Description
"In Letters from a Skeptic Dr. Gregory Boyd and his
father Edward Boyd "debate" many other objections to Christianity, the
church, and the Bible.
- Why is the world so full of suffering?
- Does God know the future?
- How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?
- Why do you think the Bible is inspired?
- Do all non-Christians go to hell?
- How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?
"Greg Boyd initiated this correspondence with his father
in the hope that his father would eventually come to know Christ. After
three years, 30 letters, and numerous phone calls, Edward K. Boyd did just
that.
"Letters from a Skeptic will help you wrestle with
the rational foundation of your own faith. It will also help you know how to
share that faith with the skeptics you love." (From back cover.)
Table of Contents
Preface
Invitation
Can we talk about the Christian faith?
Part I: Questions About God Correspondence 1
Why has Christianity done so much harm?
Correspondence 2
Why is the world so full of suffering?
Correspondence 3
Is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering?
Correspondence 4
Does God know the future?
Correspondence 5
Why does God create earthquakes and famines?
Correspondence 6
Why did God create Satan?
Correspondence 7
Is your God all-powerful?
Correspondence 8
Why believe in God in the first place?
Correspondence 9
Couldn't it all be by change?
Correspondence 10
Why didn't God spare your mother?
Correspondence 11
Why would an all-powerful God need prayer?
Correspondence 12
Why would God care about us little humans?
Part II: Questions About Jesus Christ
Correspondence 13
Why trust the Gospel accounts?
Correspondence 14
Aren't the Gospels full of contradictions?
Correspondence 15
Who wrote the Gospels and when were they written?
Correspondence 16
How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?
Correspondence 17
How can you believe that a man was God?
Part III: Questions About the Bible
Correspondence 18
Why does God make believing in Him so difficult?
Correspondence 19
Why do you think the Bible is inspired?
Correspondence 20
Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance?
Correspondence 21
Didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together?
Correspondence 22
Why are there so many differing interpretations of the Bible?
Correspondence 23
Why about the "holy books" of other religions?
Part IV: Questions About Christian Life and Doctrine
Correspondence 24
Do all non-Christians go to hell?
Correspondence 25
How would an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell?
Correspondence 26
Isn't the Christian life impossible to live?
Correspondence 27
How can another man's death pardon me?
Correspondence 28
How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?
Correspondence 29
How can I be sure it's all true?
Epilogue
I believe! |
