“The heavens declare the glory of God” (Ps. 19:1).
Studying evidences changed my life. If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling worrying what happens after you die or laid under the stars wondering what it all means, maybe you can relate. I remember being a teenager and wrestling with those very questions. I had already been baptized into Christ, but after a couple of moves to new states and new schools, I felt unmoored—adrift without strong roots in faith or church. In that in-between space, I realized how shallow my faith was. I knew Jesus was calling me to something deeper, but I also knew a bigger commitment would require a bigger faith than I had.
Like the apostle Thomas, I needed to examine the evidence.
So I made a decision: I was going to search. Like the apostle Thomas, I needed to examine the evidence. For six or eight months, I read everything I could, honestly weighing it out. If Christianity was true, I wanted to go all in. If not, I wasn’t going to keep “playing church.”
And then one day, standing in the shower, it all hit me. I acknowledged all the evidence that pointed to Jesus and broke down in tears. It was a moment of rebirth and recommitment. From then on, I was all in — and I was anchored. That’s what evidence does: it steadies you. It gives you confidence to commit, and once you’ve made the decision, you don’t look back. Christianity invites investigation because the truth shines under honest scrutiny. So what are the reasons to believe?
Creation
Why is there something rather than nothing? The philosopher Leibniz asked that question centuries ago, and it’s just as challenging to answer today. If there was ever a time when nothing existed, then nothing could exist now. Something exists, so there must be a necessary, self-existent cause … God!
Science tells us the universe had a beginning. William Lane Craig summarizes the argument this way: Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause. And the cause has to be outside itself — immaterial, timeless, immensely powerful, and personal. Sound familiar?
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Many of universe’s constants are finely tuned, like a series of knobs dialed to the perfect spot for life to exist. Scientists have noticed how constants like the force of gravity, the electromagnetic force, and strong and weak nuclear forces (among others) hit Goldilock’s “just right” sweet spot with remarkable precision. The more we learn, the more of the miracle we see in the Bible’s opening declaration: “In the beginning, God created” (Gen. 1:1). Even within us, creation points to God. Our DNA carries coded information — an instruction manual written in a four-letter alphabet. Information comes from a mind — the one who “created my inmost being” and “knit me together” (Ps. 139:13).
Conscience
What makes you think some things are right and others are wrong? Across every culture, across all of history, people have understood that some things are right and others are wrong. Paul explained that God’s “law is written on” our hearts (Rom. 2:15). If there were no God, morality would be a matter of opinion, with no true standard that could have any weight. But with God, love and goodness have real and lasting value.
Christ
God didn’t just make this world. He entered it. As John 1.14 says, “the Word” who created everything (John 1:1) became flesh (John 1:14). Jesus reveals God in a way no one else can, no one else ever has. I encourage you to spend some time with the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and reflect on the person they reveal. Consider Jesus’ teaching and the life he lived. Notice not only the miracles but the things he did that anyone could have done but no one else would: the way he loved overlooked people, washed his own followers’ feet, and forgave his enemies. No one else talked like him or lived like him.
If you don’t automatically rule out the supernatural, the most probable explanation is the simplest: Jesus really rose.
And then there’s the resurrection, the heart of the issue for Christians and the reason I follow Jesus today. Even skeptical historians agree on key facts: Jesus was crucified, buried, and soon after, the tomb was reported empty. His followers claimed to see him alive. They were transformed from fearful doubters into bold witnesses. Many of them died for their testimony! Paul even invited his readers to check with the 500 people who had seen Jesus at once (1 Cor. 15:6). If you don’t automatically rule out the supernatural, the most probable explanation is the simplest: Jesus really rose.
From Reasons to Meaning
Evidence doesn’t tell the whole story though. Because if God created all this, then you’re not an accident. Your creator chose for you to exist and longs for a relationship with you. If your conscience points to God’s law, then every act of love echoes into eternity. If Christ is risen, then death is not the end. You can live with hope beyond the grave.
Like Thomas, we might wrestle with doubts, wanting to see for ourselves. But Jesus gave Thomas what he needed, and he still gives us enough evidence to believe. And he was talking about us when he told Thomas, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29).