TESTIMONIALS

I have finished reading 'On Guard' and found your KCA a wonderful argument.

I'm a very keen astronomer, with a big interest in cosmology naturally, and fitting this in with a philosophical argument for a God, really made me happy.

I used to be a Christian, but never got the answers to the questions that I had from anyone at the time. But your work seems to do much to sort these issues out.

I've had a run of unpleasant real life experiences with new atheism, and my curiosity into their psyche led me to your work. I think it's great that you have them on their heels, but I sincerely hope the negativity about your work from them encourages you, as this is clear indication of you challenging their faith and dogma successfully.

I wish you well, and look forward to hearing more of your great work.

Kind regards,

-Joe

Dr. Craig,

It was awesome to attend your class a couple weeks ago!! My daughter Jackie and I couldn’t stop talking about it and it was definitely the highlight of our trip and stop-over in Atlanta. And considering how much she enjoys rollercoasters and our time at Six Flags, that is *really* saying something! ☺ My only regret is that Atlanta isn’t a bit closer so that we could attend more often. It is hard to explain, but your classes and videos are so inspiring and encouraging; they produce a desire to delve into higher understanding with myself and the kids I teach.

Johnson Ferry is a wonderfully intimidating establishment! Everyone there was extremely gracious and helpful. I can’t thank you and your wife enough for taking some time to talk to us. I hope this isn’t prying, but did I notice you had some difficulty moving around? Hopefully it is just aches and pains and nothing more serious!

Well, I wish you and yours the best and truly hope our paths cross again. Thank you for the work you all do and if you and Jan come to Wisconsin any time soon, please feel free to look me up!

Take care,

-Mike

Hi Dr. Craig,

I just wanted to say thanks for your kids books on the attributes of God. You have done a fantastic job of communicating these ideas in clear ways that my kids can grasp. I also think that they would be useful for many teens and adults as well. I wish I would've had something like them as I was growing up.

I also wanted to say how excited I am that you are coming to Australia! I listen with envy to the many apologetic events held all over the U.S. and I am so thankful that you are making the trip here! I cannot overstate the need for the Australian church to be equipped to engage with the culture and gain some relevance and influence. I am appalled at the lack of biblical literacy I encounter and the general lack of preparedness to engage non christians in dialogue.

God has given me the amazing opportunity to help pastor a church in Adelaide next year and I am determined to do everything I can to equip Christians in apologetics in my church and beyond. I am so thankful that you are taking the time to come to Australia and I look forward to learning a lot and having the opportunity to network with other like minded Aussies.

God bless your travels, I will be praying for your trip

Hi Dr Craig and the team at RF:

Just like many others who visit RF, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the amount of reasons and patience and work you all do to present the Christian faith as sound and coherent. I have always identified myself as a Christian from young, but could never really articulate why and how I believed what I did. I backslided, was nominal, yet continued to have a very personal side of me that truly believed Christ was God and experientially look back and see how much God was supporting me. Many years ago, I read Lee Strobel’s Case for Christ that fascinated me and planted a seed.

Then, a guy hurt me so badly it literally made me fall on my knees and turned back to my faith. And it was in the midst of this that I came across your works, alongside Ravi Zacharias, JP Moreland, Greg Koukl, Hugh Ross, Gary Habermas and many others and have been devouring all these debates, articles, arguments, books, podcasts with unquenchable thirst! Its equipped me so much more to be confident in my identity as a Christian and taught me to critically think through the arguments put forth by non-believers (including the one who hurt me).

Its incredible how I’ve been mocked, called dumb, stupid, ignorant, unintelligent (I WAS ignorant that’s a fact) and live in a fairytale as a believer but these are mostly ad hominems or strawmen arguments to the conversation topic in most cases. On forums, I’m stunned by most (not a generalization) atheists who spit vitriol and anger towards us in particular, comparing to the grace and kindness prayer forums have for one another. I think the defining moments include watching a video where Richard Dawkins told a crowd to condemn us, mock communion and we were all basically stupid, ignorant and to watch crowds cheer after him. I’ve been told many studies have shown that intelligent people who are of a religion are mostly outliers (clearly the multiple works of Augustine, CS Lewis, Craig Evans, Ravi Zacharias, JP Moreland, Norm Geisler and etc and etc and etc and yourself have not been read before)

By God’s grace, He showed me to turn back to Him and has renewed a believer who never ever knew apologetics existed – now I want to study theology and am so fired up! More importantly, Christ showed me to forgive this guy and to speak kindly, to have a heart of compassion and not to speak poorly of him (I know his friends). And to be polite and gracious and thank him for his time even when Im being ridiculed when his arguments don’t stand up (really its all your work that I use!). God alone gave me the strength to forgive when I didn’t want to, and to continuously pray for him. It is also by God’s grace, that I am now in the midst of witnessing to not only this guy, but his friends on varying levels (agnostic, Hindu), and a Jehovah Witness (really Christ… me??). Another friend and I are also looking to create a network of support for our friends and to care for them so that they may come to know Christ.

How much I long for every Christian to unite together, both intellectually and in the body of Christ. To be so fired up for God in his Word and deeds. What an incredible testimony that will be to the world.

It is my prayer that God continues to watch over the team at RF and to protect all of you and bless the good works you do. You are an incredible example of Christian apologetics and I thank you for helping me renew my faith. I am confident in what I believe both in my heart and my mind.

-SR

Dr Craig,

I just wanted to send a note of personal thanks to you for all the work and effort you have put in these many years using science and history to validate it being reasonable to have faith in God. You first impacted my own life when I read “the Case for Christ” (long before it was as popular as it has become). Even though I questioned parts of the book, I can still remember how powerful your words were.

And years later when I began my own study of what the secular arguments were “for” and “against” God – I was delighted to find your debates on YouTube! Admittedly, I had to do a lot of rewinding, look up definitions, and source-checking before I grasped the details – but wow, I cannot even begin to describe the courage you have given me to speak to the historical and scientific evidence about Jesus.

Now, I would like you to know that you are being used (well, your arguments anyway) in my teenage Sunday school classes. My students love the fact that you don’t back down from the tough arguments posed by secular/atheistic views and offer scientific evidence through logical deduction. These teens love being taught college-age material. Their confidence soars when they “get it”. They come in to class eager to talk about what they are reading school – everything from the big bang and evolution to morals and history. Their teachers range from intrigued to argumentative when their kids come back in armed with “outside” scientific evidence; complete with reputable sources! It has sparked some great conversations and interest from parents as well.

I am hoping to attend one of your live speaking engagements in the near future. After all, YouTube only goes so far! ☺ I’m going on vacation with my daughters in July (road trip from Wisconsin to Florida) and we are seriously considering detouring over to Ohio just to see you at Xenos. And please, if you are ever in the Midwest again, consider spending some time in Wisconsin!

Good job, thank-you, take care, and “keep on keeping-on”.

-Mike