On relating to the true and living God

From: The Weekly Gleaner | Date: December 11, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

AS WE TRY TO MAKE sense of the ethos/spirit of this current age; that of a sense of shattered security, fear, uncertainty, cooperate anger, and war; it has become, increasingly evident that man has come face to face with his sense of mortality and he is contemplating his relationship with whoever or whatever he considers to be the higher power, the ultimate reality or simple put, the God of this universe.

Among the penetrating questions that are asked are: Is this God real? If this God is real does he care about our current state of affairs? Or Can I have a relationship with this God? Even ...

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