Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: plh@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Patrick L. Heck) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Reading Suggestions for non-Christians interested in Christianity Message-ID:Date: 17 Aug 89 07:32:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U.Va. CS Department, Charlottesville, VA Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: > > >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