Post by forgiven on Apr 24, 2005 9:52:34 GMT -5
The 30-Day Experiment
Taste and see that the LORD is good (Psalm 34:8,
NLT).
Dear friends:
Have you ever been reluctant to witness to
someone because you were afraid he would argue with you
and you wouldn't know how to answer?
If so, I have good news for you -- you don't have
to be frightened by the intellectual-sounding
arguments of atheists and agnostics. I want to
share with you an effective response to many of the
arguments you might hear in a witnessing
situation.
One day a young man said to me, "I'm an atheist.
I don't believe there is a God."
I asked him, "Greg, are you an honest person?"
"Of course I am," he replied.
I said, "Greg, a scientist goes into the
laboratory to do research to perform an experiment
without preconceived ideas. He goes with an open mind
and considers all truth objectively. Would you
be willing to perform an experiment for thirty
days, as a matter of intellectual integrity?"
I described to him what I call the 30-Day
experiment. "Read the Bible every day, starting with the
Gospel of John," I emphasized. "Just one hour a
day, for thirty days. And every day, begin your
reading with a prayer: "God, if you exist, and
if Jesus Christ is your revelation to man and He
truly died for my sins, I want to know you
personally. Come into my life and be my Savior and
Lord."
Greg agreed to the experiment, and since he had
no classes that day, I encouraged him to spend the
whole day reading the Gospel of John.
That evening, I was speaking to a group of
several hundred students. As I looked out over the
crowd, I saw Greg beaming at me with a big smile
that could have lighted the whole auditorium. When
I finished, he darted through the crowd to meet
me. "I did it," he grinned. "I did what you told
me. I read the first, second, third, fourth
chapters, then more of John."
I'll never forget his next statement: "I was in
the eighth chapter when Jesus stepped out of the
pages of the Bible and into my heart."
Greg's story is only one of hundreds I could
share with you about the effectiveness of "the 30-Day
experiment." Try it.
Yours for helping to fulfill the Great Commission
each year until our Lord returns,
Bill Bright
Taste and see that the LORD is good (Psalm 34:8,
NLT).
Dear friends:
Have you ever been reluctant to witness to
someone because you were afraid he would argue with you
and you wouldn't know how to answer?
If so, I have good news for you -- you don't have
to be frightened by the intellectual-sounding
arguments of atheists and agnostics. I want to
share with you an effective response to many of the
arguments you might hear in a witnessing
situation.
One day a young man said to me, "I'm an atheist.
I don't believe there is a God."
I asked him, "Greg, are you an honest person?"
"Of course I am," he replied.
I said, "Greg, a scientist goes into the
laboratory to do research to perform an experiment
without preconceived ideas. He goes with an open mind
and considers all truth objectively. Would you
be willing to perform an experiment for thirty
days, as a matter of intellectual integrity?"
I described to him what I call the 30-Day
experiment. "Read the Bible every day, starting with the
Gospel of John," I emphasized. "Just one hour a
day, for thirty days. And every day, begin your
reading with a prayer: "God, if you exist, and
if Jesus Christ is your revelation to man and He
truly died for my sins, I want to know you
personally. Come into my life and be my Savior and
Lord."
Greg agreed to the experiment, and since he had
no classes that day, I encouraged him to spend the
whole day reading the Gospel of John.
That evening, I was speaking to a group of
several hundred students. As I looked out over the
crowd, I saw Greg beaming at me with a big smile
that could have lighted the whole auditorium. When
I finished, he darted through the crowd to meet
me. "I did it," he grinned. "I did what you told
me. I read the first, second, third, fourth
chapters, then more of John."
I'll never forget his next statement: "I was in
the eighth chapter when Jesus stepped out of the
pages of the Bible and into my heart."
Greg's story is only one of hundreds I could
share with you about the effectiveness of "the 30-Day
experiment." Try it.
Yours for helping to fulfill the Great Commission
each year until our Lord returns,
Bill Bright
