What would it take to convince you that the Gospel of Jesus Christ really was the work of a God? What evidence would remove all your doubts forevermore?In this groundbreaking and highly persuasive book, Scottish philosopher C. S. Morrison recounts the amazing miracles that brought him from a sceptical position on all things religious to unshakable certainty. Beginning with a surprising childhood experience that gave him a na ve confidence in the power of prayer, he explains his teenage rejection of Christianity (and all faiths), and how his studies in science reopened his mind to the possibility of a theistic God. This led to a renewed interest in Christianity, but no great conviction that the teachings of Jesus Christ were the work of a nonhuman mind. An astonishing coincidence changed all that. It was another immediate and meaningful answer to prayer, but a million times more dramatic and unlikely. It gave him a spooky sense that a real God was steering him towards Christianity. His witnessing of a medical miracle in circumstances that appeared to him to rule out fraud, secured that faith for many years. However, in his forties he became far more sceptical about the world. What saved his faith was that by this time he had found objective evidence that the claims of Christ were correct.That evidence is as surprising and convincing as those earlier miracles. It consists of the historical fulfilment of certain prophecies in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Morrison makes a very persuasive case that, due to scholarly biases, the most justifiable interpretation of these prophecies has not been fully identified before. Yet if you agree with him about their meaning, you will be forced to concede that they really did come true long after the latest possible date of writing. And intriguingly, the events that fulfilled them are not of the sort that could have been orchestrated by man. If you are looking for a powerful testimony, robust answers to the hardest questions a Christian might be asked, or even the perfect justification for faith in Christ, this rare combination of personal testimony and investigative scholarship is unlikely to disappoint.
What would it take to convince you that the Gospel of Jesus Christ really was the work of a God? What evidence would remove all your doubts forevermore?In this groundbreaking and highly persuasive book, Scottish philosopher C. S. Morrison recounts the amazing miracles that brought him from a sceptical position on all things religious to unshakable certainty. Beginning with a surprising childhood experience that gave him a na ve confidence in the power of prayer, he explains his teenage rejection of Christianity (and all faiths), and how his studies in science reopened his mind to the possibility of a theistic God. This led to a renewed interest in Christianity, but no great conviction that the teachings of Jesus Christ were the work of a nonhuman mind. An astonishing coincidence changed all that. It was another immediate and meaningful answer to prayer, but a million times more dramatic and unlikely. It gave him a spooky sense that a real God was steering him towards Christianity. His witnessing of a medical miracle in circumstances that appeared to him to rule out fraud, secured that faith for many years. However, in his forties he became far more sceptical about the world. What saved his faith was that by this time he had found objective evidence that the claims of Christ were correct.This evidence is as surprising and convincing as those earlier miracles. It consists of the historical fulfilment of certain prophecies in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Morrison makes a very persuasive case that, due to scholarly biases, the most justifiable interpretation of these prophecies has not been fully identified before. Yet if you agree with him about their meaning, you will be forced to concede that they really did come true long after the latest possible date of writing. And intriguingly, the events that fulfilled them are not of the sort that could have been orchestrated by man. If you are looking for a powerful testimony, robust answers to the hardest questions a Christian might be asked, or even the perfect justification for faith in Christ, this rare combination of personal testimony and investigative scholarship is unlikely to disappoint.
Daniel Trezevant was a respected physician of Columbia, South Carolina, in his late eighteen-sixties. In February 1865 he had just delivered the baby of a frail mother, when U.S. soldiers, who had been busy robbing the house, burst into the room declaring that they wanted to see a "Rebel born." Later that evening, he witnessed other heroes in blue torching his and neighbours' houses, while preventing him from rescuing the portrait of his son killed in the Mexican War. Dr. Trezevant wrote and published his eyewitness account of U.S. war crimes against women, children, black Southerners, private property, and civil institutions a few months after the war. His account has not much been noticed, unlike the witness of William Gilmore Simms and Emma LeConte. It is now made available, with material from Trezevant's unpublished papers, by Karen Stokes, the authority on Sherman in South Carolina. Lest we forget
Beloved of God offers a verse by verse commentary on the text of the Old Testament book of Daniel. Its narrative and prophetic content is expounded upon in light of the book's rich historical context. Special sections address the identity of the little horn, the connections between Daniel and the book of Revelation, and the seventy weeks. A defense of the divine inspiration of the book of Daniel is offered that affirms a sixth century BC origin.
What would it take to convince you that the Gospel of Jesus Christ really was the work of a God? What evidence would remove all your doubts forevermore?In this groundbreaking and highly persuasive book, Scottish philosopher C. S. Morrison recounts the amazing miracles that brought him from a sceptical position on all things religious to unshakable certainty. Beginning with a surprising childhood experience that gave him a na ve confidence in the power of prayer, he explains his teenage rejection of Christianity (and all faiths), and how his studies in science reopened his mind to the possibility of a theistic God. This led to a renewed interest in Christianity, but no great conviction that the teachings of Jesus Christ were the work of a nonhuman mind. An astonishing coincidence changed all that. It was another immediate and meaningful answer to prayer, but a million times more dramatic and unlikely. It gave him a spooky sense that a real God was steering him towards Christianity. His witnessing of a medical miracle in circumstances that appeared to him to rule out fraud, secured that faith for many years. However, in his forties he became far more sceptical about the world. What saved his faith was that by this time he had found objective evidence that the claims of Christ were correct.That evidence is as surprising and convincing as those earlier miracles. It consists of the historical fulfilment of certain prophecies in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Morrison makes a very persuasive case that, due to scholarly biases, the most justifiable interpretation of these prophecies has not been fully identified before. Yet if you agree with him about their meaning, you will be forced to concede that they really did come true long after the latest possible date of writing. And intriguingly, the events that fulfilled them are not of the sort that could have been orchestrated by man. If you are looking for a powerful testimony, robust answers to the hardest questions a Christian might be asked, or even the perfect justification for faith in Christ, this rare combination of personal testimony and investigative scholarship is unlikely to disappoint.
The aim of this book is to show that during the early half of the twentieth century, Chinese society was disillusioned by both internal dissension and external invasion, and the churches experienced many challenges. In response to the traumatic events of 1920–1949, the Chinese theologian Prof. T. C. Chao tried to construct a ‘new religion’ for China, believing that an indigenous Christianity would offer a solution to the national crisis. Chao searched for a new interpretation of Jesus Christ to make him relevant to China’s context and social thought, and tried to develop Christology based on the encounter of Western Christianity, Chinese culture and social change. A personality-focused interpretation of Jesus Christ was developed, and an image of Confucian Jesus was found in his thought. Chao tried to explore his contextual Christology with the purpose of being faithful to Christian faith, and being relevant to Chinese classical culture and the contemporary context in order to enable intellectual Christians to contribute to the national reconstruction of Country.
