God is the best explanation for objective moral values and duties (the moral argument)

We might not agree on all moral truths. One person might think sex outside of marriage is wrong, another person might think it’s right. One person might think it’s okay to drink alcohol, another might think it’s wrong. We might not agree on exactly what is morally right or morally wrong, but nearly all of us can agree on this: […]

God is the best explanation for why anything exists at all (the argument from contingency)

Why is there something rather than nothing? It’s the most foundational question you can ask about existence. Why does anything exist at all? Every single thing that exists in this universe — every atom, every star, every person, every mountain, every animal — it is possible for that thing not to exist. So too, there is no law of logic […]

God is the best explanation for the beginning of the universe (the kalam cosmological argument)

Welcome to the first of several posts on making the case for God’s existence and involvement in the world, and in our lives personally. In this series, I want to discuss human experience and observation from many different fields, and how God is the best explanation for it all. This is a more hard-science-themed post, and a few others will […]

Science is not an alternative to faith in God. In fact, our knowledge and experience cannot be adequately explained without God.

I was seven years old when I asked. My parents and I were sitting in the living room, and I asked them whether Santa Claus was actually real. At that point I really already knew the answer, but I wanted to hear it for certain. After a long moment, my parents told me the truth: Our Christmas presents each year […]