This week Scott Adams, the writer of the comic "Dilbert," sadly passed from prostate cancer. I'm not overly familiar with the comic but have definitely gotten a chuckle from some of his work. What interested me regarding his death was his apparent late conversion to Christianity. I remark on this not to assess or make a judgment as to whether or not he is truly with the Lord now. That's the Lord's to determine. Rather, I thought his stated conversion provided an opportunity for gospel clarity. First, he stated in a letter prior to his death that he was essentially trusting in Pascal's Wager. Pascal's Wager is an apologetic approach stating that it is best to live and believe as if God does exist, because there is essentially nothing to lose. If you believe God exists and are wrong, there won't be any penalty in the nonexistent afterlife. But if we live and believe as if God doesn't exist and are wrong, there will be hell for us. So, it is better to live and believe as if God exists. There is only reward, and no downside. As an apologetic approach there is something attractive to the logic. It is, however, deficient in gospel truth. First, Jesus tells us there is great cost in truly following Him. Pascal's Wager doesn't account for this reality. Second, the approach is purely logical, failing to account for the relational necessity of knowing and loving God. There is a difference in placing a logical bet on the logical aspect of God, and actually truly knowing and loving and worshiping Him. Third, the wager does not really account for the specificity of not just knowing God in His existence, but knowing Jesus Christ as the only and exclusive Savior. It doesn't just matter that we believe in a "God," it matters that we worship the one and only true God. And fourth, the wager does not account for the necessity of genuine repentance and personal confession of sin and faith. So, while this idea has a bit of logic to it, it is not sufficient in terms of communicating the true gospel of Jesus Christ. And I do wonder if Scott Adams had a true understanding of the Christian gospel. In a video days before his passing, he said; "I do believe that the dominant Christian theory is that I would wake up in heaven if I have a good life... I am now convinced that the risk-reward is completely smart." This on its face sounds woefully short of heartfelt and genuine confession in Christ the Lord and Savior. More than that, it seems to still trust in personal works and living a good life as the basis for salvation, which is an anti-gospel. I hope and pray that Scott Adams did truly believe in the Lord Jesus, knowing that we are not saved by a full and accurate comprehension of Christ and the gospel, but by simple faith in Him. Either way, his death and last words are an opportunity for us to ensure we know where our hope and faith truly lie.