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NASB | Acts 17:28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 17:28 "For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.' |
Subject: A Christian View of Science |
Bible Note: Lionstrong, perhaps this will clarify my meaning. Consider: 1. Something is true because I believe it. 2. I believe something because it is true. To me, #2 is the Christian world view. From what you have said, I think we agree. Yet, #1 is important to understand, for the world thinks this way. For believers, our faith confirms truth, and as a result, we make it the basis for our decisions and actions. Unbelievers lack faith because, in their estimation, there is nothing to believe in. As a result, they have no basis for their decisions, so instead, they live unto to themselves. After considering what you have said, I am drawn to Romans 10:17, which says "....faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ." Clearly, as you have said, without logic, we cannot understand the word and without this understanding, we cannot come to faith in Christ. I realize this sounds contrary to what I have tried to express, but I was not referring to faith in Christ. I was talking about faith in logic, e.g. without the belief that language carries meaning and meaning can be rightly understood through logic, logic becomes little more than an intellectual exercise with no bearing on our decisions. Parable |