Matthew Sample II

Some people worry that because they're not articulate or charismatic in explaining the reasons for their Christian beliefs that they're not justified. That's not true. Regardless of whether you can convincingly explain your reasons, you're justified in your beliefs. God is real, Jesus saves, and that doesn't depend on your persuasion skills. If you're not an eloquent speaker or writer and you want to fulfill 1 Peter 3:15, be a living example of the hope that you have. I still remember the quiet examples of the Christians I encountered as an atheist and how that planted seeds.

Sometimes when I post images of space, I get comments like this. Either they’re trolling to make Christians look like crazed conspiracy theorists or they’re demoralized, black-pilled weirdos. I posted images of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Pluto. Three of those planets you can see with these natural gizmos called “eyes” by placing them in front of another gizmo called a “telescope.” You can buy these technological wonders online or you can go to your local astronomy club viewing party and use someone else’s. You’ll see these planets look more or less exactly like they do in NASA images. Pluto is sufficiently far away that we needed a spacecraft to see details. But why would NASA CG images of Pluto or any other objects? If they did, there are other countries with technology who will humiliate them with images of what these planets “really look like.” “It’s all part of a global conspiracy!” the weirdo will say. So, they're conspiring to do what exactly? What global agenda is served by faking images of planets? No real money, no power, no politics. Just pretty pictures and some chemistry and geology in the Solar System. And a lot of Christians on social media looking at all this stuff and thinking, "Wow, God is great." Stop being weirdos. (This is from a post on Notes. If you wanna get in on the action, click on the link in my bio.)