A 'Failed-Again' Christian: Explaining Why I Believe

This is the story of my personal journey of faith – from growing up in a Taoist family in predominantly-Muslim Malaysia, to becoming a half-baked ‘Darwinist,’ to this next stage of my journey as a follower of Jesus.

For me, faith cannot be an irrational leap in the dark. In this book, I share with readers the issues that I have struggled with. I have used evidence from nature, science, and the strange worlds of quantum physics, chemistry, and biology – to explain the rationality of my faith. There will be no mathematical or scientific proofs or slam-dunks, only plausible explanations and ideas that pointed me towards Christianity. If anything, readers will hear my self-doubts in these pages.

Along with perennial questions like the existence of God and Why suffering? I share with readers plausible explanations for miracles, evolution creationism, virgin birth and the Christian concept of the Trinity. We discuss the intricate Goldilocks conditions needed for the existence of life and the mathematical elegance of the universe. This book is therefore for those who are curious about ‘Life and the Big Question’ as well as for those, like me, who have doubts but have been afraid to ask these questions for fear of being judged and misunderstood.

Can you reconcile the creation story with evolutionary biology?

Are there examples of the ‘Trinity’ in chemistry?

Was Napoleon crossing the Red Sea a ‘miracle’?

The chicken and egg problem of evolutionary biology: which came first – the DNA, RNA or the protein?

How is it that life and the universe can be ‘explained’ by mathematical equations? Chance or design?

All readers will be enriched by Kim Tan’s honest journey of confronting obstacles to faith. With both intellectual rigour and humility, Tan shows how belief in God and scientific inquiry aren’t at odds but rather are beautifully intertwined. His background in science shines through, as he uses unique examples to illustrate his Christian convictions (Dr Andy Steiger, Founder, Apologetics Canada)