InterviewBlog | In conversation with Amy Orr-Ewing
In conversation with Amy Orr-Ewing
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 09.12.15
AMY ORR-EWING is Director of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (rzim.eu) and Director of Programmes for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (theocca.org). She is a passionate exponent of a rational Christian response to many of the pressing cultural issues of the day, bringing her formidable theological knowledge to bear on a wide variety of subjects. She has written two books exploring key questions in apologetics: Why Trust the Bible? and But Is It Real? (both IVP 2008).
RJ You grew up in a Christian family. Can you tell me a little about that?
Neither of my parents were Christians when I was born. They were both academics and my father was raised in a very atheistic home where there was strictly no Bible and no talking about God. My grandfather was a scientist. My father was dramatically converted through a vision of Jesus, in his study – a really amazing divine intervention into our family. My mum became a Christian about six months later.
As a child I saw them transition from the position that God is totally irrelevant, to seeing them completely change their lives to follow Jesus. My dad gave up his job and became a church planter and an evangelist. As a child I experienced both the reality of Jesus and his presence and the change that he brings, and the involvement in evangelism that was just a very natural part of our whole family.
My childhood faith included both the intellectual side of faith, and the encouragement to ask and pursue questions. When people talk about growing up in a ‘Christian home’, I’ve come to realise that mine wasn’t
