Dan Delzell wrote a very thought-provoking book—The Mathematical Proof For Christianity—which gives skeptics a lot of evidence to contemplate. As I said in my review of this book (which you can read here), this is a good book for Christians to read with a skeptic as a great conversation-starter about the Christian faith.
Dan also presented this list…
“The true religion is a match to all 40 questions:
- Which religion was started by a prophet who never did anything wrong?
- Which religion produces scores of people who speak out against injustice and work hard to correct it?
- Which religion fulfills hundreds of prophecies that were written down hundreds of years before the prophet fulfilled them?
- Which religion produces followers who have established thousands of hospitals, orphanages, and homeless shelters?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, empowers followers to turn the other cheek when being mistreated?
- Which religion began with a leader who died, but then came back to life?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, produces followers who do not judge others or look down on them?
- Which religion produces a tender love for God in heaven, rather than lingering fear and trepidation?
- Which religion do people turn to in tough times and when disaster strikes?
- Which religion has done the most to advance the rights of women?
- Which religion details historic events that are supported by plenty of archeological evidence?
- Which religion is based upon documents that are better preserved and more numerous than any other ancient writings?
- Which religion began with a prophet who is loved and even worshipped by millions of followers?
- Which religion has been around for thousands of years and continues to expand around the world?
- Which religion teaches that eternal life in paradise is a free gift through faith in its prophet?
- Which religion has millions of followers who experience tremendous peace as a result of their prophet?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, produces followers who are quick to forgive rather than to seek vengeance?
- Which religion offers the forgiveness of sins based solely on the goodness and sacrifice of the prophet?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, produces genuine humility before God and man?
- Which religion teaches that you cannot earn your way to heaven?
- Which religion produces men and women of justice who speak out when others are committing atrocities?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, lines up with the humble and compassionate attributes of the prophet?
- Which religion seeks to bring help to the hurting, comfort to the sorrowful, and encouragement to the downcast?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, produces genuine love, joy, peace, and patience?
- Which religion requires divine revelation in order to understand it?
- Which religion rules not by force, but by love, as demonstrated by the prophet?
- Which religion has produced the most freedom of religion in the world?
- Which religion turns man’s body into a temple where the Spirit of God comes to reside?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, has done the most to advance the rights of minorities?
- Which religion gives followers the grace to say ‘no’ to ungodly passions?
- Which religion produces people who long to improve the lives of those from other religions?
- Which religion cares as much for the unborn and elderly as it done for the youthful and strong?
- Which religion has done more than any other to help turn communities into places of freedom and safety for all?
- Which religion provides a personal assurance of salvation based solely on the sacrifice of the prophet?
- Which religion has a prophet whose name is used by many as a curse word?
- Which religion, when practiced correctly, produces followers who focus on their own sins rather than the sins of others?
- Which religion can turn a terrorist into a loving peacemaker?
- Which religion teaches that your works become ‘good’ in God’s eyes only after you accept the prophet through faith?
- Which religion will you wish you had followed on Judgment Day?
- Which religion is the answer to all 40 questions?”
To read some of the other quotes I shared from this book, please click here.
Craig T. Owens 
6 Quotes From “Light & Truth—The Lesser Epistles”
July 13, 2016 — Craig T. Owens“It is a busy, lighthearted, laughing, pleasure-seeking world. But sin is here, and pain is here, and broken hearts are here, and weeping is here, and death is here, and the grave is here. Oh! in spite of all its laughter and vanity, it is an evil world. And the great proof of its evil is, that it cost the death of the Son of God to deliver you from it. … Give yourselves to Him Who came to deliver you from it, and Who stretches out His hands to you all day long, asking you to allow Him to deliver you. He yearns over you; and with sincere earnestness proffers to you His love, His friendship, His great salvation. Consent, O man, consent! His desire is to bless, and not to curse; to save, and not to destroy.” [Galatians 1:4]
“There never have been two gospels. There is not an Old Testament gospel and a New Testament Gospel. There is not one gospel for the Jew, and another for the Gentile, one gospel for the first century, and another for the nineteenth. It is but one gospel, as there is but one Cross and one Savior. Many ages, but one gospel; many sinners, but one gospel; many prophets and apostles, but one gospel. As our earth has had but one sun, so it has had but one gospel. Nor does it need more; that one is sufficient.” [Galatians 1:6-9]
“As the earth without rain or sunshine turns to barrenness, so is it with the Church or soul without the Spirit. … The age thinks it can do without the Spirit. Let the Church watch against this blasphemy. Let her keep hold of the Lord’s promise, the promise of the Father. Let her prize the gift; long for more of it. Let every saint seek more of it. Let our cry be continually: More of the Holy Spirit; more of His fullness; more of His gifts and graces!”
“Strength for the race is needed, hourly strength, superhuman strength; for it is no earthly race, but something lofty, supernatural, divine. Forgetting the supernatural source of strength, we betake ourselves to the internal or the simply external. And so we weary. For only God can supply the power which keeps us running. By Him only shall we run, and not be weary.” [Galatians 5:7]
“‘To Him who is able’—He is the Mighty One, the mighty God, the Lord God Almighty. Hear how this word ‘able’ is used. ‘He is able to subdue all things unto Himself’ (Philippians 3:21). ‘He is able to help them that are tempted’ (Hebrews 2:18). ‘He is able to save to the uttermost’ (Hebrews 7: 25). ‘He is able to keep us from falling’ (Jude 24). It is with the mighty God that we have to do; mightier than ourselves or our foes; mightier than earth or hell; omnipotent.” [Ephesians 3:20]
“Are you expecting the Lord? Are you living in this expectation? Is it a deep-seated, abiding, cherished hope? Is it a hope that tells upon your character, your life, your daily actings in public or private, your opinions, your whole man? Does it quicken you? Does it purify you? Does it keep you separate from the world? Does it keep you calm in the midst of earth’s most exciting events, or most untoward changes? Does it give you a new view of history as well as prophecy? … Let your expectation of the Lord’s coming be a calm and healthy one; not one that excites, but one that tranquilizes; not one that unfits for duty, but one that nerves you more firmly for it; not one that paralyzes exertion, but one that invigorates you for it; not one that makes you indifferent to present duty, but one that makes you doubly in earnest about everything that your hand findeth to do; not one that stops liberality, and prayer, and work, but one that increases all these a hundred fold; not one that dwells exclusively on the future’s dark side—the judgments that are at hand—but one that realizes the glory and the joy of Messiah’s approaching victory and triumphant reign.” [Philippians 3:20]
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