The Case for Christ
If you haven’t seen The Case for Christ, the movie based on
Lee Strobel’s life, you should see it (here's the movie trailer).
It’s good. It’s about his journey
to Christ, from being an atheist who was very skeptical about Christianity and
who only responded to “facts” to finally finding the evidence for Christ so
overwhelming that he couldn’t help but believe. [Here's the hour-long documentary: The Case for Christ.]
What I liked about it was the
two different ways that we see him and his wife come to Christ. She came to Christ through her emotions,
through the pull on her heart, as though she knew it was the truth without
needing the facts first. But he came to
Christ through his mind, through researching the facts about Christ’s death and
resurrection and the validity of the Bible.
One was led by their heart, and
one was led by their mind.
I love that. I love that God has different ways of
reaching different people, based on our personalities. I love that we can find Him through our heart
and emotions, and I love that we can find Him through facts and reasoning.
I have always found it
interesting to hear about someone’s salvation story, about what led them to
finally believe in God, to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and how it changed
their life.
Mine is quite simple and
uneventful. My mom had been searching
for awhile for God. I was in a Catholic
school and we were attending a Jehovah’s Witness church (cult). But she knew there was more out there. And so we ended up at a Bible-based church of
some kind, and she sent me to a Christian camp when I was 11. While I was there, I heard the message of the Gospel and then the speaker gave an “altar call,” a
call to come to the front and kneel if you want to accept Jesus as Lord and
Savior. And I guess I just knew that it was all real. And I wanted it. And so, without even really thinking about
it, I rose to my feet and walked to the front.
And that was it!
But since then, I have been
driven to have solid, rational answers for why I believe in Christ and why I
don’t believe in other religions or atheism.
So I have spent time researching other religions and what they offer and
researching Christianity and the validity of the Bible and the events of the
Bible. And in doing so, my faith has
only grown more solid. It’s only
confirmed my faith more.
