When I first realized I had become a Christian, I had no idea what to do with that knowledge. So I did what came naturally to me – I began to read as many books and articles as I could about Christianity. I figured if it was a good enough technique to learn psychology in college, it was good enough now!
Of course I didn’t really know who or what to read. I had no frame of reference. I suppose I could have asked someone, but I didn’t. So a lot of what I’ve read over the last few years has been trial and error.
One of the first books I bought (for $2.97 baby!) was “This We Believe“. It is a book of themed essays from many evengelical Christian leaders. Probably the two who are best known are Ravi Zacharias and Lee Strobel. I read half of it and then got sidetracked, and it was only this last week I picked it up again.
What drew me to this title was my desire for someone to explain to me what Christianity meant. I wanted to know what Christians believed. And that’s exactly what this book does. It lays down a foundation of evengelical beliefs through a statement of faith. Each chapter looks at, and addresses, one aspect of that statement.
So what did I get from this book? It forced me to think about how I try to explain what I believe. In some small way it’s probably partially responsible for this website. How do you explain what you believe is one of the questions I am always thinking about. And this book was one of the first to address that very question.
