Do you want to live for ever? Not only forever, but forever and healthy in a place of peace and joy? No hunger no pain?

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him. should not perish but have everlasting life " John 3:16

Pretty good deal is'nt it? I think so, alot of doubting "Thomas's" also thought so once they found out the truth. The very term "doubting Thomas" came from an early convert to Jesus who went from being a doubter to being a very fervent believer. That's the the strange and wonderful thing about Christianity. People who hated the very thought of Jesus. People like Paul in the first century went from hating and oppressing the believers to becoming disciples. Paul wrote many of the books in the New Testament. Then you can jump to the 20th Century where there was a very sceptical Oxford professor named C. S. Lewis who scoffed at Christians, Jesus and the whole idea of God in general. Lewis however was smart enough to have an open mind and fortunate enough to have a Christian friend named J.R.R. Tolkien. They talked Lewis investigated he too became a believer. If you don't want to read the Bible read some books written by Professor Lewis in the end he was a truly wise a wise man. In between the first and the twenteth millions of doubters became believers.

Many who read this may have enjoyed the movies based on Tolkien's books, or the books themselves. They strike a primal cord in the human heart. The classis struggle between good and evil.

How about reading the Bible with an open heart, there are many good modern translations available. The Gideon Society ( its a good site to check out. ) gives them away for free. The really wonderful thing about the stories in the Bible is that while as fantastic as any in the LOTR they are all true. There is one single theme that runs through them. God always stood by his people.God never completly gave up on mankind no matter how evil and corrupt we became. If you do not want to read ( at first ) the entire Bible at least read the New Testament, read about the life of Jesus."For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him and he with Me." Revelations 3:20

"...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved." Romans 10:9

Eternal life, being raised up after dying, eating dinner with God. This sounds pretty good to me how about reading the Bible and finding out more.