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They believe it is the Christians' duty to share their faith with friends because Christ is the only way to salvation. Pierce quotes, "Nobody comes to the Father but through me." To Christians, hell exists because the Bible speaks of it, although conceptions range from fire and brimstone to the devastation of simply missing out on God when the possibility exists. Those who follow other religions have not found Christ and will not be saved...
Crist, who says he looked into a number of different religions during a period of adolescent searching before he found Jesus, says he thinks most religions have some elements of truth (Christianity) in them, but only partial truth. He says Judaism, out of which Christ came, is "the shadow of the truth...
Pierce says, "Jews believe in the true God. All the early Christians were Jews. However, nowadays Jews are aware of Jesus and should be aware of over 300 testimonies in the Old Testament relating to the first coming of Christ. They should realize Christ is the Messiah...
Besides talking to their friends about Christ, Harvard Christians do a great deal of praying to ask God to show their friends the right way. They pray for non-Christians by name in small discipleship groups, and often have lists of those they are particularly concerned to help. Nelia Worsley '79 sent a letter over the summer to fellow Winthrop House Christians saying "What the Lord's been teaching me lately" is that they should be more diligent in praying for non-Christians, "silently lift up" people at meals through prayer, and make it clear through their attitudes and actions...
...spiritual rebirth through Christ often came to people who had been hostile or indifferent to religion before. Crist, Duff and Donovan all found Christ through high school friends, after long periods of skepticism. Each say they knowingly let Christ into their hearts with all the self-denial and possible hardship it might entail. Fletcher and Brannan both came from Texas towns where strong Christian organizations operated in their high schools. Brannan says he went to his first Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting because it was being held at the house of a girl he wanted to see. Whatever the initial...