An Apologetic for Jesus Christ as Lord

I, like many folks my age, grew up in a typical American home: a Mom and Dad with a few kids. Dad went off to work each day, while for most of my formative years Mom was at home while we kids went off to school.  For most of my early years, my Mom took me and my brothers off to church on Sunday mornings.  However, "living the Christian life" was not as much a focus of our lives as "living the good life." When we relocated due to a job change for my Dad, we stopped going to church altogether. My Dad worked hard in his new position, was very successful, and put us all through school where my brothers and I (and after we had all left home, my Mom) all learned good technical skills that allowed us to succeed in our chosen professions.

As I grew older and began to get very successful in many of my endeavors, I had an inner longing for something that I could not name, and just felt that there had to be something else. One day, at a Gator gathering, my Dad's former boss (from our relocation mentioned above), invited me to come hear a Christian comedian they were having at their church that week. We went to the show and had a really great time. I know this may be hard to imagine, but if you can imagine a Christian version of Robin Williams, that was what it was like. We laughed and had a great evening. After the show, we went to one of the church member's home for dessert and fellowship afterwards. On the way home, Christine and I just knew that we had found something that we wanted to experience more of. We decided that we were going to start going to church.  As we did, we have decided to commit our lives unto Jesus as our Lord and Savior.  We have been greatly blessed to learn from many wonderful teachers of the Word of God, and have been continually growing in a very wonderful Christian walk that sometimes takes us into places that are just amazing. It is difficult to really put into words how wonderful it is to be "living the God life."  Each and every day brings something else for us. 

You may be wondering, "is this God stuff really true?"  I am very confident that it is.  I am as confident that Jesus is who he said He is, the Son of God, as I am that two plus two equals four.  I have no doubt that the Bible is true.  The more that I study the Word of God, the more I am convinced that it alone is the real truth. 

If you want to investigate some of the evidence for Jesus as Lord for yourself, I highly recommend The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Here, a former atheist and award-winning investigative reporter investigates the possibilities of Jesus as Lord.  Additionally, Reasonable Faith by Dr. Jay Wile and Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell clearly make a powerful case that it is only reasonable to trust in the evidence for Jesus as Lord. 

If you have not already done so, please make Jesus your Lord today!  If you want to talk to someone about it, please call 1-888-NEED-HIM.  You need to make this call because you do need Him.