To Bare Witness to the Truth

To Bare Witness to the Truth
Author: Scott Dalton Myers
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1098063279

If God does exist, why is there so much evil in the world? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do we suffer so many trials and tribulations in our lives? These difficult questions that nonbelievers often use to deny God's existence are addressed in this book with the biblical and religious references and answers. Proof and evidence of God's existence surround us everywhere we go if we simply open our eyes and our minds to the truth. The miracles and incredible balance in nature, the wonder of the human body, the intricate structure of our eyes and ears, cellular complexity, molecular genetics, DNA, the wonders of the Earth and our universe all point to intelligent design. It is beyond belief and comprehension that all of these things could have simply evolved from some freak accident of "nature." The watchmaker's analogy for intelligent design is a good one and is certainly applicable to the creationism versus the evolution and randomness arguments discussed in this book.Jesus performed many miracles that were seen by a multitude of people and recorded by eyewitnesses. But there are also records of modern-day medical miracles that non-Christian doctors cannot explain. Additionally, thousands of people have chosen to share their near-death experiences with a research foundation, and virtually all of them reported that they came back with a profound understanding of God's love. In an interesting 1982 blind prayer study conducted by the San Francisco Medical Center, data suggests that the intercessory prayer to the Judeo-Christian God had a beneficial therapeutic effect in patients who were admitted to a critical care unit.Although there are many biblical and religious documents that recorded events in Jesus's life, there are well over ten independent accounts from outside the biblical record that identify over sixty life events and beliefs about Jesus's life. Finally, we must look to human nature itself for evidence of the existence of God and his son, Jesus Christ. Many Christians, including Jesus, and all but one of his disciples were persecuted, horribly tortured, and died excruciating deaths because of their belief in God. Many people throughout history have been willing to die for what they truly believed in, but no one willingly dies for what they know to be a lie.Finally, how do you approach a nonbeliever and talk with them about faith? This is difficult for most people, as they feel that they must have some specialized training in order to do so. One does not need a special gift to evangelize. The mandate to be a witness applies to every follower of Christ. This book can help you be a true witness!

Courage to Bear Witness

Courage to Bear Witness
Author: L. Edward Phillips
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630876917

To be a follower of Jesus means to bear witness to the truth of God. In an age when so many contemporary voices portray faith as a form of personal therapy, Gene L. Davenport, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Lambuth University, has consistently reminded us in his own witness that the truth of the Gospel entails confrontation with the world that dwells in darkness. These essays in honor of Davenport address the meaning of witness in the face of racism, sexism, and religious bigotry, to name but some of the forms this darkness takes. The topics range from emerging forms of prayer to religious themes in cowboy music, from the work of white pastors in Mississippi during the growing Civil Rights Movement to the meaning of the Righteous Gentile in Jewish-Christian friendship. Contributors: D. Brent Laytham Randy Cooper Stanley Hauerwas Billy Vaughan James T. Laney Kenneth L. Carder M. Douglas Meeks Phyllis Tickle L. Edward Phillips Tex Sample Cindy Wesley Joseph T. Reiff Margaret J. Meyer Charles Mayo

Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness
Author: Fiona C. Ross
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

New expanded edition of a classic anthropology title that examines ethnicity as a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relations.

Witness for the Truth

Witness for the Truth
Author: James Ellsberry
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781096131380

THE WITNESS TO TRUTH - John 18: 37. Jesus proclaimed more than twenty reasons to help us understand the breadth and depth of his purpose by coming to earth. Conspicuous among them is John 18:37. It stands for all to see, the foundation, the very heart and soul of Christian faith."I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."A statement can't be any clearer. He is a king, born into the world to tell the truth. All the other reasons for his coming hang on the truthfulness of that proclamation. If that single sentence is not true then Christ is not in Christianity; that would make Christianity a farce.We each must choose. If you don't believe in the truth of Jesus the Christ (Savior, God's anointed one), what do you believe about the source of truth in this world? WITNESS TO THE TRUTH explores twenty specific reasons Jesus said he came to Earth. Each reason expresses its own truth, but all come to rest on John 18: 37.