Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with someone who is genuinely seeking God and trying to come to faith with intellectual integrity. I told him that you can't prove or disprove the basic tenets of the Christian faith. You can prove or disprove that the Bible is God's inspired word. You can't prove or disprove that God is the Intelligent Designer who created the universe. You can't prove or disprove that Jesus was raised from the dead. I think the evidence points in the direction of those things. In fact, I think the evidence is overwhelming and "beyond a reasonable doubt." But God always requires a leap of faith over the "moat" or "river of unbelief." But here's the deal. Different people leap different distances. I think some people will leap thirty feet and others need to narrow the gap to about two inches. That isn't a criticism. It's an observation. I think there are advantages and disadvantages both ways. We have a conviction at NCC: the most important decisions ought to be the most informed decisions. So this guy I met with described it in interesting terms. He referenced the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) takes a leap of faith and crosses that chasm on an "invisible bridge." I loved the way he described where he was at in his faith. If you remember the movie, Indiana throws stones on the bridge at one point so he can visually see where it is. This guy said, "I feel like I'm throwing stones on the bridge in order to cross it." I think that is what "evidence" does. The facts that substantiate our faith are like stones that help us see where we're going. But faith is what actually enables us to put one foot in front of the other.