Sceptics who changed their minds
C. S. Lewis: the most reluctant convert
An Oxford scholar and atheist who came first to belief in God and then, after long conversations with friends including J. R. R. Tolkien, to faith in Christ. He told the story in Surprised by Joy (1955).
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His account
Lewis lost his childhood faith and became a committed atheist. In Surprised by Joy he describes how, step by step, his reasons for unbelief gave way, until in 1929 he admitted that God was God, and about two years later came to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. He became one of the best-known Christian writers of the twentieth century.
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13You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 (WEB) · context
Sources
- C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955)
Why the evidence matters
If Jesus rose, His offer is real
God loves you and gave His Son so that whoever believes in Him should not perish.