God's Glory Church

The film “Ben-Hur”, released in 2016, failed miserably at the box office

But the 1959 blockbuster was a huge success. The book it was based on is also incredibly exciting. This is Lewis Wallace’s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, written in 1880 after a chance meeting on a train.

Wallace’s interlocutor was Robert Ingersoll, a famous orator and atheist. The conversation turned to faith. Ingersoll’s arguments against the existence of God made a strong impression on the writer. Wallace realized that he had never really delved deeply into spiritual matters. He decided not to rush to agree with Ingersoll, but to learn as much as possible about Christianity.
“Ingersoll made me ashamed of my ignorance… I decided to study the subject… Having carried out my intention, I got the result. It is, first, the novel “Ben-Hur”, and secondly, the conviction of the existence of a Creator and the divinity of Christ.”

After seven years of research, Wallace was convinced that the Gospel story about Jesus was true. Thanks to this, the book “Ben-Hur: The Story of Christ” saw the light of day.

And what do we find if we look at the life, death and resurrection of Jesus? Are we ready, like Lewis Wallace, to really think about Christ? After all, if the biblical story is true, then He really resurrected. And everyone who has returned from the world of the dead deserves to know as much about him as possible…