In Search Of Truth (Pack Of 25)

Few people have been more sincere than I in trying? without success?to find meaning, truth, and purpose in life. At the university I noticed a small group of people?eight students and two faculty members?who seemed different. They seemed to know what they believed and why. I wanted what I saw. Two weeks later, while I was sitting with some of them in the student union, the conversation turned to God. That bothered me, because I thought it was not intellectual. And yet I was curious. Leaning back in my chair, I said to one of the students, ?Tell me, what has made you so different from others?? She looked me in the eye with a little smile and said, ?Jesus Christ!? My response revealed my bias and my ignorance. ?Oh, for heaven?s sake,? I said. ?Don?t give me that garbage about religion!? She replied, ?I didn?t say ?religion.? I said ?Jesus Christ.?? My new friends challenged me to examine the claims of Christ. I thought most Christians were idiots. But these people were persistent. Finally, I accepted their challenge, but I did so out of pride, to refute them. One of the claims I researched was Christ?s resurrection. And after more than one thousand hours of study, I concluded that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was either one of the most vicious hoaxes ever foisted upon human