How the Resurrection Buried My Doubts

At age 19, I experienced a great deal of doubt as to whether the whole Christianity thing I had been taught since childhood was actually true. I wondered what made it any different than all of the other religions of the world. I read many different opinions about it but none of them satisfied my ongoing doubts.  Then I happened upon the writings of historians and others who lived during the same time period of Jesus Christ. What got my attention was their references to the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a historical fact.  I had read about Jesus' resurrection in the Bible but that could been something someone wrote to make a fascinating fairytale. But now I was faced with historians who were not Christians writing about the resurrection of Jesus as fact, not mythology.  I finally realized I had a choice. Believe that Jesus Christ was who he claimed to be, the Son of God and Savior of all who believe in Him, or deny that and turn from the undeniable facts. I chose to believe and it changed the course of not only my life, but the lives of thousands of others whom I have had the privilege to help. So today, on this Easter Sunday, I revel in the transformative power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.