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“If life is a comedy, then why all the tragedy,” asks Singer Chris Rice in his song “Big Enough.” If we don’t know initially, we’re soon let in that the object of his question is God himself. Rice makes this clear in the chorus when he sings, “God if You’re there I wish You’d show me / And God if You care then I need You to know me / I hope You don’t mind me askin’ the questions / But I figure You’re big enough.” But God is not the focus of this piece.

Instead, I’ve always admired the song not for any admonishment of God, but for the starkness for which it deals with God. It’s blunt in saying, “I figure You’re big enough.” Indeed, one of my mother-in-law’s favorite question to religious students in her college biology courses was, “Do you believe God created the universe? Then don’t you think he can hold up to studying evolution?” In other words, Truth (and I use a big T not for religious reasons, but to emphasize importance and certainty) can stand up to any questioning. Dullards and cynics fear Truth, but not true seekers of wisdom. It holds true not only in matters of faith, but in all fields of knowledge. Just don’t tell the universities. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…