Table of Contents
1 I Need A Big God: My life is messy. Which God do I need to fix my mess? 1
2 Getting Your Attention: Why should I even be interested in all this God-talk? 8
3 New Life In Newtown: Can I do something about the dark and ugly evil that exists in this world, even in me? 14
4 Not Perfect, Just Devoted: What does God really want from me? 25
5 Hide (Blame) And Seek: Complete honesty is hard for me. Can God handle the thoughts I hide from everyone else? 38
6 Churchians: Is it okay that I don't like hypocritical church people? Is there any defense for how they treat people? 50
7 Thinking Of Me: I don't think much about God; does he think much about me? 64
8 The Snake Still Strikes: I get it that people do bad things, but isn't that just the way it always is? 79
9 The Unpopular God: I get the idea of Heaven, but why talk about Jesus so much? 90
10 My Greatest Unanswered Prayer: Why does God seem to not answer some of my most important prayers? 103
11 The Big Deal of The Cross: I've seen shows and paintings of Jesus dying on a cross … it's torture. Why is the cross so important to Christians? 117
12 Thriving Or Dying: I go to church, but why isn't it working for me? 132
13 Tiny Kingdoms: Can God and politics be mixed? 143
14 Switching Sides: Am I too far gone to come back to God? Does God write people off? 154
15 The End … Of Yourself: How much of God do I need in my life? Cant I just have a "little" religion in me? 164
16 Having GOD'S Back on Truth: Does God really need me to speak to others about him? 173
17 Withholding the Cure: Can't I keep my faith a private matter? 181
18 Made In Practice: What about all the difficulty and pain in my life? What does God do about that? 190
19 Framed God: If God's so big-why doesn't he crush evil right now? Why doesn't he intervene? 200
20 God in All People?: I should just look for the best in people, right? 214
21 Next Steps: What should I do now? What's next for me? 222
22 Last Words: What are you trying to say to me? 235
Notes 241
About the Authors 247
