Confidence in the Word

“I see many Christians today who are not completely certain of the basis for their faith. When attacked and ridiculed, they wither and crumble, unable--or perhaps unwilling--to defend what they believe. I find this incredulous, because my own faith is based not on opinion, as was my atheism, but on an astonishing amount of legal-historic evidence. These beliefs are grounded on historical evidence and eyewitness accounts of thousands of people who faithfully documented the facts”

--Comments by an atheist who became a Christian (www.pytlik.com/observe/deliverus/intro.html).

Peter confidently stated that he was an “eyewitness” (2 Peter 116. Luke spoke of the Lord showing himself to the apostles with “many infallible proofs” (Acts:1:3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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