64307 7. Is Jesus Relevant Today?

According to surveys, most people today are living without real meaning and purpose. They attempt to fill this need for meaning with money, pleasure or popularity. Even those who achieve success find life hollow. Although Madonna achieved superstar status, she confessed, “There were many years when I thought fame, fortune, and public approval would bring …

64307.1 Endnotes

Why Jesus? End Notes 1 http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kanyewest/jesuswalks.html 2 Jack Nicholson, interviewed by Mike Sager, Esquire, “The Meaning of Life,” (January, 2004), 70, 71. 3 O: The Oprah Magazine, “Oprah talks to Madonna,” (January, 2004), 120. 4 Quoted in Josh McDowell, The Resurrection Factor (San Bernardino, CA: Here’s Life Publ., 1981), 1. 5 Quoted in William R. …

64300.1 Magazine Acknowledgements

Published by JesusOnline Ministries Chief Editor: Larry Chapman Project Coordinator: Helmut Teichert Writers: Larry Chapman, Rick James, Erick Stanford Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy …

64400.1 Magazine Acknowledgements

Chief Editor: Larry ChapmanProject Coordinator: Helmut TeichertEditorial Director: Rick JamesDesign: Hydrangraphik ® Studio (www.hydragraphik.com) Sun Mountain ProductionsArticle Editors: Rick James, Eric StanfordCopy Editor: Eric StanfordWriters: Larry Chapman, Rick James, Erick Stanford Y-ZINEP.O. Box 6017Great Falls, MT 59403 Copyright 2006 by Bright Media Foundation and B & L Publications. All rights reserved.ISBN 0-9717422-3-5 Acknowledgments I am …

64401 1. Back to the Beginning

Did the Universe Have a Beginning? Scientific discoveries revive the ancient belief in a beginning to the universe. If we could rewind the history of the universe, what would we discover about its origin and development? Did it really have a beginning, or was it always there? The influential ancient philosopher Aristotle stated, “It is …