Carl Michaelson knew a philosophy professor at Colgate who, whenever a student used the word "God" in his classroom, would stop and beckon the student to come forward and stand with him at an open window. "Show him to me," the professor asked.

What a disadvantage believers have when it comes to empirical evidence for God! At first glance, this seems to be a uniquely modern problem. In the old days, Biblical people are always chatting with God, strolling arm in arm with God in the garden. God is everywhere in the Bible. Why is God “Deus Absconditus” in modern life?

And yet, even in the Bible, men and women are often more impressed by the absence, the distance, the hiddenness of God than by God's presence.

Moses on Mount Sinai wants to know all there is to know about God. "Show me your gl…