I was thinking back to something Vince Vitale touched on a couple of weeks ago when we were blessed to have him at OpenDoor.

Talking about the role of Christian apologetics and its limits, he observed at one point that nobody is ever “argued into Heaven.”

And I believe he’s right about that.

If I have rejected God, it’s probably not because I am compelled to by the evidence — not primarily. Rather, it’s because I don’t want Him to be real. Truth is, I don’t want to believe in Him. I don’t want a Lord in my life. I want to be god over my own affairs. So rejecting God becomes less an intellectual decision than one of the will — of what I want.

Not that there aren’t intellectual issues. And that’s where apologetics comes in and can be very effective, I believe, when handled with gentleness and respect. If we can help people clear their intellectual obstacles away, then they have no excuses left for not getting down to the heart of the matter.

Because, truthfully, the heart is what it’s about.

In the end, we will be guided in life by one of just two principles, “I Want” or “I Am.”

It’s really that simple.

What I want — or what He, the Great “I Am,” wants.

There are no other options.