Angelina said:
Hi Breadandsalt!
Welcome to CyB
There are many books I could suggest but I doubt that this is going to convince unbelievers unless they know the people involved personally. Trying to convince a bunch of guys that there is a supernatural realm is difficult unless they have experienced it themselves. Especially when their primary source of understanding is based on their intellectual prowess.
If that is the angle you are working on, you are best to keep on the same intellectual level, using the word of God as your basis.
Blessings to you!
Thank you Angelina! I agree that it could be hard unless they have experienced it themselves! But if they got to read about (or know about in any way) all miraculous things that happen all over the world even today, chances are that they would become more interested. (If it was about some person that in some way resemble them or tey can feel some kind of connection to, that could also help.) It would not prove anything but could open a door to a "maybe..." at least to those who say that they really would like to believe, and wished they had a faith, but just cannot. Unfortunately not many miracles end up in the newspaper...
Which books do you have in mind?
Then, as you said, most of them would of course need to see or experience something supernatural for themselves or somebody close to them to start believing. But with an interest in all these claimed miracles by credible persons, for example if they read hundreds of detailed testimonies with clearly unexpected things (in different areas as healing, finances, guidance etcetera) happening to persons with namnes, number, picture etcetera they could at least get an interest in all this. At least if there is any bit of a seeker in them. And that could maybe give them the motivation to get in touch with some christian...and who knows, just a tiny word of knowledge to them could tip them off the edge to become believers ;-)
Dan57 said:
I'd agree, if a person can't or won't believe the miracles described in the bible, its highly unlikely that they would believe in supernatural events described in other books. They already don't believe, so reading about various accounts from different sources wouldn't be considered proof to them. They would simply regard it as fantacy or fairytales. "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" (John 20;29). We are called by faith, there's no tangible evidence to convince a nonbeliever of God's existance, except creation itself. "Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is" (Hebrews 11;6). So I personally wouldn't try to prove God via miracles. jmo
Say somebody just became a christian and then went to some healing service and was healed from some disability he had had for 15 years. Or if his company that was facing bankrupcy suddenly was saved by a cheque from an unknown person with the exact sum that was needed to avoid bankrupcy. Dont you think his unbeieving wife would start thinking at least a little bit about it? I really do. Although I also think there are unbelievere that may be very "stubborn" and probably dont want to see some things, or at least require a lot of huge miracles happening to them before even start considering that there could be a non-natural explanation for it. My two cents :)
