| Description |
190 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. 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 chance -- 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 -- pt. 2. 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 man was God -- pt. 3. 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 : what about the "holy books" of other religions -- pt. 4. 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! |
| Summary |
Presents three years of correspondence between theology professor Gregory Boyd and his seventy-year-old father, Edward, in which they debate issues of Christianity--a dialogue initiated by Gregory in hopes of leading his skeptical father to accept Jesus. |
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Boyd, Gregory A., 1957- -- Correspondence.
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Boyd, Edward K. -- Correspondence.
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Apologetics.
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Boyd, Edward K. (OCoLC)fst00327999
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Boyd, Gregory A., 1957- (OCoLC)fst00290016
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Apologetics. (OCoLC)fst00811449
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Apologetiek.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01919948
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Boyd, Edward K.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Boyd, Gregory A., 1957- Letters from a skeptic. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, ©1994 (OCoLC)607870472 |
| ISBN |
1564762440 |
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9781564762443 |
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