Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?

Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?

What’s the direction of causation? After all, correlation does not equal causation. The results of a Pew Forum Survey, posted last week indicate that “highly religious people” are, on average, more engaged with family, volunteer more, and are happier overall than...
The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists

The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists

PDF When you pray, are you talking to a God who exists? Or is God nothing more than your “imaginary friend,” like a playmate contrived by a lonely and imaginative child? When author Sam Harris attacked Christianity in Letter to a Christian Nation, reviewers called the...
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

PDF To some, the concept of having faith in a higher power or a set of religious beliefs is nonsensical. Indeed, many view religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as unfounded and unreasonable. Norman Geisler and Frank Turek argue, however, that...
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical

Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical

PDF We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives? In this...
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

PDF Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics and non-believers bring to religion. Using literature, philosophy, anthropology, pop culture, and intellectual reasoning, Keller...