In preparation for our mission trip to Puerto Rico in the summer, several of us went there in the spring to see the camp where we would be working. When we got there we met some people from several churches in Alabama who were working at the camp that week. They shared their food with us that evening, and then after the meal we met for a time of singing and devotion. Between the meal and the devotion time I looked around some and found a bookcase. I looked at several books and found one called Who Is Jesus? I flipped through the pages and saw a chapter with the title, "Did Jesus Really Exist?" That chapter examined much of the historical records. Some of them said yes and others said no.

Later in the evening as I sat in a circle with those people I did not really know, I thought about the…