To Know with Certainty: Answers to Christian Students' Questions Upon Leaving High School - Hardcover

by G. Lee Southard (Author)

This book prepares the reader to: 1. Know the evidence for the existence of God and how God speaks and how to speak back; 2. Know the evidence for Jesus as an historical person, His death and resurrection. 3. Know the evidence for the authenticity and reliability of the Bible. 4. Know the historical evidence for the role that the church played in Western Civilization and in the making of America. 5. Know the evidence supporting naturalism and the Theory of Evolution versus the cosmological and scientific evidence that supports God as creator of the heavens and the earth and as the creator of man. 6. Know God precreation plan and purpose. 7. Know that in any circumstance, armed with this evidence, you can confidently be an effective witness for a sovereign God and Jesus Christ and help change the world.

Author Biography

A native Virginian and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Lee also has an M.S from George Washington University and Ph. D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His career consisted of 40 years in the research and development of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products including the positions of Board Chairman, CEO and Chief Science Officer. He has over 40 publications and patents and contributed to the development of 10 marketed therapeutic products. In a dual career he was an artillery, chemical and military intelligence officer that included two commands over his 26 years in the active and reserve US Army retiring as a Colonel. Lee and his wife, Marilyn, of 51 years had four boys and six grandchildren. He is remarried to Nancy and they reside in Fort Myers, FL. He gave his life to Christ at age 10. For years he has been researching and developing narratives on how the evidences from the sciences and history converge with the truth of the Bible. He believes that a better intellectual understanding of the evidences is critical to better appreciating the sovereignty of God. As a result students and adults alike will better defend and contend for their faith in a culture that increasingly sees them as irrelevant. Both the Church and the Nation are in critical need of a revival in this area if they are to flourish in the future.