Most people don't realize this, but there is such a mountain of evidence for the Christian faith that it would take more than a lifetime to learn it all. For example, did you know that the ancient Hebrew name for God actually contains the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ? In paleo-Hebrew (the kind of Hebrew used before the Babylonian captivity), not only did each word convey a meaning, but each letter was a "word picture" that conveyed a meaning as well. In fact, when you combine the meanings of all the letters in a particular word in paleo-Hebrew, it actually gives you a much clearer idea of what the word actually means. (Read More.....)
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Very few Christians understand that the Biblical festivals in the Torah contain extraordinary evidence for the Christian faith. You see, for centuries before Jesus ever came to this earth, God had His people celebrate festivals which were themselves prophecies of important events which were to take place hundreds of years later. In this article, we will examine three examples of this. Three times every year the Lord had His people go up to Jerusalem to celebrate a festival: Passover (Pesach), Pentecost (Shavout) and The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). 
One of the things that sets Christianity apart from all other religions is the element of fulfilled prophecy.Did you know that there were dozens of specific prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus Christ? Most people simply do not understand that Jesus fulfilled some incredibly amazing prophecies when He came to this earth. Even most Christians do not understand that these fulfilled prophecies are incredibly powerful evidence for the Christian faith, and that they should regularly be used in evangelism and for destroying the arguments of skeptics. 
Is there extraordinary evidence in the Jewish Talmud that something incredibly miraculous happened approximately 40 years before the Jewish Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D? Could it be possible that there is actually evidence for Christianity right in the middle of the Jewish Talmud? The answer to both questions is most definitely yes. 
Does the Christian concept of heaven exist? Is there any evidence that it is actually there? After all, the Bible DOES promise eternal life for those who believe in Jesus Christ. John 3:36 tells us this.....Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him. But is it true? When people die do they actually go somewhere? Well, one woman from Ethiopia says that not only does heaven exist, but that she has been there. 
The majority of the people in the world believe in some sort of a god. But that doesn't make it true. Does God exist? Is He really there? If He does exist, which of the multitude of religions out there is the right one? In a world of logic, reason and science, why do millions of people still follow ancient religion that are thousands of years old? How can any faith compete with the collective knowledge and wisdom of modern society? Isn't it time to start demanding that religions either stand up to the rigors of intellectual investigation or be discarded in the name of progress? 
If you told most Americans that people in North America knew about the Ten Commandments long before Christopher Columbus arrived they would tell you that you are crazy. But as we always say - it is not good to jump to conclusions. The existence of the mysterious Los Lunas Decalogue Stone suggests that there is more to the history of America than we have been told. The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone is a huge flat stone on the side of Hidden Mountain, near Los Lunas, New Mexico, approximately 35 miles south of Albuquerque. This huge stone has the Ten Commandments inscribed on it in ancient paleo-Hebrew script with a few letters of ancient Greek mixed in. 
One of the things that sets Christianity apart from all other religions is that the God of Christianity tells us what is going to happen hundreds or even thousands of years in advance, and the "gods" of all the other religions cannot. In fact, God says that His ability to tell us what is to come is one of His key identifying characteristics. In Isaiah 46:9-10 it says this: Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.So do we see evidence of this ability by God to tell the future in the Bible? 