The Harvard shield displays three open books emblazoned with the word
Truth to represent all of knowledge. The original shield had two
books face up to represent all of human knowledge and one book face down
to represent the divine knowledge which can only be received from God.
The original shield also had a banner declaring Christ and
Church, for whom we seek truth. Though the original shield is a
thing of the past, the principles for which it stood are very much here
and now. God does reveal Himself to all who seek Him, even at that
most secular of institutions, Harvard.
The greatest single cause of atheism in the
world today is Christians--who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk
out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an
unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.--dc Talk
The following is a collection of essays, stories, poems, and anecdotes
that may give you some better idea of why I and some of my friends (and
one professor) believe what we believe. Yet they are just words--if we
let them be. Every day I challenge myself to make them true in my life.
These are not idle words to us. Please don't let them be idle words to
you.
"I'm not a writer, but a good friend encouraged me to follow through with
this idea. This story, though relatively simple and written in a few days
time, embodies many of my thoughts and experiences and conversations this
summer. Parts are autobiographical, parts come from the experiences of
friends, all is sincere."
"I can't believe I neglected to do this before. I am a Christian, and I'd
like to share my thoughts. Always under construction. There would never be an
end to my thoughts on God."
"By outward appearances, I am a mild-mannered, more-than-slightly
nerdy graduate student in economics. But yes, I must confess that inside,
I am a Bible-toting, church-going, anti-post-modernist Christian. How
politically incorrect. How is it that I, a member of the intellectual
establishment, can actually believe this stuff? This section of my site is
my attempt to answer that question in a manner more satisfactory than,
'Because I have faith.'"
In the course of applying to medical school, I was asked to write
about a subject, outside of medicine, which has held my interest. This
essay was the result. Interestingly enough, I ended up never going to
medical school. Perhaps there only was one thing that ever really held my
interest.
"Okay. So I'm a Christian. What does that mean? Well, a side effect
is that I may go to church on Sundays, or Fridays, but that's not what it
means. I'm a Christian, and that means that I believe in God. It
also means that I believe in Jesus Christ, his son, whom he sent down to
die on the cross to redeem me from my sin. Being redeemed by the blood of
Jesus that he shed on the cross, I have become a child of God. Jesus
sacrificed his life so that I could go to heaven. That's right,
'I'. Me. In particular. I say that because Jesus sacrificed all
he had for me in particular, because God had me, Michael Feng, in mind
when he sent down his son. Because I needed him. I sure wasn't nearly
good enough to consider getting into heaven on my own. Only Jesus,
perfect, could do that. And he did it for me. Because he loved me
that much, even before I knew him. Even before I was born."
Testimonies of various members of my a cappella group.
Reasons to believe
The prior section addressed what God has done in the lives of various people
that I know. You may be thinking, "Well, that's all well and good for you,
but I am a rational person and Christianity can't possibly true." There are
a number of good references on the web that address these very questions.
Why
Christianity?--my friend James outlines why he is still a Christian after
examining faith with a critical eye.
Hallway of Questions--a
place where many common (and not-so-common) questions about faith are answered
in a thorough and thoughtful manner.
