Knowing Christianity

This Is Not a Made-Up Story In a courtroom, eyewitness testimony matters. It can strengthen a case or tear it apart. That matters here, because the Christian faith is not built on myth, rumor, or religious wishful thinking. It is built on what God did in history through Jesus Christ. The testimony about Jesus is broad, public, and compelling. Crowds heard Him teach. Many saw His miracles. Hundreds watched Him die. And after His resurrection, many saw Him alive again. As Luke says, t he original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us (Luke 1:2). God Gave Us Trustworthy Witnesses Our Gospel accounts come to us through real witnesses. Matthew and John walked with Jesus as His disciples. Mark was closely connected to Peter and recorded apostolic testimony. Luke was not himself one of the Twelve, but he tells us plainly how he wrote: It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequen...

  Dr. Miguel J Gonzalez For generations, much of the Western world assumed that God made the world, rules over it, and has spoken into it. Then came movements like the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and little by little many people began to trust human reason more than divine revelation. What once sounded obvious—that God is real, that truth comes from him, and that we are accountable to him—started to sound strange to modern ears. But the Bible does not leave us guessing. It calls us back to reality. Scripture says, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). That is where truth begins—not with man, but with God. And because God has spoken, we do not have to build our lives on shifting sand. We can stand on his Word. 1. God and the World Christian theism begins here: God is infinite, personal, holy, and unlike anyone or anything else. He is not a force, not an idea, and not a projection of human longing. He is the living God. The Lord says, Remember ...