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Who Is Jesus?
Countless books have been written about Jesus and continue to be written. If you are going to explore the subject of faith, you will have to grapple with the person of Jesus.
Consider this quote by H.G. Wells:
“I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must
confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from
Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus
Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.”
Also
fascinating is this observation by Napoleon:
“I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere
man. Between Him and every other person in the world there
is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar,
Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we
rest the creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ
founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of
men would die for Him."
Jesus is unique. Historic Christianity has proclaimed that Jesus was the unique, fully divine, fully human Son of God. If we take the Bible seriously we cannot take lightly Jesus own claims.
Consider this popular quote from C.S. Lewis in his book Mere
Christianity:
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things
Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would
either be a lunatic – on a level with the man who says he is
a poached egg – or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You
must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son
of God; or else a madman or something worse. You can shut
Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill him as a
demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and
God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about
His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open
to us. He did not intend to.”
Jesus
Himself said:
(John
14:6)
“I am
the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me."
If you do not yet believe in Jesus may these websites assist you in your quest. If you do already believe in Him may these assist you in your growth. Let us know if we can help you on this journey.
Websites for those exploring the Christian faith
This 10 week course explores the meaning of life in a relaxed friendly setting. Heart Lake Baptist Church offers this course. Call the office to find out when the next one is running.
Part of the Campus Crusade for Christ site, it tells the life of Jesus.
Christian
Research Institute,
http://www.equip.org/
This is a rather intense site. For someone
seeking questions about the Christian faith, it
goes into great detail and depth. For someone
wanting to explore other religions and with
questions about the Christian faith, truth and
error, this is an invaluable site.
An excellent site to explore the Christian faith in detail. Contains a number of lists including: Ten reasons to believe in life after death, Ten reasons to believe in Christ rather than religion, Ten reasons to believe in the Bible.
Need Him http://www.needhim.org/
This site approaches questions about the
Christian life from the perspective of various
life stages.
Websites for those wanting to grow in the Christian faith
A wonderful daily devotional for both new and more mature Christians. There are copies available in the foyer of the church.
Lots of information for those exploring the Christian life and for those who want to live it.
Ten Action Steps for a New Christian,
http://backtothebible.org
By radio or web
this site presents the gospel and helps
Christians grow to maturity.
One Place,
http://www.oneplace.com/
A very fun site and educational site. This site
contains the links to many Christian radio
stations. You can listen to your favorite radio
preachers live here and can download messages.
Look up any version of the Bible, in many languages and copy and paste it into your studies or to read later. One of my favorite Bible study tools.
A classic site of free Bible study tools: commentaries, maps, all sorts of study guides.
Power To Change,
http://www.powertochange.com
A great resource including
encouraging testimonies.
Focus on the Family
http://www.fotf.ca
Offers
practical help for marriage and child-rearing.
EFC
http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca
The Evangelical
Fellowship of Canada -
Bringing Christians together for greater impact in mission,
ministry and witness.
New Directions http://www.newdirection.ca
New Direction stands poised to build a
nation-wide network of safe, encouraging, and supportive
ministry connections for men, women and youth who are
navigating personal questions of gender and sexual identity.