by BILL BRIGHT
a basic thirst fo r truth is causing college students to exam ine their faith
THE COLLEGE STUDENT & CHRIST
S ome time ago it was my privilege to chat with a student body president of oiie of the great universities of America. Though he was only in his early twenties, he had served his country faithfully in World War II, was a captain in the Air Corps with some 50 missions over Germany, a handsome young man with tremendous personality and drive. We spoke to him concerning God’s plan for his life and how Jesus Christ, God’s Son, had said, “ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” And we told him how Christ had gone to the cross to pay the penalty for sin which man himself could never pay. He replied that this was all new to him. He had gone to church and Sunday school only a few times in his life, and he knew nothing of the Bible, of Christ and of God.
However, as we talked, he expressed a sincere desire to know personally the One about whom we spoke. The following Sunday he was in church. We met again and again in the weeks that followed. There were many questions, much study and always an open, receptive spirit. Finally one night three months after our initial contact, this young man. knelt with me in my office and asked Christ to become his Saviour and Lord. In the days that followed, we saw his life change, and others were awakened to their need of Christ because of him. In the last five months, it has been my privi lege to speak to many thousands of students on some 30 campuses across America. As the claims of Christ have been presented, we have seen many hundreds, like this splendid young CONTINUED
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