Conversions from Buddhism - Looking for books/literature

Trying to find information on conversions from Buddhism to Christ, but haven't been able to in order to help someone in my family.

Can anyone recommend any books? thanks

Hi Wilkens21,

I'm interested in your question myself, and would appreciate learning about the resources you find.

One name to begin your search with is Ellis Potter. He is a former Buddhist monk who has become a Christian pastor and author on the subject of Buddhism. He was also a former student of the later Francis Shaeffer's L'abri center.

http://www.martinweaver.net/Ellis/misc/Interview_Ellis%20Potter.pdf

http://www.apologetics315.com/2010/09/apologist-interview-ellis-potter.html

http://www.apologetics315.com/2010/07/real-problem-with-buddhism-mp3-by-ellis.html

http://www.labri-ideas-library.org/lecture-list.asp?s=1026

Mike

You might consider contacting RZIM ministries and see if they know of any literature that would contain what you are looking for. I know that Ravi Zacharias wrote a book called the "Lotus and the Cross," which was intended to be an apologetic contrasting the difference between Buddha and Jesus.

The book was a fictional dialogue between them. They might know if the book has had an impact upon Buddhist readers or not.

thanks folks...this is a good and helpful start, i am trying to witness to my father who is aged now and he accepts Jesus as a great man and Christianity as a great religion, so it's hard to work with him since he has universalist tendencies.

that's why i'm trying to find testimonies where people left buddhism because Christ is the ONLY way...

I listened to that interview with Ellis this afternoon. It was good and insightful. Thank you Mike.

Ellis made a few great points about the difference between engaging in apologetics and kategorics, which was a unique take on things, and I really appreciated what he said about apologetics being a subset of love. I feel that is a much needed concept to understand. Christianity is not about being right, and having all the right answers all the time. Ellis did a great job of expressing this.