Why Faith Still Matters
Let’s be honest. Talking about faith these days can feel awkward. Why would anyone still believe in God – and especially the God of the Bible – in a time like ours? Isn’t faith outdated, restrictive, or even irrelevant?
If you grew up in India, you’ve probably noticed how much has changed in a short time. Religion used to be a big part of Indian identity. But today, for many young people, faith feels like an old story that no longer fits the modern world. More and more people describe themselves as “non-religious.” For some, that means they’ve never believed. For others, it’s disappointment; faith once meant something, but now it feels hollow or even hypocritical.
So why would anyone still believe in God – and especially the God of the Bible – in a time like ours? Isn’t faith outdated, restrictive, or even irrelevant?
Let’s look again.
1. The Hunger That Progress Can’t Satisfy
We live in one of the most connected, educated, and comfortable generations in history. Yet surveys consistently show rising rates of anxiety, loneliness, and hopelessness, especially among young adults. We’ve achieved freedom from many old constraints, but many feel lost about what that freedom is for.
Underneath the surface of modern life is a quiet question: Is there more than this?
C. S. Lewis – an Irish-born skeptic turned believer – once wrote …
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
– C. S. Lewis
The Christian story doesn’t dismiss our longing for meaning. It explains it. The Bible says that we were created by a God who knows us and loves us; a God who planted in every human heart a hunger for relationship with Him. That longing doesn’t go away just because society changes.
2. The God Who Doesn’t Fit Our Stereotypes
Many people today don’t reject God so much as a distorted picture of Him, a picture shaped by hypocrisy, power abuse, or empty rituals. If religion was used as a tool of control or fear, then walking away from that isn’t rebellion—it’s sanity.
But the Bible’s portrayal of God is profoundly different.
He is not a distant judge waiting to punish. He is the Life-Giver, the One who made you in His image, who knows your name, your fears, and your dreams. When humanity turned away from Him, He didn’t abandon us. Instead, He entered our world in Jesus Christ—not to control us, but to set us free.
Jesus didn’t come for the perfect. He came for the broken. He defended the outcast, confronted hypocrisy, and gave His life out of love. This is the kind of God the Bible reveals; not a system of guilt, but a relationship of grace.
3. Faith and Reason: Not Enemies but Partners
Some imagine faith as blind belief—shutting your brain off to accept fairy tales. But biblical faith has always invited honest questions.
Science helps us understand how the universe works; faith helps us ask why it exists at all. If the universe began with a bang, what caused the bang? Why are there moral laws written in our conscience, a sense of right and wrong that transcends cultures? Why do we instinctively value love, truth, and justice?
Atheism says these are just evolutionary accidents. But the Christian worldview sees them as reflections of a moral and rational Creator. Far from being anti-science, many of the pioneers of modern science – Newton, Pascal, Boyle – were motivated by their belief in a God of order and truth.
Faith doesn’t shut down thinking. It gives it a foundation.
Professor John Lennox’s talk at the Oxford Union: “I Believe In God”
4. Moral Accountability and Human Dignity
Modern culture often says, “You do you. Follow your truth.” But if truth is only personal, then who decides what’s right or wrong? Why is injustice still offensive to us?
The Christian vision says that life is sacred because it comes from the Creator Himself. Every person, born or unborn, rich or poor, is of infinite worth. Our dignity doesn’t depend on our usefulness, gender, race, or ability. It flows from being made in God’s image.
This belief shaped the very ideas of human rights and equality that modern Europe treasures. Without a transcendent source of value, morality becomes a matter of opinion; and opinions can change with the times. In a world without faith in God, anything goes. No one is safe. But if there is a righteous and loving God who holds us accountable, then our choices truly matter.
Faith reminds us that love and justice are not just ideals. They are reflections of God’s own character.
5. A Better Vision for Love and Purity
In a culture that treats sex as just another form of entertainment, the Bible’s call to chastity may seem old-fashioned or even repressive. But it’s not about shame or control; it’s about protecting something sacred.
True love is not just about desire; it’s about commitment, trust, and self-giving. Sex is not the highest expression of love; sacrifice is the true measure of love.
The Bible’s view of sex within marriage isn’t a restriction — it’s a recognition of its power. Like fire, it can warm a home or burn it down.
God designed intimacy to express lifelong faithfulness—not temporary pleasure. Chastity, then, isn’t prudishness; it’s wisdom. It’s saying, “I am worth waiting for; and so is the one I love.”
6. Rebuilding Trust, Restoring Hope
It’s no secret that the Church has lost much of its moral authority, and often for good reason. The abuse scandals and cover-ups wounded countless lives and left deep scars on public trust. The only honest response is repentance, not defensiveness.
But the failure of human institutions doesn’t erase the truth of God’s love. If anything, it shows how much we need redemption.
The good news of Jesus is not that religious people are better, but that broken people can be forgiven and made new. The Church, at its best, is a community of such people — not perfect, but being healed by grace.
7. Faith Worth Believing
If you’ve drifted from faith, or never believed at all, maybe it’s time to take another look. Not at the scandals or stereotypes, but at Jesus Himself.
He doesn’t promise a life without struggle. But He does offer meaning, forgiveness, and hope that no ideology or achievement can match. He calls you to a life that is both deeply moral and deeply joyful, where respect for life, moral accountability, and purity are not burdens, but the natural fruit of love for the Life-Giver.
The choice isn’t between faith and freedom. It’s between empty autonomy and true belonging.
God is not asking for blind submission. He’s inviting you into a story that is bigger, truer, and more beautiful than any we can write on our own.
Eye-Witness Reports
Why not get your hands on eye-witness reports about Jesus’ life and teachings? Mathew and John were among the twelve disciples of Jesus. Luke and Mark had access to the earliest disciples. Their records are reliable. Had they not been truthful reports, Jesus’ critics and enemies would have exposed these stories even in the first-century AD.
“You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”
– God, via prophet Jeremiah 29:13