The Man Who Walked on the Moon
In 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel cornered Buzz Aldrin outside a Beverly Hills hotel, shoving a Bible in his face and demanding he swear the moon landing was faked. Aldrin, then 72, had spent decades hearing conspiracy theories about something he had lived — the crunch of lunar soil beneath his boots, the eerie silence of the Sea of Tranquility, the whole Earth suspended in blackness above him.
No amount of internet speculation could undo what Aldrin knew in his bones. He had been there.
Peter understood that frustration. Writing near the end of his life, he pushed back against those who dismissed the gospel as "cleverly devised myths." His answer was plain: "We were eyewitnesses of his majesty." Peter had climbed that mountain. He had watched Christ's face blaze like the sun. He had heard the voice of the Almighty tear open the sky: "This is my beloved Son."
Peter wasn't trading in secondhand rumors or spinning theology from an armchair. He was testifying to what his own eyes had seen and his own ears had heard. And then he pointed to something even more certain — the prophetic word, steady as a lamp burning in a dark room, confirmed across centuries of faithful witness.
When doubts crowd in, remember: our faith doesn't rest on clever stories. It rests on the testimony of men who were there — and on the living Word that still shines.
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