77 FAQs About God and the Bible

by McDowell, Josh; McDowell, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780736949248
• ISBN10: 0736949240
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-01
• Publisher: Harvest House Pub

Summary

Real-life, on-the-street Christian apologetics is what readers expect from Josh McDowell. Here, he and his son, Sean, reflect their ongoing research and close engagement with our culture in answers to classic questions such as... Is there scientific proof God exists? How can a loving God send people to hell? Why does God allow suffering? Is the New Testament historically reliable? Aren#146;t there errors and contradictions in the Bible? ...and questions that arise from today#146;s culture: If God is so loving, why can#146;t he be more tolerant of sin? Is God sexist? Is religion the real cause of violence in the world? How can teachings from the ancient cultures of the Bible be relevant to our culture? What#146;s the difference between the Bible and the Koran? 77 FAQs offers the concise, accessible presentations that readers want and need in an apologetic resource--answers they#146;ll turn to for help in everyday life.

Author Biography

Over more than five decades, Josh McDowell has spoken to more than 10 million people in 118 countries about the evidence for Christianity. He has authored or coauthored more than 130 books (with more than 51 million copies in print), including The Unshakable Truth and such classics as More Than a Carpenter and New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Sean McDowell is an educator and a popular speaker at schools, churches, and conferences nationwide. He is the author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World, coauthor of The Unshakable Truth and Understanding Intelligent Design, and general editor of Apologetics for a New Generation and The Apologetics Study Bible for Students. He is currently pursuing a PhD in apologetics and worldview studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Can I Have All My Questions Answered?	p. 9
Questions about God
Why Does God Seem Hidden from Us?	p. 13
Doesn't Believing in God Require Faith?	p. 15
Is It Wrong to Have Doubts About God?	p. 19
What Bond of Proofs Are There that God Exists?	p. 22
What Is the First-Cause Argument for Gods Existence?	p. 25
What Is the Design Argument for Gods Existence?	p. 27
What Is the Moral Law Argument for God's Existence?	p. 32
What Is the Personal Experience Argument for God's Existence?	p. 35
If God Caused Everything, Then Who or What Caused God?	p. 37
What Is God Really Like?	p. 39
Who Is the Holy Spirit?	p. 44
What Does It Mean that God Is a Trinity?	p. 46
Is God Male or Female?	p. 48
Can God Do Wrong, Such As Get Jealous?	p. 49
Where Did Evil Come From?	p. 51
What Is Evil Exactly?	p. 53
What Causes People to Sin Today?	p. 54
If God Is So Loving, Why Can't He Be More Tolerant of Sin?	p. 56
Why Did God Create Humans?	p. 58
Did God Create Intelligent Beings Other Than Humans?	p. 60
Is It Really Even Possible to Know Truth?	p. 61
Is Some Truth Just Personal Preference?	p. 64
Is God Sexist?	p. 66
Is God Racist?	p. 71
Is God Legalistic?	p. 73
Is God Violent?	p. 75
Is Religion the Real Cause of Violence in the World?	p. 78
Is God Genocidal?	p. 81
How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?	p. 84
Does God Punish People Through Natural Disasters?	p. 87
Why Does God Allow Suffering?	p. 89
Why Doesn't God Stop the Suffering Now?	p. 93
Does God Have Feelings and Emotions?	p. 98
Does God Love Everyone Regardless of Sexual Orientation?	p. 101
Does God Get Involved in Politics?	p. 103
How Can We Know Gods Will in Our Lives?	p. 106
Did Jesus Really Claim to Be God?	p. 109
Isn't It Arrogant to Claim that Christianity Is the Only True Religion?	p. 111
How Do We Know that Jesus Actually Lived?	p. 113
How Did Jesus Back Up His Claim to Be God?	p. 115
What Proof Is There that Jesus Was the Messiah?	p. 117
Is There Proof that Jesus Was Born of a Virgin?	p. 121
Is There Proof that Jesus Rose from the Dead?	p. 124
Why Did Jesus Need to Die?	p. 127
Why Is Jesus' Resurrection So Central to Christianity?	p. 130
How Did People Get Right with God Before Jesus Died for Sin?	p. 132
What Is God's Church?	p. 135
What Is Jesus Going to Do at His Second Coming?	p. 137
How Do I Personally Experience a Relationship with God?	p. 139
Questions about the Bible
Where Did the Bible Come From?	p. 145
What Does It Mean that the Bible Is Inspired?	p. 148
Is the Bible a Product of God, Humans, or Both?	p. 151
Isn't the Bible Full of Errors and Contradictions?	p. 154
Does the New Testament Misquote the Old Testament?	p. 157
How Do We Know that the Bible We Have Today Is Truly God's Word?	p. 159
Were Some Inspired Books Excluded from Our Current Bible?	p. 162
How Can Teachings from the Ancient Cultures of the Bible Be Relevant to Us Today?	p. 166
How Is It that the Bible Gets So Misinterpreted?	p. 169
How Do You Correctly Interpret the Bible?	p. 173
Can Christians Hold Contradictory Teachings from the Bible and Still Be in Unity?	p. 177
Are All the Old Testament Laws Binding on Us Today?	p. 180
Are Any of the Jewish Festivals in the Bible Meaningful to Christians Today?	p. 183
What Is the Real Purpose of the Bible?	p. 189
Is the Old Testament Historically Reliable?	p. 192
Is the New Testament Historically Reliable?	p. 196
What Is the Difference Between the Christian Bible and the Jewish Bible?	p. 201
What Is the Difference Between the Bible and the Quran?	p. 203
What Is the Difference Between the Christian Bible and the Book of Mormon?	p. 206
How Is the Roman Catholic Bible Different from the Protestant Bible?	p. 209
When Was the Bible Translated into Other Languages?	p. 212
Have Any Translations of the Bible Been Inspired?	p. 215
If Bible Translators Made Mistakes, Wouldn't That Make the Bible Inaccurate?	p. 217
How Do I Choose an English Translation that Is Accurate?	p. 219
Why Are There So Many English Translations of the Bible?	p. 222
What Are the Resources I Need to Accurately Interpret the Bible?	p. 223
How Do I Personally Experience the Bible?	p. 226
Notes	p. 229
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