That's Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith [NOOK Book]

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"Beneath the clichés of our culture lie some unsettling questions about God. Paul Copan, with genius and simplicity, uncovers the struggle and constructs his answers on a firm foundation." Ravi Zacharias, author and speaker

"It's all relative."
"Everything is one with the...
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That's Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith

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Overview

"Beneath the clichés of our culture lie some unsettling questions about God. Paul Copan, with genius and simplicity, uncovers the struggle and constructs his answers on a firm foundation." Ravi Zacharias, author and speaker

"It's all relative."
"Everything is one with the divine."
"Why would a good God send people to hell?"
"The Gospels contradict each other."

In our relativistic society, Christians more than ever before are bombarded by skeptical comments such as these. You hear them on college campuses, in the workplace, and from your neighbors and friends.

That's Just Your Interpretation provides incisive answers to challenges related to truth and reality, worldviews, and Christian doctrine. Similar to his well-received "True for You, but Not for Me," this book by Paul Copan will help you defend your faith, even when you're confronted with the toughest questions. You'll be able to respond with intelligent, powerful answers that direct people toward a personal relationship with God.

"The book is accessible to non-specialists, yet Copan clearly brings to each subject careful research and scholarly reflection."
J. P. Moreland, Talbot School of Theology

"Paul Copan manifests the conceptual skills of a fine philosopher and theologian as well as the heart of a sincere Christian. This combination is potent indeed, illuminating a wide range of pressing issues about the Christian faith."
Paul Moser, Loyola University of Chicago

"Paul Copan writes with clarity, force, and insight about the credibility of Christianity."
Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College

Paul Copan (Ph.D., Marquette University) is a ministry associate with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. His books include Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? and "True for You, but Not for Me." Copan lives in Suwanee, Georgia.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781441211200
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/1/2001
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 238,323
  • File size: 1,006 KB

Meet the Author

Paul Copan (Ph.D., Marquette University) is a ministry associate with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. His books include Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? and "True for You, but Not for Me." Copan lives in Suwanee, Georgia.
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Table of Contents

Introduction 9
Part 1 Challenges Related to Truth and Reality
1 It's All Relative 25
2 That's Just Your Interpretation 30
3 That's Just Your Reality 35
4 Reality Is Shaped by Forces beyond Our Control 41
Part 2 Challenges Related to Worldviews
5 Everything Is One with the Divine; All Else Is an Illusion 49
6 Why Not Believe in Reincarnation? 60
7 If God Made the Universe, Who Made God? 69
8 If God Knows What We're Going to Do, Then We Don't Have Free Will 74
9 If God Predestines Some to Be Saved, What Choice Do I Really Have? 84
10 The Coexistence of God and Evil Is a Logical Contradiction 90
11 Why Would a Good God Send People to Hell? 101
12 Religion Is Nothing More Than the Human Wish for a Father Figure 110
Part 3 Challenges Related to Christianity
13 How Can God Be Three and One? 121
14 Isn't the Idea of God Becoming a Man Incoherent? 127
15 If Jesus Is God, How Could He Really Be Tempted? 138
16 The Genesis Creation Account Contradicts Contemporary Science (Part 1) 144
17 The Genesis Creation Account Contradicts Contemporary Science (Part 2) 154
18 How Could a Loving God Command Genocide? 161
19 Doesn't the Bible Condone Slavery? 171
20 The Gospels Contradict Each Other 179
21 Old Testament "Prophecies" Are Taken out of Context in the New Testament 188
Conclusion 197
Notes 199
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