UBC Wed For Life

Ask most Believers and nonbelievers alike and they’ll both probably tell you that being a Christian requires that you follow a lot of rules. Depending on the denomination, you may run into rules governing what you wear, what you eat, where you live, how much technology you can use, etc… In many of these cases, the rules may just represent a minor inconvenience. In others, the rules may be dangerous. Recently, a couple, Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari, found out they would be going to trial for murder because they allowed their 10 month old baby to die. Their defense is that they were following their religious beliefs. Apparently, their Christian pastor told them that going to the doctor was wrong. Who told him that? It certainly isn’t Biblical. As Believers we are to seek knowledge about God, but we have to be careful how we obtain such knowledge. We can be educated and we can also be indoctrinated. Education can be defined as the process of giving or receiving systematic i

  Do we ever stop to look at the cages we put ourselves in? Cages of family, friends, work, leisure, and religion; cages we build based on our understanding of these areas of life and what they entail. We try and create spaces where we can safely live out our assumed expectations; spaces where we can keep out the uncertainty and retain authenticity. Here we become like zoo animals in a sense. Wild exotic creatures who were meant to roam and enjoy the earth God created who now have to settle for a limited artificial environment. In captivity these animals are unable to develop properly on all levels. They do not have the opportunity to learn social structures and habits such as nurturing and hunting. They become dependent on human ways to now meet their needs. This lack of natural development also causes animals in captivity to suffer from boredom, lack of exercise, and poor-quality food. Furthermore, being deprived of their natural environment and social interactions, animals

 It’s not so uncommon these days to turn on the television or other media outlet and find an argument between a Christian and a non-believer regarding the existence of God and the legitimacy of the Christian Faith. The non-believer may try to point out the lack of empirical evidence supporting God’s existence. The topic of the universe’s creation may come up. Of course the Believer will acknowledge that God created the universe, which, not coincidentally, is why Believers are often referred to as Creationists. The non-believer will invoke the Big Bang Theory. The Believer, if savvy, may point out that the Big Bang Theory really only proposes how the universe came to be; it doesn’t give the cause. The non-believer, if well-read, may bring up quantum fluctuations, a mathematically backed theory that claims the universe could have come from nothing. Maybe then, the Believer asks who or what created the circumstances where such quantum fluctuations would even come into play

As Christians, we must never forget how important love is. Christianity truly is a religion of love. You can probably judge how much a person adheres to the Faith by how loving they actually are. The Bible is clear on this. 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 says: 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. For anyone who has read the Bible, this should be an amazing pass