You Never Know Who’s Listening

Lee Strobel tells an amazing story about the power of the Holy Spirit to act apart from our own knowledge.

Well, one average and routine day I was packing up my briefcase and getting ready to leave the newspaper when I felt a gentle nudging of the Holy Spirit. I sensed God wanted me to go into the business office and invite my friend, who was an atheist, to come to Easter services at my church.

Things did not go as he hoped. His friend shut him down — turning down every overture he made to talk about church, the resurrection, etc. Strobel left him with a…