By Angela Chandracomar
“Why is this happening to her …and to me? Why is God so cruel?”—This was a question a close friend of mine asked the day after an emergency situation occurred to her grandma, whom she watched deteriorate for months after a late diagnosis of bone cancer.
Despite our efforts and unwavering faith along the pathways of our lives, we can’t help but ask ourselves how deserving we are of certain consequences. After coming to terms with my own spirituality, I had settled on a belief that each person was …

By John Koo
Of all the “proofs” against the existence of God, the omnipotence paradox is perhaps the most popular. There are two common forms of this paradox:

Can God create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it?
Can God lie?

Can God create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it?
The trap here is clear; answering either yes or no to this question would mean God cannot do something and therefore is not omnipotent. One solution to this dilemma is simply to recognize that God can create an infinitely heavy …

By John Park
“If I’m not Christian, am I going to Hell?”
How do I answer that question? If there were only 100 people in the world, only 30 people would be going to a place called heaven. Therefore, among the 6 billion people in the world, only 1.8 billion will go to a “better place” while the remaining 5.2 billion people will suffer and rot in hell. Not only is it unfair and inhumane that so many people will burn in hell while a few select Christians get to go to …

By William Shin
Perhaps Jesus’ most poignant teaching on prayer, this one little phrase is the believer’s maxim for leading an inspired, fulfilled and powerful prayer life.

First, Faith. The key word here is “believe.” It all begins with faith. But where does faith come from? “Faith comes from the message and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17, NIV) When we hear the Word, the voice of God, we can have faith. Intimacy with the Word is imperative. Believers must read the Bible.
Second, Prayer. Hearing the Word …

By Yvette Shin

If you’ve been to the bookstore lately, this conversation should sound very familiar to you. The worldwide push to go “green” has finally reached NYU.

For years, the NYU community has fostered a passion for environmental responsibility. However with the formation of the university’s Sustainability Task Force in the fall of 2006, what was once a matter of conscience has now become a full-fledged, financially-supported, campus-wide initiative.

Going green is increasingly becoming a priority to the academic world. However not all factions recognize the urgency for sustainability efforts with such lucidity. The most disconcerting resistance comes from faith-based organizations. In particular, Christian leaders remain apathetic or even hostile toward this growing movement. The cause for this reaction is unclear. Some theorize that Biblical eschatology teaches a renewal of all things, making environmental preservation redundant. Others cite that the church’s chief mission is spiritual salvation and not global conservation. Still others claim that the long-standing leftist claim on this issue makes right-wing Evangelicals uneasy. [continued]