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I’ve discussed this previously on the blog.

To me the whole point of any faith is to believe in what you can’t see or prove tangibly. I can’t prove that God exists in a way that you can examine scientifically. I can show how my life changed when I let God have control of it. That’s as tangible as I can make it. My life and the lives of people I know are all the evidence I need.

However, I also believe in the real, tangible, historical person of Jesus Christ who was both God and man at the same time. I can’t explain that scientifically either, but I believe it. I’ve walked where he walked and have seen the places described in the Bible, and that’s real. I believe in the miracles described in the Bible even though I didn’t see them and I can’t explain them. If you want me to, I could sit and talk to you all about the proven historical details of the Bible or about how my faith lines up with the science I know, but that’s not why I believe. It certainly bolsters my faith but it isn’t the reason for my faith.  I believe these things because if God can step into my life and save me and direct my life and make some things possible that I thought were impossible, then I believe he also did some cool stuff thousands of years ago. 

As an example of how God works in our lives, I will share this story of something that happened recently that my mom passed on to me literally this morning. I’ll put it behind a read more link for folks who don’t feel like scrolling.

Cranquis: …and some dietary triggers for acid reflux include spicy foods, caffeine, chocolate, mint–

Patient: oh no could it be the peppermint patties.

Cranquis: Do you eat those often?

Patient: 3 cartons a day to take the acid taste out of my mouth for a while.

Cranquis:

90+ grumpy old man (who has been objecting to all medical advice I’ve given so far): Ok, doc, you seem like an honest guy, so tell me the truth – isn’t my blood thinner made out of rat poison?

Cranquis: Basically, yes. When you give warfarin to rats, their blood gets too thin, and then they bleed internally and die.