Many years ago (1966+) when I went off to college at Rice University, I immediately had my Christian faith challenged and questioned by both faculty members and classes I had. That is when I first realized that I knew more or less WHAT I believed, but not WHY I believed! By God’s providence I was attending a congregation in which the preacher had come to faith in Christ as an adult by studying “Christian evidences” – a term I had never heard of before meeting him.
Studying the topic of evidences with James Wilson completely changed the course of my life! Now, after 50 years in ministry myself, I can say confidently that most believers I have known do not know much about the evidence under-girding confidence in the truth about Jesus, God, and the Bible.Continue Reading