The modern Christian life
Introduction One metric we can use to find evidence for Christianity is by looking at the lives of modern Christians. Specifically, we want to find outcomes and patterns that are distinct to Christians when compared to non-Christians. Naturally, each believer (in any religion) subjectively concludes these patterns exist. Outside of that belief system, however, these patterns are only persuasive if they can be observed objectively. There are two broad categories of effects I will be examining. One is God’s interventions: God’s actions that influence or even override the natural course of events in our world, such as miraculous healing. The other is God’s guidance: God’s imparting of knowledge or wisdom beyond what a person ordinarily has available to them. God’s interventions Healing Just based on my own observations, this must be by far the biggest category of intervention that people ask for. I suspect if you ask a Christian for an example of a mirac...