TESTIMONIALS

Hello Dr. Craig. Just wanted to say hi. I heard your talk on the resurrection at Yale, and, and in the end your testimony, and, that finally did it for me, I am fallible, but, I belief Christ resurrected and that he is God incarnated, but more than that , that my heart opened to let Jesus enter. Thank you again, and, always.

-A. M.

Sir,

I know you have a lot of messages to go through everyday, but I'm hoping you receive this to help encourage you and your ministry.

Today is my birthday, I'm 24 years old. Tonight as I sat at work today I just reflected my journey with the Lord. I used to be an Atheist at the age of 19-20. I went through the deaths of very close family and friends that was excruciating for me to watch on as I watched them die slow and painful deaths. My atheism didn't last long, because through the teachings of Prof. John Lennox I came back to the faith when he spoke at New Zealand, Christchurch. That day changed my life forever.

I can honestly say that if it weren't for you I don't think my faith would have lasted too long, because I was still frail when I came back. Today I just wanted to celebrate life by thanking you sir, for bringing life and the knowledge of God back to me - because I was hungry.

Currently I am attending UGA and pursuing a Bachelors in Philosophy and Public Relations. I hope to continue my pursuit in Philosophy to graduate studies, and help contribute to bringing the knowledge of God to the world like you and many others are doing sir.

I appreciate what you and your ministry sir.

Thank you for helping me,

-Josh

I am finally writing to tell you guys how much I appreciate your ministry. While I had attended a Bible teaching church for a number of years (and still do) I ended up working with a co-worker who I was not prepared for. I am a husband and father of soon to be 5 kids and are on one income. The last number of years and the economic challenges to my industry have required a lot of my energy to keep food on the table. On the other hand the gentlemen that I spent the last 7 years working with has grown children and spends his 2 hour drive home listening to Dawkins, Ehrman, and others. Feeling comfortable at first, I quickly realized he was bringing up questions I had no answer to. Not only that but some people I thought should know the answers didn't. I hadn't cast my faith aside. I know what the Lord saved me from and know how He has worked in my life. Still I found my confidence slipping, and beginning to have more questions and more questions in my head. In fact I tried to look up a speaker whom had visited my church and had a video cassette of; only to find that the author was in prison (that wasn't helping). This spiritual stress was not helping with the financial stress I was under, competition at work, long hours taking toll on my family, and add having someone at work arrogantly ridiculing everyone who mentioned the slightest measure of faith. I would be in my office praying "Lord, you've got to shut this guy up". I didn't have a vast knowledge of resources for apologetics at this level. what I had access to was far too surfacy and the typical answers I heard and was giving had ran out.

But isn't it like our Sovereign Lord to use these things to motivate us out of our apathy, complacency and self reliance? Now back on my knees, humbled, desperate, and removed of my spiritual pride. This lead to a conversation I had with a friend that I remembered went to Talbot theological Seminary. He quickly pulled out a paper he did on the Historical Jesus and I was filled with some hope. I found some books, heard a guest speaker on a Christian radio program Greg Koukl, and then through his program found Daniel Wallace and heard about Reasonable Faith and others. Since then I have been using my drive time to go through your Defenders Podcasts though I have taken a small break here and there with some of the resources you've mentioned for looking into things further.

I cannot tell you how much it means to me that you have given a busy working family guy access to these resources. not having the money or time for finishing my bachelors or getting a graduate degree, let alone much time for reading something like the blackwells companion for Natural Theology (though it sounds really good). Being able to tap into these resources on my drive to jobsites or meetings is exactly what I needed. I have been so motivated by this that I tell everyone to download your app and dig in, sit down and think through. I have even added "big Truths for young hearts" to our family devotions. Thank you guys, I pray that the Lord continues to bless this ministry. I have yet to get some guys together to go through the defenders stuff as a group, but I want to when I get some more studying done. I know the Lord has His ways of putting His people where he needs them, and I appreciate that there are people holding the line in the academic world. I just hope more people can become aware of yours and other great resources so that they don't have to go through things the way I did.

-Joe

I am a ninth-grader and have met many non-Christians. For example, I have met naturalists, relativists, and neopagans. At first, I didn't know how to give a well-reasoned response to my friends who had questions that needed answers. I tried to respond, but my answer was almost always subpar, to say the least. Worst of all, I was better at defending the faith than anybody in my grade, so I had no help.

Luckily, however, I was blessed with a church that is enthusiastic about apologetics, and the head pastor answered all of my questions every week after service. That helped me a lot, but my apologetic was exponentially increased when they introduced me to their main resource, Reasonable Faith. Unfortunately, many of my peers don't have the kind of intellectual refuge provided by my church. Most churches preach 95% emotion, 5% doctrine. This, dare I say, is the main reason why teenagers are leaving the faith. I've seen devout Christians apostatize in a snap for what they believe to be more plausible.
Reasonable Faith has, ever since I discovered it around Christmas 2013, has absolutely revolutionized my life. I now believe that I can defend what I believe and why I believe it to anybody who needs to know. My world has been opened up, stretched out, and zoomed in by philosophy. Dr. William Lane Craig is by far the best and most influential Christian apologist of the 21st century. I'm so thankful that I can access his amazing articles, podcasts, and videos online for me, other Christians, people of other worldviews, and others. I pray that this organization grows and that others my age find it at this absolutely crucial time in their lives, in our culture, and in our world. Thank you, Dr. Craig and Reasonable Faith, for all you do for us!

-Dylan

Hello,

I am a christian college student who very much enjoys the Reasonable Faith website. Most recently, I have really enjoyed your short, animated videos, both personally and as a resource for my friends.

I am just wondering if Dr. Craig has any future plans for making more videos such as these. For example, a short, animated video about the resurrection of Jesus or about the applicability of Mathematics, etc.

Again, I really like these videos! They're both fun to watch and useful, especially for their brevity.

Thank you so much for all what you are doing in proclaiming the good news of Jesus!

Sincerely,

P.S. I wanted to say that I recently had to write a paper in French dealing with a couple existential authors, Samuel Beckett and Bernard-Marie Koltes. Dr. Craig's video on the absurdity of life without God and his article L'absurdite de la vie sans Dieu were very helpful! Thank you!

-Peter