Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog, Simple Faith, Infinite God.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a place to thoughtfully discuss theology and practical Christianity.

I have written about my faith before, but though I'd separate the topics since I write about my experiences and about my work as well.

The Title is intended to illustrate a dichotomy that exists in God.

God is infinity complex. He created the entire universe, and understands the inner workings of all creation. His thoughts are so far above ours, that an ant has a better chance at understanding how every single system on the Space Shuttle works and interacts than we have of understanding God. God is so complex that the only way we can learn about Him is for Him to reveal Himself to us. (The inspired Word of God)

God's word is full of huge ideas, complex notions, and aspects of God that defy complete understanding (e.g. the trinity). We humans like complex things. Understanding a complex topic makes us feel smart.

As complex as God is, He wants only simple things from us: simple child-like faith, simple obedience, and love.
My life's theme can be expressed as "simple faith". Faith that God exists. Faith that God is good, and He loves me.  It is faith that God will always take care of me and provide for my needs.

I don't have to understand everything, but I believe.

The simplicity of Christ does not stop there.

The idea behind the title in a nutshell is that an infinite God reduces His infinite complexity to the point a very young child can grasp the essence of it.

In His Word, God reduces his message down to a very few simple points without compromising any of the meaning!

The Jews observe 613 commandments. Jesus (and the Talmud, by the way) refine this down to only two.

1. Love God with all your heart, mind and soul
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

The rest are merely an embellishment of these central ideas.

There seems to be an endless parade of temptations in our world. In the 1 John 2:16, God boils these down to only three.

1. Lust of the flesh(e.g. anything your body wants that is not right, such sex, sleep, food, etc. Most of these things are not wrong by themselves, but out of the proper context they are)
2. Lust of the eye (e.g. Coveting things.)
3. The pride of life (Ego, pride, etc)

All temptations falls into one (or more) of these categories.

Extensive libraries have been written to describe how to live a moral life. God's answer comes from Micah 6:8

1. To do justly
2. To love mercy
3. To walk humbly with our God