Today's Moment of Truth

Devotions to Deepen Your Faith in Christ

Lee Strobel, Mark Mittelberg

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9780310357056
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Why do you believe what you believe? How can you know your faith is credible?

Many Christians today struggle to answer these questions. Though you may know what you believe, the why and how behind the thought can be complex, confusing, and even mysterious.

In Today’s Moment of Truth, bestselling author Lee Strobel articulates in 180 easy-to-read devotions the reasons why Christians believe what they believe. Combining his expertise in apologetics with his journalistic approach to parsing out the details, this devotionalwill leave you deeply encouraged and well-informed. Topics range from scientific discoveries to theological explanations, and each devotion is followed by a brief reflection and prayer for meditation.

The time has come to walk confidently in your faith. Today’s Moment of Truth will be an invaluable tool as you grow in your understanding of and faith in Christ.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Science Meets Scripture
• A Delicate Balance
• The Origins of Life
• Made In God’s Image
• Jesus In Genesis?
• Can We Trust the Story of Jonah?
• Seek God Wholeheartedly
• A Scientist Discovers God
• Divine Condescension
• The Heavens Declare
• Who Designed the Designer?
• People Matter
• The Messiah Tribe
• The Universe Offers Clues
• Something from Nothing?
• God Is Eternal?
• On a Razor’s Edge
• Design At the Molecular Level
• If I Were Guessing . . .
• The Suffering Messiah
• Prophetic Odds
• Pierced
• In Search of Nazareth
• Did Jesus Really Die?
• Was the Tomb Empty?
• Resurrection News Flash!
• The Resurrected Jesus Appears
• Dreaming Disciples?
• The Jerusalem Factor
• Evidence Beyond the Bible
• The Case for the Resurrection
• Responding to the Resurrection
• The Impact of Easter
• The Hope of Easter
• Holy Boldness
• Performance Plan
• They’ll Know Us By Our . . . What?
• How Many Gods?
• Jesus Is God?
• Identity Matters
• Non-Prophets
• Is the Holy Spirit a Force?
• Tri-Unity
• Three Equals One?
• The Implications of God’s Nature
• What If Scientists Created Life?
• Faith Is . . .
• Belief That vs. Belief In
• Biblical Prophets vs. Muhammad
• Universal Fatherhood?
• The Problem of Evil
• Jesus Told the Truth
• Follow the Light
• Points of Light, Part 1
• Points of Light, Part 2
• Points of Light, Part 3
• Points of Light, Part 4
• Points of Light, Part 5
• The Ultimate Light
• The Denial of Evil
• The Deification of Evil
• Evil As Evidence of God?
• Truth Prevails
• Bad News, Good News
• God Speaks
• Divine Interruptions
• What Is
• The Gospel Truth: God
• The Gospel Truth: People
• The Gospel Truth: Christ, Part 1
• The Gospel Truth: Christ, Part 2
• The Gospel Truth: You
• An Anti-God Bias
• God Excursions
• Prepared
• Removing Obstacles
• Dying for Hope
• Firsthand
• Undesigned Coincidences
• Too Narrow?
• Sweating Blood?
• Jesus or No One
• With All Your Mind
• Is It Wrong to Be Right?
• Can’t We Just Coexist?
• Questions Welcome
• Who Has Faith?
• Faith Substitutes
• A Doubter’s Blessings
• Pathways to Belief, Part 1
• Pathways to Belief, Part 2
• Cool Christians
• Do vs. Done
• Messengers of God?
• Winsome Representatives
• God’s Unique Love
• God’s Personal Love
• Spiritual Confidence
• The Ultimate Doorway
• The Life-Changing Gospel
• Impossibly Large Rocks
• The Benefit of the Doubt
• Rest for the Weary
• Making Room for Doubt
• When Answers Evade You
• Divine Access
• An Exclusive Club?
• An Avalanche of Scientific Information
• Uncanny Parallels
• From Science to God
• The Burden of Proof
• God and Slavery
• God and Racism
• Life Without God
• Death Without God
• History Speaks
• How Would Jesus View Islam?
• How Would Jesus View Muslims?
• Christians Meet a Muslim
• Finding Your Voice, Part 1
• Finding Your Voice, Part 2
• Taking the Bible Literally
• Untruths In the Bible?
• The Nature of Proverbs
• True Religion
• The Inspiration of the Bible
• Jots and Tittles
• The All-Time Bestseller
• The Bible’s Consistency
• Early Dates
• The Living Line
• “An Embarrassment of Riches”
• Archaeology and the Bible, Part 1
• Archaeology and the Bible, Part 2
• Archaeology and the Book of Mormon
• A Copycat Religion?
• Myths About Mithras
• The Bible’s Literary Devices
• Distorting the Scriptures
• Interpreting Scripture
• “Born-Againers”
• Lost Gospels?
• Doubting (the Gospel of) Thomas
• People Who Have Never Heard, Part 1
• People Who Have Never Heard, Part 2
• Are All Sins the Same?
• Is Judging Always Wrong?
• Loving Those Who Disagree
• Speaking the Truth In Love
• Does Anyone Really Seek God?
• Responding to Reincarnation, Part 1
• Responding to Reincarnation, Part 2
• Angry Atheists
• Drifting Away from God
• Never Alone
• Biblical Marriage
• Alleged Contradictions, Part 1
• Alleged Contradictions, Part 2
• Alleged Contradictions, Part 3
• Hopelessly Corrupted?
• A Positive Case for the Bible
• A God Projection?
• The New Testament Canon
• The Real Jesus
• New Testament Forgeries
• Variations In Biblical Manuscripts
• Jesus’ Impact On the World
• Speculations About a Multiverse
• The Argument from Morality
• Tale of Two Prodigals
• Grace for “Good” People
• The Divine Encoder
• Evidence from Consciousness
• The Evidence of Design
• Even On the Bad Days
• The Reality of Heaven
• Unclaimed Riches
• The Weapons We Fight With, Part 1
• The Weapons We Fight With, Part 2
• The Weapons We Fight With, Part 3
• Endnotes
• For Further Reading
• About the Authors