest questions that are sure to be asked. Pastor Ron Watts will deal with these questions along with problems raised by today’s leading atheists.
Whether you are an atheist, an agnostic, or a believer…these messages are certain to challenge and inspire you. Bring a friend and join us for this provocative and relevant series.
Series Topics:
Flirting with Atheism (The Golden Compass, Dawkins & today’s atheist)
Religious Wars and Violence
Disturbing Stories of The Bible
Scandals
Where Was He?
Why I Believe
Read this from Pastor Ron:
"Last year was marked by an aggressively resurgence in atheism. Three books by atheistic writers made the upper tiers of the New York Times bestseller list and the year ended with the controversial movie, "The Golden Compass" and its death of God theme, making headlines. These developments have emboldened skeptics and shaken the faith of some believers. What do we make of all of this?"
"The titles of these in-your-face books say it all, The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins), The End of Faith (Sam Harris), God is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens). Their tone is strident and their message is clear: belief in God is infantile and religion, which "poisons everything," is the greatest source of violence in the world today. Are these authors breaking new ground or does their tone reveal desperation of a worldview losing steam?
Our new series, "The Problem with God," will tackle these issues and consider the points these and others are raising. For instance, we will address...Religious Wars and Violence...Disturbing Stories in the Bible. Scandals (in the church). The problem of suffering and evil. Historically, Christianity has survived similar frontal assaults from the likes of Voltaire, Nietzsche, and Marx. It will survive Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, too. But, it is important that we, in the church, wrestle with the arguments they raise and arm ourselves with knowledge and wisdom.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Problem with God
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5 comments:
I just want to know; these so-called "intellectuals", why pick on Christianity? If faith and religion is so bad, denounce Hinduism, Buddhism, and, if you have the, let's say guts, Islam. Oh, wait, you might get in trouble for not being tolerant, you stinking hypocrites. So never mind. Celebrate diversity, just so long as it doesn't clash with your lifestyles, or hold you accountable and is deemed culturally and politically correct. I forgot; my mistake.
If you would take time to read these "intellectuals'" work, you would see that they make no bones on how they feel about all religions. They all clearly state that radical islam is the most dangerous religion on earth and should be dealt with harshly when necessary. The last time I checked this is a self-labeled "Christian nation". That would be why the authors focus most of their time debunking Christianity.
I would agree with dwwj on this one. The authors in these book are critical of all religions not just Christianity.
It is important that Christians engage this discussion so that we will be ready to give an answer for the hopw that we have in Jesus Christ. It is also important for anyone in this world, a human being, to consider that God is live and well.
We hope this series allows both believers, skeptic, and even atheist to interact with the God.
I am very thankful we have the opportunity to hear and share thoughts this way. I hope it will continue, thank you La Croix.
Thanks for doing this series. I first heard of the God Delusion book last year when a family member of mine announced that this was the most brilliant book she had ever read and that she was now sold on atheism. I haven't known how to respond since then. I hope the series will help me - her name was in the prayer box when we prayed for the "lost", and I'm hoping that all of this is part of God's plan in bringing her home to Him.
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