Signs & Wonders Blog

Sometimes while you’re out evangelizing, individuals will try to stump you with challenging questions. One I’ve heard primarily from African-Americans is: “What color is Jesus?” I remember ministering to one bitter black man who labeled Christianity “a white man’s religion” that would never work for him. In response, I testified about two African-Americans who got saved  a few days before  and were immediately healed of bodily injuries. This man was still resistant to the gospel. People tend to picture the Lord based on their own culture. For centuries, Westerners have depicted the Son of God as a Caucasian. In recent years, there have been increasing amounts of artwork of a black Jesus (the one pictured here is from the old TV sitcom “Good Times”). One well-known preacher who is part Native American jokingly claims Jesus was an Indian because the Bible says He is “chief cornerstone.” Since Jesus lived most of His earthly life in Palestine, one could speculate He had a ...

One night while evangelizing in a park in suburban Minneapolis, I got into a lengthy conversation with a young Muslim couple.   Some Muslims I've talked to became belligerent when hearing the truth of the gospel. Fortunately, this couple was quite cordial.   One issue they did bring up was the divinity of Jesus.   The man actually offered to become a Christian if I could show him in the Bible that Jesus was God.   I responded by reading to him this passage from John 20… 24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them.   Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peac...