To begin with, I think you are mistaking that I am try to say that God’s existence is scientifically provable. I’m not, and it is not. This has been discussed before: Why There is No Proof of God
What I am saying, however, and as I said there, that there is credible empirical evidence for his providential interventions in his children’s lives.
Um…
It allows you to. And you do that for all the scientific papers you read? No, you trust. We are talking about something similar to a forensic M.O., something that is a consistent pattern, something that the Perpetrator does that the observer does not replicate nor want to or try to.
Again, I am claiming that the events are consistent with a God who sovereignly and providentially intervenes in his children’s lives. Those interventions are not always what the child wants. Rich Stearns did not want or ask for what he was compelled to believe and act upon. That sequence is absolutely absurd without God, if you would care to reread it. Again, I did not ask to have my cancer cured and it was very cool to see all the timings and placings orchestrated the way they were, regardless, even if it hadn’t been. I’m glad for the way it turned out, especially for my wife’s sake, but if it had metastasized and progressed to stage 4, it is more important to die well than easily, calmly professing my Lord’s sovereignty and be welcomed into his arms.
Maybe because the kingdom of heaven is not all about a pain-free existence and comfortable life in this world, not that Christians and everyone else who can should not work at alleviating pain and suffering and ameliorating conditions for others. Francis Collins comes to mind.
No, I don’t, because I am not claiming scientific proof, just good evidence (kind of like big bang cosmology points to something beyond time and space). I would be glad to let you volunteer, if you’d like, but it would be better to have you become a child of the King first, and my brother.