Without a Doubt: Answering the 20 Toughest Faith Questions

by Kenneth Richard Samples, Ronald Nash

Overview

It can be difficult to answer questions about the Christian faith-even for Christians who regularly read their Bibles and attend church. What can they say to a skeptic who questions Christian doctrine or truth claims? What about young Christians who want answers to their tough questions?

Without a Doubt covers questions on everything from the doctrine of the incarnation to religious pluralism, from evolution to moral relativism, with rational answers for even the most stubborn skeptic. Chapters contain charts, relevant biblical texts, and outlines to help readers grasp key ideas relevant to proclaiming the gospel to an unbeliever or discussing doctrine with another Christian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801064692
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/01/2004
Series:	Reasons to Believe
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Kenneth Samples is vice president of philosophical and theological apologetics with Reasons to Believe. He is founder and president of Augustine Fellowship Study Center, formerly worked for the Christian Research Institute, and has cohosted "The Bible Answer Man." He also serves as an adjunct instructor at Biola University and lives in southern California with his wife, Joan, and their three children.

Table of Contents

	List of Tables	9
	Foreword	11
	Acknowledgments	13
	Introduction: Playing Twenty Questions with Life	15
Part 1	Thinking Through Questions about Faith in God
1.	How Can Anyone Know That God Exists?	21
2.	How Can I Believe in a God I Can't See?	34
3.	How Has God Revealed Himself?	42
4.	Aren't the Creeds a Thing of the Past?	52
5.	How Can God Be Three and One?	63
6.	Why Should I Gamble on Faith?	77
Part 2	Thinking Through Questions about Faith in Jesus Christ
7.	Are the Gospels Trustworthy Accounts of Jesus' Life?	91
8.	Is Jesus a Man, Myth, Madman, Menace, Mystic, Martian, or the Messiah?	104
9.	How Can Jesus Christ Be Both God and Man?	120
10.	Did Jesus Christ Actually Rise from the Dead?	134
11.	Why Did Jesus Christ Have to Die?	148
Part 3	Thinking Through Objections to the Christian Faith
12.	Don't All Religions Lead to God?	161
13.	How Should Christians Respond to the World's Religions?	171
14.	Aren't Christianity and Science Enemies?	187
15.	Doesn't Hypocrisy Invalidate Christianity?	201
16.	Don't I Have a Right to Do What I Want with My Own Body?	211
17.	Doesn't Christianity Promote Intolerance?	222
18.	Isn't Morality Simply in the Eye of the Beholder?	229
19.	How Can a Good and All-Powerful God Allow Evil?	239
20.	How Should a Christian Prepare to Give Reasons for Faith?	255
	Notes	261
	Name Index	275
	Scripture Index	277
	Subject Index	283

Editorial Reviews

"How can anyone know that God exists?" "Are the Gospels trustworthy accounts of Jesus's life?" "Aren't Christianity and science enemies?" These are three examples of the 20 questions answered by Samples (director of education, Christ Reformed Church). Divided into three sections, the questions concern faith in God, faith in Jesus Christ, and objections to Christianity. The book obviously addresses the general Christian reader seeking intellectual depth, but it can also be read by non-Christians seeking an introduction to Christian thinking. Samples's personal involvement with the questions is evident, and his answers (which vary in length) are clearly written and introduce the reader to the historical, theological, and philosophical issues swirling around each topic. The discussion questions and reading lists following each question render the book suitable for use in a classroom or discussion group. Highly recommended for religion collections. John Moryl, Yeshiva Univ. Lib., New York Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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