Practical Helps
Read the Bible - start with the New Testament books of John, Acts, and Romans.
Talk to people who display a genuine relationship with God -- those who obviously love him and live by his principles.
Spend time in nature, observing and experiencing God's creation.
Question things everybody seems to take for granted - be a lover of truth.
Recognize that following God must make sense: truth may go beyond reason, but not against it.
Write down your questions as you read the Bible, and take them to knowledgeable Christians who respect your inquiries.
Know your presuppositions - the things you already believe - and try not to let them interfere with your quest for truth.
Know your personal issues: your past will profoundly influence your present ability to be objective.
Remember that you don't have to know everything to know something.
Determine to search for a specific period of time, and continually evaluate your progress. Then try to reach an appropriate conclusion.
Act on what you decide:
"Ask and it will be given you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks, finds: and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Jesus words in Matthew 7:7,8
