TESTIMONIALS

Dear Mr. Craig,

I want to start off by saying Thank You for helping me make the decision to a accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour.

Before I was saved, I was what is called a 'Deist', in that I believed in a God but not that He was involved in our lives. After watching a few of your debates with prominent atheists and Muslim teachers, where you point out scientific and historical evidence for the BIble, I decided to do some research of my own.

A few months later after a LOT of research, talking to other Christians and praying I finally made the decision to surrender to God and repent. My faith has been on a constant upward trend since then, as I've been really getting into the Word.

I love watching your debates, especially since you take on the big-time atheists (Dawkins, Harris, etc.). I believe God has truly blessed you with a gift.

Thank You again. You're in my prayers.

Sincerely,

-Michael

Hi Dr. Craig. My name is Tom. I am a Christian musician. I'm coming out with my new instrumental cd. It's a collaboration between me and the wonderful Christian guitarist and singer Phil Keaggy. I just started reading some of your books and watched a lot of your debates. Much of my newest soon to be released instrumental cd has been influenced by your work.

Anyway your books and arguments have greatly influenced me. I'm getting ready to go out and play a lot of concerts all over the place. I was born again as a Christian at the age of 15. I am 33 now. My mission from God is to use my spiritual gift for music and tell other people about my faith during my concert. Your books have been a great ground for me to use apologetics after my concerts for skeptics.

My next goal is to write music with lyrics that both appeal to the heart and the mind. Your writings have really inspired me towards this. I want to use my music and my relationship with the Holy Spirit, along with apologetics that you have grounded me with, to bring people to God.

It amazes me that, when I watch your debates on youtube, and read the comments of people below, how many people get sucked into this atheism so easily. It seems like people love those one liners that the atheists throw at you in the debate. I'm worried that people don't look into this most important of subjects with enough fairness and time.

There's much more I could say, but I just want to thank you for doing what you do and enduring all the unfounded criticism you receive. You will always be in my prayers. Anyway I just wanted to tell me how much you have inspired me. I pray that God thru the Holy Spirit will give you a healthy balance in your life in your worship, your walk with the Lord, and your apologetics. I can imagine the heavy burden you are carrying in that balance. So thank you and you are in my prayers every day!

-Tom

Hi Dr. Craig. My name is Tom. I am a Christian musician. I'm coming out with my new instrumental cd. It's a collaboration between me and the wonderful Christian guitarist and singer Phil Keaggy. I just started reading some of your books and watched a lot of your debates. Much of my newest soon to be released instrumental cd has been influenced by your work.

Anyway your books and arguments have greatly influenced me. I'm getting ready to go out and play a lot of concerts all over the place. I was born again as a Christian at the age of 15. I am 33 now. My mission from God is to use my spiritual gift for music and tell other people about my faith during my concert. Your books have been a great ground for me to use apologetics after my concerts for skeptics.

My next goal is to write music with lyrics that both appeal to the heart and the mind. Your writings have really inspired me towards this. I want to use my music and my relationship with the Holy Spirit, along with apologetics that you have grounded me with, to bring people to God.

It amazes me that, when I watch your debates on youtube, and read the comments of people below, how many people get sucked into this atheism so easily. It seems like people love those one liners that the atheists throw at you in the debate. I'm worried that people don't look into this most important of subjects with enough fairness and time.

There's much more I could say, but I just want to thank you for doing what you do and enduring all the unfounded criticism you receive. You will always be in my prayers. Anyway I just wanted to tell me how much you have inspired me. I pray that God thru the Holy Spirit will give you a healthy balance in your life in your worship, your walk with the Lord, and your apologetics. I can imagine the heavy burden you are carrying in that balance. So thank you and you are in my prayers every day!

-Tom

Hello Dr. Craig,

I just wanted to say thank you for all that you do! In my undergraduate studies (I studied Religious Studies at San Diego State University), I really struggle with my faith. There were times when I completely rejected my belief in Jesus, the Bible, and God.

It was a video of your debate with Hitchens that changed everything for me. God really used that video to stir a new fire in me. It was a clip of you responding to Hitchens’ comment about Christianity wanting to control (such as abortion). Your response was thoughtful and revealing. In your few words, you demonstrated what the New Atheists’ strength is – shallow rhetoric! Witty one-liners that can make a believer question everything. Your response demonstrated that faith is reasonable, thoughtful, and coherent. Your response demonstrated to me that a further exploration of these witty one-liners reveals just how shallow the critique is.

After watching that one clip, I watched the whole debate. Then I picked up one of your books. I started reading books by authors similar to you, and authors you cite. Before I knew it, I had an entire library of books by atheism, theism, science, historical studies on Jesus, and Biblical scholarship. God used that short clip of you with Hitchens to renew my faith, and create a passion for apologetics.

After my undergraduate degree, I went to seminary. I received a MA in Biblical Theology, and I am currently working (part time) on a MA in Philosophy of Religion at California State University Long Beach where I am writing a thesis about the Cosmological Argument. It’s exciting work. I believe all my committee members are atheists, so it keeps the conversations interesting.

I would love to continue my education, but I am not sure what that would look like. My heart is in the church, so I am considering doing more work on preaching apologetically!

I am also a full-time Youth/Associate Pastor in Riverside. I try to help youth think about their faith apologetically. I want them to understand why they believe what they do. Every week, I get to have great conversations with students about their faith – helping them to ask hard questions and think through what they believe.

You have greatly shaped my life, and I cannot thank you for all that you have done. Thank you so much Dr. Craig for being a wonderful voice for Jesus!

I would love to further speak with you, but I understand that I am just one of many and you are a busy man!

God Bless you and all that you do!

-Philip

Dear Dr. Craig,

I have been watching your debates on the you tube. I want you to know that I have learnt a lot from your debates. I make notes from your arguments so that I too can defend and contend for my faith at my level with the people I encounter. My family and I pray for you and other apologists that God has raised up to speak with authority and conviction.

Thank you for your faithfulness and your ministry.

Now a bit about me. My name is Molly. I live in Toronto Canada with my Godly husband. We are both in business for ourselves.

My husband and I were born in India. Our family background is Hinduism. But God in His mercy reached our families and now we are both born again Christians.

I just finished watching your debate with Lawrence Krauss. I heard him talk about Mother Teresa so disrespectfully. So as someone who has been to Calcutta and seen her work, I wanted to give you some information on her work. These clownish atheists have no clue what she was doing.

What they refer to her picking up babies and putting them in orphanages “just so that they would go to heaven” was not what she was doing.

She picked up dying people on the street who had no hope to survive. They knew that and she knew that there was nothing that she could do to save them. So rather than leaving them on the street to die, she used to pick them up, bring them into her humble facility where they died a few days later. The difference was that now they died with dignity. She did not neglect them nor did she keep medical treatment from them. The people she picked up from the streets were ever so grateful for her great compassion. These people comprised of lepers and people with other serious diseases. Most of them stank. They were left on the streets to die. What she did for them was the most compassionate gesture. Some reporters asked her about her motivation. Her simple response was, “ I see Jesus in them.” She continued to do this inspite of her own doubts and concerns. I have been to Calcutta and I have seen this with my own eyes.

Thank you for all that you and your ministry do for the Kingdom. May the Lord bless you richly and Know there are people like us who are praying for you and your family.

With a grateful heart

-Molly