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As we begin to think more deeply about the meaning of life, it's not long before we come across tough questions that deserve careful consideration. This book explores and discusses seven common objections to the Christian faith, including: - Why does God allow suffering?
- What about other religions?
- Is there a conflict between science and Christianity?Drawing on several years of talking through these issues with people looking for answers, Nicky Gumbel offers clear, accessible and reasoned responses to the questions that surround faith and Christianity in the modern world. He goes beyond the logic of each question and applies it to a wider understanding of God's identity and our own identity, with practical suggestions for dealing with these issues in everyday life.'Gumbel's combination of humour, anecdote, metaphysics, quotations from the Bible and complex theology are both persuasive and compelling.' - The Observer
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Endnotes
Chapter 1
1. John Stott, The Cross of Christ (IVP, 1986), p.311.
2. The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis Ā© copyright C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1940. Use by permission.
3. Ibid.
4. David Watson, Fear No Evil (Hodder & Stoughton, 1984), pp.114ā15.
5. The Times, 19 October 1991.
6. C. S. Lewis, op cit.
7. Christopher Compston, Recovering from Divorce (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993), p.142.
8. David Watson, op cit, pp.119ā20.
9. C. S. Lewis, op cit.
10. Alister McGrath, Suffering (Hodder & Stoughton, 1992), pp.100ā101.
11. Joni Eareckson and Joe Musser, Joni (Pickering & Inglis, 1976), p.96.
12. John Stott, The Cross of Christ (IVP, 1986), pp.336ā37.
Chapter 2
1. Statistics from the 2011 UK Census, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulation-andcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/articles/religioninenglandandwales2011/2012-12-11
2. Statistics from a Pew Research Center study (5 April 2017), http://www.pewāforum.org/2017/04/05/the-changing-global-religious-landscape/
3. Bernard Levin, The Times, 27 January 1992.
4. Stephen Neill, The Supremacy of Jesus (Hodder & Stoughton, 1984) p.82.
5. John Stott, The Contemporary Christian (IVP, 1992), p.308.
6. John Young, The Case Against Christ (Hodder & Stoughton, 1986).
7. Stephen Neill, The Supremacy of Jesus (Hodder & Stoughton, 1984), p.82.
8. Lesslie Newbigin, The Finality of Christ (John Knox Press, 1969), p.59.
9. Alister McGrath, Bridgebuilding (IVP, 1992), p.151.
10. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis Ā© copyright C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1940, 1943, 1944, 1952. Use by permission.
11. J. N. D. Anderson, Christianity and Comparative Religion (IVP, 1970), p.105
12. John Stott, op cit, p.319.
13. Lesslie Newbigin, op cit, p.59.
14. Michael Green, Evangelism Through the Local Church (Hodder & Stoughton, 1990), p.75.
Chapter 3
1. Time, āGod vs. Scienceā, 5 November 2006.
2. Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, (Black Swan, 2006), p.189.
3. Miracles by C.S. Lewis Ā© copyright C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1947, 1960. Use by permission.
4. John Polkinghorne, One World (SPCK, 1986), p.1.
5. Cited in William Oddie (ed.), After the Deluge (SPCK, 1987), p.118.
6. John MacMurray, Reason and Emotion (Faber, 1961), p.172.
7. cis.org.uk/about-cis
8. articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/24/opinion/la-oe-masci24-2009nov24
9. John Polkinghorne, The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 1992.
10. CNN, āCollins: Why this scientist believes in Godā, 6 April 2007, edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html
11. The term āmiracleā is sometimes used very loosely to describe, for example, remarkable answers to prayer. It is helpful to distinguish āprovidenceā, ie, the guiding or steering by God of nature, humankind and history, from a āmiracleā, which has been well-defined by David Atkinson (The Wings of Refuge, IVP, 1983, p.13) as a ānon-repeatable, counter-instance of an otherwise demonstrable law of natureā, eg, walking on water, raising the dead or multiplying food.
12. David Hume, On Miracles (1748), p.114.
13. Max Planck, Scientific Autobiography (Williams and Norgate, 1950), p.155.
14. C. S. Lewis, op cit.
15. John Stott, Essentials (Hodder & Stoughton, 1988), p.221.
16. Dr James Moore has pointed out that, contrary to popular belief, it was not the theologians who opposed Darwin as much as the scientists. āIt was few theologians and many scientists who dismissed Darwinism and evolutionā (Michael Poole, Science and Belief, Lion, 1990, p.102).
17. Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Bantam Press, 1993).
18. Charles Darwin, cited in Francis S. Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (Simon & Schuster, 2007), p.99.
19. In āThreats on Life of Controversial Astronomerā, New Scientist, 21 January 1982, p.140, quoted in Dean L. Overman, A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001).
20. British physicist Paul Davies, author of God and the New Physics and other works, is one of the most popular science writers today. He is notably unsympathetic to conventional Christianity.
21. Jo...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Also By Nicky Gumbel
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 01 Why Does God Allow Suffering?
- 02 What About Other Religions?
- 03 Is There A Conflict Between Science and Christianity?
- 04 What About the New Spirituality?
- 05 Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?
- 06 Is the Trinity Unbiblical, Unbelievable and Irrelevant?
- 07 Is Faith Irrational?
- Endnotes
- For Further Reading