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But as long as there is a remote possibility of explaining the resurrection naturalistically, modern people say we should not jump to a supernatural explanation. Is this reasonable? I don't think so. Of course, we don't want to be gullible. But neither do we want to reject the truth just because it is strange.

~John Piper

I must concur with Dr. Piper. Truth, strange or familiar, is truth; and I think keeping an open mind is what makes it believable. I found this an interesting way to look at things that are superficially unbelievable (like the resurrection); and it really hit home in my naturally-skeptic heart.

I was raised to question, to unearth meaning. With my parental roots in science and education, skepticism goes with the game. It's what brings answers. Unfortunately, this has provided not a few obstacles that I have had to overcome in my philosophy, in my faith, and I think this is a good thing. Today, a little of the smoke cleared. I've always known, I've always believed, but there's always that little nag in the back of my head. He's still there but now he's a little quieter.

"He said to the crowd: 'When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does...Hippocrytes! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?'"
~Luke 12:54-57

Yes, I am guided; but that doesn't give me the excuse not to think. You see, I believe the being a Christian is far from static. True faith demands thought, action, struggle, and growth. Otherwise we become like the Pharisees who Jesus rebuked so many times ("You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!" Mark 7:9). So, by all means wrestle! Grow in your knowledge of God as you walk by faith in Him. Joy and unspeakable beauty await him who pursues the Father. And by no means does that make you a dogmatic hippocryte. I may not have figured all of the ins and outs yet (nobody finds all of the answers on this earth), but I firmly believe Christianity makes sense.

After all, we believe physics makes sense, yet we still don't understand gravity.