Get Real November 16 Devotional
November 16, 2024
Science is one of the most amazing parts of the human story. It births new technologies, new medical treatments, and it allows us to understand life in profound and clear ways. But it struggles when scientists try to make it into a philosophy of life. For science does not address moral questions, it doesn’t help us with notions of meaning or purpose, or offer explanations of our deepest human experiences. We know beauty and love, and we value one another as unique individuals, not the products of random process producing accidental order. Basil Mitchell, one time professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oxford, introduced me to the idea of a cumulative case.
The power of Christianity, as an explanation of everything, is that it addresses every sphere of life from the intellectual discovery to the realms of daily interpersonal relationships. It sheds light on human nature, the tragedies of history, the character and limits of politics, and the profound desires we have to live nobly, overcoming the things that diminish our individual and collective lives.
Do you value the breadth and power of the Christian worldview?
FAMILY TIME—
Thank God for the gift of our minds.
How do you cultivate your mind right now?
