This books set out to walk a fine line between simplifying the relevance of the gospel in the modern world and becoming and introduction to theological jargon. Each section ends with a so what discussion that is ideal for small group use.
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This books set out to walk a fine line between simplifying the relevance of the gospel in the modern world and becoming and introduction to theological jargon. Each section ends with a so what discussion that is ideal for small group use.
| God's World Humanity and other created beings | p. 11 |
| "What's the point of life?" | p. 12 |
| "Human beings are just an advanced kind of machine or animal." | p. 14 |
| "Why are sex and relationships so important?" | p. 16 |
| "You don't have to get married to live with someone." | p. 18 |
| "Why are Christians so against gay people? How can anyone live without sex?" | p. 20 |
| "Why's the world in such a mess? Isn't there something we can do about it?" | p. 22 |
| "What does God want us to do about the state of the planet?" | p. 25 |
| "Is there a spirit world? Or is it all made up?" | p. 28 |
| "Do the devil and evil spirits really exist?" | p. 30 |
| God Himself | p. 33 |
| "Isn't God just a superstition for uneducated people, or a crutch for wimps?" | p. 34 |
| "How do we know there's a God? You can't prove he exists." | p. 36 |
| "Hasn't evolution disproved God?" | p. 38 |
| "Aren't there some people you'll never persuade to believe in God? They're just not religious." | p. 40 |
| "What's God like?" | p. 42 |
| "Can we call God 'She'?" | p. 44 |
| "How can God know all about us--and be interested in all of us?" | p. 46 |
| "How can a God of love allow suffering?" | p. 48 |
| "Why does religion cause wars and division?" | p. 50 |
| "Don't all religions worship the the same God?" | p. 52 |
| "How can God be one and three at the same time?" | p. 54 |
| "What does God do all the time?" | p. 56 |
| God's Son Jesus | p. 59 |
| "How can someone who lived 2000 years ago have anything to say to us today?" | p. 60 |
| "Are the records of Jesus' life really true?" | p. 62 |
| "Jesus was just a good man and great teacher like other great teachers." | p. 64 |
| "How could Jesus be born of a virgin mother?" | p. 66 |
| "How could Jesus be perfect if he was human?" | p. 68 |
| "Can we really believe in Jesus' miracles?" | p. 70 |
| "How can we believe Jesus came back to life from the dead?" | p. 72 |
| "What do people mean when they call Jesus the Messiah?" | p. 74 |
| "Why did God need to send his Son to die? Why didn't he just forgive us anyway?" | p. 77 |
| "If we're forgiven by God, can we continue to do what's wrong?" | p. 79 |
| "Where is Jesus now?" | p. 80 |
| "What does it mean to 'know' Jesus and have him in your life?" | p. 82 |
| God's Spirit The Holy Spirit | p. 85 |
| "What is the Holy Spirit?" | p. 86 |
| "How does the Holy Spirit tie in with God and Jesus?" | p. 88 |
| "What was the Holy Spirit doing before Jesus?" | p. 90 |
| "Why do we only seem to find out about the Holy Spirit after we become Christians?" | p. 92 |
| "Why do some people get so excited about the Holy Spirit?" | p. 94 |
| "What's the Holy Spirit trying to do to me?" | p. 96 |
| "How can I be sure the Holy Spirit's living in my life?" | p. 98 |
| "What do people mean by being 'renewed in the Spirit'?" | p. 100 |
| "What are the 'gifts' of the Holy Spirit?" | p. 103 |
| "Why doesn't the Holy Spirit heal everyone who's ill?" | p. 106 |
| "How can I be sure the Holy Spirit's at work in my church?" | p. 108 |
| "What's the sin against the Holy Spirit?" | p. 110 |
| God's Book The Bible | p. 113 |
| "You can't expect people to read the Bible today. It's boring and out of date and too long!" | p. 114 |
| "How can the Bible actually help us?" | p. 116 |
| "How does God 'speak' through the Bible?" | p. 118 |
| "Doesn't God speak to us in more direct ways than a book?" | p. 120 |
| "Why the Bible rather than any other books?" | p. 122 |
| "Is it all equally 'inspired'? Shouldn't we read the 'good' bits more than the rest?" | p. 124 |
| "Why's the Bible so hard to find your way around?" | p. 126 |
| "Why do people talk about it as one book when there are so many different authors?" | p. 129 |
| "Hasn't the Bible been changed over the years?" | p. 132 |
| "How do we know the Bible's true?" | p. 134 |
| "Aren't there any mistakes? What about the contradictions?" | p. 137 |
| "Different churches and experts understand the Bible in different ways. So how can ordinary Christians know what it means?" | p. 139 |
| God's People The Church | p. 143 |
| "You can be a Christian without going to church." | p. 144 |
| "What do we go to church for?" | p. 146 |
| "Why is church so boring? It's full of old people, hypocrites and people with problems." | p. 148 |
| "Why are there so many Churches, all believing different things but claiming to be right? Which Church is the right one?" | p. 150 |
| "Why's the Church so divided, e.g. over the ordination of women? And why has the Church got such a bad record on the treatment of women?" | p. 153 |
| "What's the connection between the Church and other Christian groups people belong to?" | p. 155 |
| "Why does the Church spend so much money on buildings when people are starving in the Third World?" | p. 157 |
| "What are baptism and communion all about? How important are they?" | p. 159 |
| "What's heresy? How would I know if it was necessary to leave a church?" | p. 161 |
| God's Plans The Future | p. 165 |
| "What happens when we die?" | p. 166 |
| "What about reincarnation and that feeling you've been somewhere before?" | p. 168 |
| "What will heaven be like?" | p. 170 |
| "Won't everyone go to heaven?" | p. 172 |
| "Why should we be judged?" | p. 174 |
| "Heaven and hell aren't real places." | p. 176 |
| "What does the Bible say about the end of the world?" | p. 178 |
| "Will Jesus really come back? If so, when?" | p. 180 |
| "Won't there be signs that it's nearly the end of the world?" | p. 182 |
| "Why all this morbid talk about dying and the end of the world? Life is for living now." | p. 184 |
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