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 …

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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. …

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 …

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Back to the Beginning ENDNOTES 1. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe (New York: Vintage, 2000), 81-82. 2. George Smoot and Keay Davidson, Wrinkles in Time (New York: Avon, 1993), 36. 3. Greene, 81-82. 4. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1990), 38-51. 5. Greene, 83. 6. Hawking, 39. 7. Smoot, 80-83. 8. Ibid., 187. 9. Ibid., 240. …

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What Are the Odds? 1. Gregg Easterbrook, “Before the Big Bang,” U.S. News & World Report, special edition, 2003, 16. 2. Paul Davies, Other Worlds (London: Penguin, 1990), 169. 3. Dietrick E. Thompsen, “The Quantum Universe: A Zero-Point Fluctuation?” Science News, August 3, 1985, 73. 4. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 131. …