Christians often talk about how grace means that we don't and can't 'earn' our way into heaven.
Eph 2:8-9: "Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: Not by works, so that no man may take glory...
Assume there is a God who created the universe. Are there reasons to believe that 'It' is a loving God?
I think this is an interesting argument that may have potential. One could call it the 'motivation' argument.
The 'motivation' argument says...
Rom 9:20: "But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?"
James 1:13: "When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor...
A lot of skeptics would argue that if the universe needs an explanation for its existence, then God needs an explanation as well. Moreover, God sounds a lot more complicated than the universe, so how did we end up with such a complex God?
From a...
Gal 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Based on verses such as these (and there are a...