I believe in a "God of might and miracle." I believe in the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that God is available to all of us through personal experience.

I believe in the reality of heaven, and I even believe that people have had glimpses of it through near-death experiences.

So I believe a lot of "strange" things that might make some scientific sorts laugh at me.

But I believe nothing without reason. I believe what I believe because I know God -- because I have experienced God -- because I have found God in Jesus Christ, who meets every question raised by reason and experience.

"When you have seen me," said Jesus, "you have seen the Father."

So I don't believe everything I see or read about God.

I don't have to.

I know God.

I can make judgments.

There is no secret code in the Bible, revealed today by computers. The Jewish scholars who thought they had found one a couple of years ago have now been proven wrong. You can get the same results with a Hebrew translation of War and Peace -- or any other text long enough to allow for a lot of random selecting.

But no one had to prove this to me. I knew right off that it was foolishness. I know God!

God doesn't do secret codes.

God is revealed in the Bible -- not hidden in riddles.

And it doesn't take a computer to find out God's heart. God is clear before us -- fully revealed in Jesus Christ. There's no riddle here.

You can believe it if you want to -- but I would take that and The Omega Code with a bit of Lot's wife.

Pillar of salt, don't ya know?

Eastern Hills has another great pancake breakfast and rummage sale this Saturday, starting at 8:00 a.m. Don't miss it.