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I started this series on October 6, 2012. The reason was simple. Atheists asked me why I became a Christian. I was an atheist until 1971. What happened? What changed my mind? Those were, and still are, honest questions that deserve a detailed response. That’s why I started the series. Now it’s time to bring that series to an end – a logical conclusion.

The Gospels are documents that serve as a “proof of life” for Jesus Christ. The writings of the apostles, who knew Jesus personally, are also proof-of-life documents.

One of the most powerful truth claims of Christianity is that hundreds of people saw Jesus of Nazareth alive after His resurrection from the dead. Hundreds. Let that sink in for a minute. Not one. Not two. Not ten. Hundreds of eyewitnesses.

I knew I was getting close to the truth when I heard the words of 1 Corinthians 15 read to me. The Apostle Paul had handed me the best way to prove Christianity was a false worldview and he was a false witness.

We are coming close to the end of a series I started more than eleven years ago. Here’s how it began:

Mormonism is either true or it’s not. That’s an objective statement. That’s thinking that corresponds with reality and facts. A subjective statement would be that Mormonism may be true for you but not for me. That’s thinking that does not correspond with reality or facts.

There’s no escape from Christians ‘swimming with sharks.’ Jesus has sent us out into this spiritually and physically dangerous world “as sheep in the midst of wolves.” Why?

We are answering tough questions from Christian teenagers in this special series. We appreciate the questions and pray the answers will be helpful.

Having been in Christian ministry for more than half a century I’ve had the opportunity to watch the Church go through a variety of changes. These changes have affected the Church’s perspective on truth, worship, and the need for evangelism. It’s also impacted the way many church leaders view Christian apologetics (Faith defense). We now seem to be going through another ‘change,’ so I’d like to address that with you ever so briefly.

The question we raised at the beginning of this series is whether angels speak to people today. Are those claims real? If real, how can we know that encounters we have are really with angels? If they are angels, how can we know if they are they good angels or bad angels? If we do hear from an angel, how should we respond to what they say?

Even as we acknowledge that the Church is under attack, we also want to emphasize the challenge the Lord Jesus Christ has given to members of His Church.

The Bible speaks of the ‘deep things’ of God and Satan. What does that mean?

In the last part of our series, we began looking at the private sayings of Jesus to His disciples as He sent them out with His power to preach the Kingdom of Heaven. We move now to another of the private meetings Jesus had with the Twelve.

Today is Christmas Day. Who or what are you worshipping today? How about people in your community? Gifts? Family? Food? A ‘baby?’ Even if we understand that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus of Nazareth two thousand years ago, do we fully understand the depth of why we worship and celebrate His birth?

The Bible contains great wisdom and insight for living for God. It also contains thousands of words of warning. Read it from cover to cover and you’ll see what I mean. Keep your eyes and ears tuned to the words of prophets and apostles. God used them to both warn and encourage His people.