The tagline for the ultrapopular video game Halo 3 is "Believe." But the real question is: Why believe in anything?

Think about what you're told every day in high school biology and later in college classes like social science and anthropology: You are a highly evolved animal. Except for what society assigns to it, life has no inherent meaning.

When your ears hear that, why does your brain scream. "That's not true!"? We'll answer that, but first, back to Halo 3.

You don't have to be a gamer to be familiar with the Halo trilogy and the hype that surrounds it. Halo 3's release in September last year was officially the biggest day in U.S. entertainment history—grossing a whopping $170 million in its first 24 hours.

But as the Cat in the Hat would say, "That is not all. Oh no, that is not all." Halo mania includes Web sites, a movie in the making and books. There are the ringtones, endless blog strings and millions of fans in at least 37 countries and 17 languages.

Why the frenzy? It's more than the blood and guts. There are hundreds of shoot-'em-ups that have not caused near the stir. It's the story that gets people hooked.

In the Halo 3 fantasyland, set 500 years in the future, every detail imaginable is sketched into the minds of the players. Alien races are described in intimate detail. The struggle for humanity's future is made real. It's the plight of the underdog, good vs. evil, performing the work of a hero by saving humanity from the brink of extinction…and so on.

Here's the irony: We live in an incredibly cynical age when it comes to believing in anything! So why do we constantly try to create belief in our make-believe worlds like video games? Neo-Darwinist or Freudian survival instincts cannot explain this.

The surprising answer is that we're designed to think this way!

The Eternal God hardwired our brains to seek those things that really matter. There's a very deep passage in the Bible that says: "He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11, New International Version).

In other words, God has designed in every one of us a desire to seek those things that DO matter, that DO make a difference!

But to really make a difference in the world, video games like Halo 3 tell us we must first worship at the altar of violence. Consider these words attributed to Albert Einstein: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction."

Jesus Christ will lead humanity in that new direction. He promises His followers that an age of true happiness and peace is coming—immediately after a time when humanity's craving for violence is on the verge of destroying all life. No video game universe can come up with such a plotline!

That's the good news—the gospel of the awesome Kingdom of God! Read verses 14 and 15 of the first chapter in the biblical book of Mark in a modern translation: Jesus Christ announces that the right time to hear this gospel has now come! Read the article Know Jesus, Know Peace.

Drop the console. Step away from the gaming station. Change your hearts and lives. There is no greater reason to believe. VT