Sir William Ramsay (1851-1939) was a brilliant classical scholar, archaeologist, and Oxford professor who traveled to the Middle East for the purpose of proving the New Testament to be unreliable. With a New Testament in hand, he walked the terrain and engaged in extensive exploration among the antiquities of Asia Minor. He was surprised to find from on-site observation that the New Testament is geographically and historically accurate. This led to his conversion to Christianity. Returning to Britain, he became professor of New Testament at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
C.T. Studd was a nineteenth-century British missionary to the jungles of interior Africa. He preached to headhunters and cannibals. Many tribes were converted, and their glowing testimonies have been written down. Aflame with zeal for Christ, it is obvious that the gospel wrought an extremely radical change in their lives: In ceasing their killing and eating of neighboring tribes, these converts began to dispatch their own missionaires to evangelize them. Because the New Testament is divinely inspired, the power of God works through the gospel, turning sinners into saints and the most defiled into the holiest.
Lee Strobel was a confident Atheist and employee of the Chicago Tribune. His wife became a Christian. This motivated him to set out on a journey and study the major world religions. He flew to various leaders' locations and had lengthy discussions. His quest resulted in the trust in Jesus Christ alone as Lord and Savior and a slew of books sharing his journey and giving Biblical truth for the thinking mind. (The Case For Christ, The Case For Faith, The Case For a Creator, The Case For Easter, etc.)
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