A N Wilson, the author and newspaper columnist, who rediscovered his Christian faith five years ago has highlighted the transforming power of the gospel, in a Christmas article. Writing in The Telegraph, the prominent former atheist said:
"The Gospel would still be true even if no one believed it. The hopeful thing is that, where it is tried – where it is imperfectly and hesitantly followed – as it was in Northern Ireland during the peace process, as it is in many a Salvation Army hostel this Christmas, as it flickers in countless unseen Christian lives, it works. And its palpable and remarkable power to transform human life takes us to the position of believing that something very wonderful indeed began with the birth of Christ into the world."
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