How to find God: Christianity's goal is not emotional comfort but truth and relationship; reading and praying without trusting Christ is insufficient.
Question from an anonymous person (username 'it's me') who found comfort in the New Age but confusion in Christianity after 5 months of reading and prayer.
Winger says the New Age uses emotional comfort as its validation mechanism, but Christianity's primary goal is truth and relationship with God, not immediate feelings. He argues that true Christian hope — resurrection, forgiveness, eternal fellowship with God — should bring deep comfort, but wrong beliefs or unconfessed sin can cloud that. He distinguishes between searching (reading/praying) and trusting (placing faith in Christ). He also recommends setting aside sinful behaviors as part of seeking God, because sin clouds the experience of grace. He leads the live chat in prayer for the questioner.
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