WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Was Jesus JUST a Great Moral Teacher?
You’re in a conversation with a colleague and the conversation edges into a discussion of spiritual topics. Maybe you’ve mentioned that you attended church on Sunday, that you read the Bible regularly or that you are volunteering at a soup kitchen managed by a local ministry.
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In response, your colleague declares that “I think Jesus was obviously a great moral teacher, but all that stuff about Him being resurrected from the grave and being God is just a bunch of accumulated traditions.”
How would you respond to your colleague’s declaration, which makes clear that he or she is not a follower of Jesus Christ? Are you, as a Christian, prepared to “give a ready defense for the hope that is within you,” as Scripture says at I Peter 3:15?
In the following “What Would You Say?” video from the Colson Center, you will find three solid reasons you can easily share with your colleague or anybody else who asks you about that hope you have within you in Jesus Christ: