I've come to believe that the most fundamental barrier to Christian faith is not a logical one but a moral one

I've come to believe that the most fundamental barrier to Christian faith is not a logical one but a moral one: We simply cannot believe that there is a Person who has done whatever He wanted to do without consulting us.

This is a moral issue in the sense that, due to our prideful hearts and cultural sensibilities, we disdain any notion of absolute authority.

But after we've ploughed through all of the philosophical, scientific, and experiential arguments for believing or rejecting the God of the Bible, we will inevitably hit the rough, immovable bedrock reality that "the Lord does whatever He pleases" (Psalm 135:6). All things that exist conform to that reality. And to submit to that, my friends, requires you to trust what He has told you to believe.

By faith, that reality comforts and stabilizes us. Apart from faith, that reality offends and disorients us. In fact, to the extent that we reject that truth, we are unable to understand reality.

So what does this mean? It means that no matter what issue we wrestle with (creation, the Fall, election, suffering, Hell, etc.), we should think hard and well about it but ultimately be reminded that at the bottom of our inquiry is the necessity of faith to trust the design of the utterly good, supremely wise, and all-powerful God.