Resources on becoming a Christian
Below are some resources on becoming a Christian:
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Evidence and arguments for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
See also: Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is critical to the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Corinthians:15:14).
There is a great amount of compelling evidence from multiple lines of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ (See: Evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ).
Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.[1] The Christian apologist Michael Horner of CRU has an excellent resource which offers a defense of the resurrection of Jesus Christ entitled Did Jesus really rise from the dead?. In addition, Dr. Gary Habermas offers an online audio library which defends the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In recent history, Dr. Gary Habermas is considered the foremost Christian apologist for defending the resurrection of Jesus.[2][3][4][5][6] Dr. Habermas had a debate against the philosopher Antony Flew regarding the resurrection which was chronicled in the work Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate and the debate had a panel of debate judges. J. Hampton Keathley, III, Th.M. in his essay Evidences for the Resurrection wrote: "The decision of the judges were as follows. The panel of philosophers judging content cast four votes for Habermas who argued for the fact of the resurrection, none for Flew, and one draw. The panel of professional debate judges voted three to two, also in favor of Habermas, this time regarding the method of argumentation technique." [7]
In recent history some notable defenders of the resurrection include: William Lane Craig, Ben Witherington, Lee Strobel, Josh McDowell, Edwin M. Yamauchi, N.T. Wright and Michael Horner.[8][9][10][11][12]
Legal scholars, legal authorities, and eminent lawyers such as Simon Greenleaf, John Warwick Montgomery, Lord Darling, John Singleton Copley, Hugo Grotius, Lord Caldecote, J. N. D. Anderson, Lionel Luckhoo, and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ.[13][14][15][16][17]
Video Testimonies of Christians
See also: Christian video testimonies
Video Christian testimonies:
- Greg Outlaw's testimony
- Ivan's Christian testimony
- Christian Testimony of Deepak Mahtani
- Christian women testimony
- Christian Testimony - Edward John - Word Out Productions
Ex-atheists Lee Strobel Christian video testimony:
Video testimony of ex-Muslims:
- Ex-Muslim testomonies
- Why I Left Islam & Became Christian
- Islamic terrorist leader converts to Christianity after seeing a vision of Jesus Christ
Tips on choosing a Christian church
Books on being a disciple of Jesus Christ
- The Complete Book of Discipleship: On Being and Making Followers of Christ by Bill Hull. NavPress; Annotated edition (November 6, 2006)
- The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges. NavPress; Enlarged edition (November 3, 2016)
- The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges. NavPress (June 1, 2016)
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt
- ↑ http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm
- ↑ http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html
- ↑ http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection2-CTR.pdf
- ↑ http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm
- ↑ http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html
- ↑ http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=639
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/josh2.html
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html
- ↑ http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Early_Traditions.htm
- ↑ http://powertochange.com/discover/faith/jesusrose1/
- ↑ http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm
- ↑ http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm
- ↑ http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm
- ↑ http://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_lawreligionculturereview_archive.html
- ↑ http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html