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From: plh@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Patrick L. Heck)
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Subject: Re: Reading Suggestions for non-Christians interested in Christianity
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Date: 17 Aug 89 07:32:56 GMT
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In article  kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes:
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>I'm sure that this has been done earlier, but in any case, I'd like to
>initiate a process of posting suggestions for reading materials for people
>who are not Christian but might be interested in converting.

As pointed out by Dennis in his original posting, "Mere Christianity" by
C.S. Lewis is an excellent starting point.

However, two books that truly changed my attitude about the Gospel
of Jesus Christ are
   "More Than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell
       and
   "The Resurrection Factor" by Josh McDowell

Both of these books provide historical and biblical evidence that
Jesus Christ was the Messiah, was the Son of God, did die on the
cross, and did rise from the dead.  Before I read these books
I considered my faith of the Gospel to be what I call irrational
faith.  By this I mean that it wasn't primarily based on intellectual
reasoning.  These books showed me that belief in the Gospel message
isn't 'intellectual suicide' (a term used by McDowell) but is based
on historical fact.  I truly believe that if anyone reads these
two books they cannot come to any conclusion other than the fact
that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Both of these books come primarily from two other books by Josh
McDowell entitled "Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Vol 1 and 2."


-- 
  Patrick Heck                           University of Virginia
  plh@uvacs.cs.virginia.EDU              Computer Science Department