Lee Strobel

Every other faith system I've ever explored, and I've looked at thousands, Every other one is spelled D-O. You got to do something to try to earn your way to God. Use a Tibetan prayer wheel, go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, give alms to the poor, do good deeds. Do, do, do something and maybe someday, maybe, maybe not, but maybe you'll do enough to earn your way to heaven.

Every other faith system I've ever explored, and I've looked at thousands, Every other one is spelled D-O. You got to do something to try to earn your way to God. Use a Tibetan prayer wheel, go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, give alms to the poor, do good deeds. Do, do, do something and maybe someday, maybe, maybe not, but maybe you'll do enough to earn your way to heaven.

That's how every other religion functions. Christianity is not spelled D-O, it's spelled D-O-N-E. It's done. Jesus said in the cross, it's finished, it's done. He paid the penalty we deserved for the sins that we've committed. In other words, we don't have to pay the penalty. He paid it on the cross on our behalf. And all we have to do, and then he offers forgiveness as a free gift.

That's how every other religion functions. Christianity is not spelled D-O, it's spelled D-O-N-E. It's done. Jesus said in the cross, it's finished, it's done. He paid the penalty we deserved for the sins that we've committed. In other words, we don't have to pay the penalty. He paid it on the cross on our behalf. And all we have to do, and then he offers forgiveness as a free gift.

That's how every other religion functions. Christianity is not spelled D-O, it's spelled D-O-N-E. It's done. Jesus said in the cross, it's finished, it's done. He paid the penalty we deserved for the sins that we've committed. In other words, we don't have to pay the penalty. He paid it on the cross on our behalf. And all we have to do, and then he offers forgiveness as a free gift.

We just need to receive it in repentance and face. I'm sorry for how I've lived. I don't want to be separated from God. I want to know you personally. How do I do that? I receive this free gift of your grace. That's what grace is. By definition, it is free. And so that's the difference between every other religion and Christianity, because they all contradict each other.

We just need to receive it in repentance and face. I'm sorry for how I've lived. I don't want to be separated from God. I want to know you personally. How do I do that? I receive this free gift of your grace. That's what grace is. By definition, it is free. And so that's the difference between every other religion and Christianity, because they all contradict each other.

We just need to receive it in repentance and face. I'm sorry for how I've lived. I don't want to be separated from God. I want to know you personally. How do I do that? I receive this free gift of your grace. That's what grace is. By definition, it is free. And so that's the difference between every other religion and Christianity, because they all contradict each other.

I have a good friend who's a Muslim and he comes over to my house and we barbecue and we're buddies. So I've read the Quran and in the Quran in Surah 4, verse 156, it says Jesus didn't die on the cross and therefore he wasn't resurrected. The Quran also says that God does not have a son. The Quran also says that no one can bear the sins of another. Specifically, the Quran says that.

I have a good friend who's a Muslim and he comes over to my house and we barbecue and we're buddies. So I've read the Quran and in the Quran in Surah 4, verse 156, it says Jesus didn't die on the cross and therefore he wasn't resurrected. The Quran also says that God does not have a son. The Quran also says that no one can bear the sins of another. Specifically, the Quran says that.

I have a good friend who's a Muslim and he comes over to my house and we barbecue and we're buddies. So I've read the Quran and in the Quran in Surah 4, verse 156, it says Jesus didn't die on the cross and therefore he wasn't resurrected. The Quran also says that God does not have a son. The Quran also says that no one can bear the sins of another. Specifically, the Quran says that.

Okay, those are three things I need to believe to be a Christian. Now, maybe the Quran is right. Maybe that's correct. Or maybe Christianity is correct. But they can't both be correct. They conflict. They can't both be correct. And so I look at

Okay, those are three things I need to believe to be a Christian. Now, maybe the Quran is right. Maybe that's correct. Or maybe Christianity is correct. But they can't both be correct. They conflict. They can't both be correct. And so I look at

Okay, those are three things I need to believe to be a Christian. Now, maybe the Quran is right. Maybe that's correct. Or maybe Christianity is correct. But they can't both be correct. They conflict. They can't both be correct. And so I look at

the evidence that Jesus did die on the cross and that he was resurrected from the dead, the historical data that convinced me that he not only claimed to be the son of God, he backed it up by returning from the dead. And I look at that and I go, because of that, I can trust that Jesus is who he claimed to be. So I say his message is the one that I want to respond to.

the evidence that Jesus did die on the cross and that he was resurrected from the dead, the historical data that convinced me that he not only claimed to be the son of God, he backed it up by returning from the dead. And I look at that and I go, because of that, I can trust that Jesus is who he claimed to be. So I say his message is the one that I want to respond to.

the evidence that Jesus did die on the cross and that he was resurrected from the dead, the historical data that convinced me that he not only claimed to be the son of God, he backed it up by returning from the dead. And I look at that and I go, because of that, I can trust that Jesus is who he claimed to be. So I say his message is the one that I want to respond to.

his message of grace and hope and redemption, this gift of God that he wants to give all of us. Why was Jesus sent here? I think a couple of reasons.

his message of grace and hope and redemption, this gift of God that he wants to give all of us. Why was Jesus sent here? I think a couple of reasons.

his message of grace and hope and redemption, this gift of God that he wants to give all of us. Why was Jesus sent here? I think a couple of reasons.