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Hello Dr. Wliam.. I am Ebram from Egypt, two years ago I was an atheist & I was fighting Christianity and Christian believers.. Then one day I saw your book "on guard" and bought it.. I finished it in the same day I bought... U were such amazing apologist, then I started a journey looking for christ and reading other books, watching your debates .. Months later I decided to be Christian.. Now I am studying in Bible school, preaching to my atheist friends, translating articles and teaching kids how to defend their faith among this Islamic community.. You are such a great hero dr. William.. I just wanted to thank you so much.

-Ebram

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I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you how God used your ministry in my life. I grew up in a Christian home and I easily accepted Christianity as a child. When I became a teenager, however, the challenges proffered against my faith were very convincing. On the one hand, I had people telling me that science disproved God. On the other hand, I was told by Christians that I needed to “just have faith”. Nobody in my life could answer the challenges offered by my teachers and peers. I began to think that I had to turn my brain off in order to be a Christian. And so, I stopped going to church at around 15 years old, my faith retreated into a private internal existence, but you really couldn’t see a difference between me and an unbeliever. If you asked me whether God existed then I’d say yes, but I had basically abandoned Christianity… God is good, however, and he preserved me from total apostasy.

When I was about 30 years old, on a whim, I decided to search YouTube for a debate about the existence of God. I told myself, that if the Christian was trounced then I should just face the music and abandon the belief in God altogether. I wasn’t hopeful for the Christian position. Once again, God is good, and I randomly watched one of your debates (though I don’t remember which one). At the conclusion of the debate, I was astonished. Thinking that, maybe you just got lucky against a particularly weak opponent, I searched out debates that you had with others. I watched so many of your debates and it became apparent to me that Christianity wasn’t a religion for those who wanted to shut their brains off, but instead had good answers to the philosophical, historical, and moral objections offered against it. That experience put me on a path that eventually led to rededicating my life to Christ. God used your ministry to bring me back to Him, and I am so grateful for His mercy and your ministry.

I don’t want others to needlessly walk away from Christianity like I did. I want to help show others that the intellectual barriers to Christianity can be overcome directly, and that despite the intellectual noise from the culture that God is here with us, and they can truly get to know Him personally. So, I applied and was accepted into the M.A. – Philosophy program at Biola. I begin my studies this month. I just wanted to write to you and let you know how God used you in my life and to say, “Thank you.” 

Your Brother in Christ,

-Joe

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For several years, I've wanted to thank Dr. William Lane Craig for standing up to the New Atheist's transparent attempt to eliminate the creator of all universes (however many exist even if one) from this world. For over two decades he patiently, competently, and intelligently explained truth to them and their followers as well as Christians around the world. I'm taking this opportunity to finally extend my thanks, as a genuine Christian, for the excellent work Dr. Craig has done in this area. It has been a great pleasure watching him successfully engage in such an epic struggle over the soul of humanity. Dr. Craig, you are a great man and great apologist. You have my humble thanks. May God bless you and usher you into heaven, when it is your time to join God there, for rich spiritual rewards that so many of us have watched you genuinely earn. Thank you for all that you've done.

-Paul

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I’m not sure where to send this, but I just wanted to thank Dr. Craig for how much of an impact he has had on my life over the past 13 years. I confess, it has been a few years since I’ve regularly listened to Defenders and Reasonable faith Podcasts, but I recently came across an interview he did with John Lovell of the Warrior Poet Society and I myself in tears as he spoke. Not because of a new idea or argument, but because the sound of his voice reminds me of the days in my 20s when the Reasonable Faith podcast cleared up layers of questions and doubt about my faith in Christ. Logical encouragement. A renewal of my young faith. It was a salve for my soul. It is strange that a person I have never met has left such an a lasting impression on me. Please let him know my appreciation, and if not, I will tell him all about it in eternity.

-Zachariah

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Hi Dr. Craig I just wanted to write you and thank you for your work. It was may of 2018, and I was lying on my floor crying because I was so despondent. Even showering, and brushing my teeth became close to impossible for me. I was completely dead spiritually, and I was ready to end my life. I was an atheist for as long as I can remember, and that night was the first time in my life I sincerely asked God to show me that he's real, and to help me, because I ran out of all my will to live. When I asked, I had a thought powerfully come to me, and it was "I have all these reasons why I don't believe in God, and I need to hear a debate between a Christian and atheist. I need to listen with an open mind and see which position makes the most sense." I went to YouTube and one of your debates popped up, and as I was listening, I was shook. I realized that God really does exist, and that the atheistic worldview was foolishness. It's a moment i'll always remember. I've heard many Christians say that nobody has ever been converted because of apologist arguments, but I am living proof that this isn't true. I'm forever grateful for the way you defend the faith. Thank you

-Jarrid