Contemporary atheists like to characterize themselves as smarter and more intelligent than theists; some even go so far as to advocate the term "brights" for themselves, implying that those who believe in God are the "not-brights," or perhaps the "dims." But this seriously prejudices the case and misrepresents the place of reason in theism. It also mistakes the role of reason in atheism, which is far more dependent on irrationality than most atheists realize or care to admit.
Belief in God, most particularly the God of the Bible, is a matter not just of faith (itself often grossly misunderstood by believers as well as unbelievers) but of reason. Christianity is a reasonable faith. God has revealed himself intelligibly in creation and in Scripture; the prophets and apostles repeatedly appealed to general revelation as testimony to the reality of God.
Charnock employs the analogy of the sun as he seeks to illustrate the maxim that "revelation always implies a revealer." In the process of emitting light, by which all else is seen by normal vision, the sun reveals itself and attests to its being.
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