I once corresponded with a young man who was wrestling deeply with Christianity’s hard questions. As I read him, he had been doing so not only with a view to giving answers to others but also with seeking answers for his own mind and soul.
One of his emails to me expressed frustration on two levels: his own inability to reach absolutely final answers to his own questions and the temptation toward pride in giving answers to others. I’ve reproduced my reply to him here; perhaps it will be useful to others struggling with similar issues.
I recall times during my PhD studies, especially when I was taking philosophy courses at Arizona State, that I felt a bit of envy of those believers whose trust in Jesus was never troubled by knowledge of difficult questions. We both know that there are Christians who have simply never considered the objections to Christianity. They find believing the gospel to be a simple thing. Obviously, that kind of innocence is lost with deeper…
