What If I Am Not Ready to Proceed?
Make a list of the issues that you perceive to be a barrier to your crossing the line into faith. Here is a possible set of headings:
Content Issues
Do you understand the basics of the Christian message—sin, Jesus as God, sacrifice, faith?
Coherence Issues
Are there intellectual problems that you have with Christianity? Objections to the Christian faith that you cannot resolve in your own mind?
Cost Issues
Do you perceive that a move into full Christian faith will cost you dearly? What fears do you have about commitment?
Now talk to a Christian friend until these issues are resolved. Or call our church office and we will be happy to connect you with someone you could talk to about these matters.
Consider reading:
Hope Has its Reasons, by Rebecca Pippert (Harper & Rowe)
Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis (MacMillan)
Basic Christianity, by John Stott (IVP)
By Dr. Timothy Keller, © 1991