Questions to All Your Answers
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Questions to All Your Answers

The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Questions to All Your Answers

The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith

About this book

Many Christians' faith exists as a loose collection of unexamined clichĂ©s and slogans borrowed from songs, devotional books, sermon illustrations, and even the internet. Too often this belief system (if it can be called a "system") lacks coherence and intelligibility; it can hardly be expressed, let alone defended, to others. The problem with folk religion is that it too easily withers under the onslaughts of secularism or seemingly reasonable answers provided by cults and new religions. Christianity has a long tradition of intellectual examination of other faiths and its own beliefs. Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living; great Christian minds of all the ages have believed the unexamined faith is not worth believing. Reflective Christianity is Christian faith that has subjected itself to the rigorous questioning of Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. It is mature Christian faith that goes on believing even as it questions what it believes. The goal of this book is not to destroy anyone's faith but to build it up by placing it on a firmer foundation of critical examination. Ten popular Christian clichĂ©s are subjected to critical inquiry and interrogated to discover whether they contain truth or are in error. In most cases the conclusion is—both. The aim is not to tear down straw men but to demonstrate a path toward stronger, more mature Christian belief.

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Yes, you can access Questions to All Your Answers by Roger E. Olson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Christian Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780310541318
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: IT’S A MYSTERY, JUST ACCEPT IT:SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AN ATHEIST?
  9. Chapter 2: GOD IS IN CONTROL: SO WHY IS THE WORLD SUCH A MESS?
  10. Chapter 3: JESUS IS THE ANSWER: SO WHAT’S THE QUESTION?
  11. Chapter 4: THE BIBLE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS: SO WHAT ABOUT CLONING?
  12. Chapter 5: GOD HAS A PERFECT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE: SO WHAT IF YOU MISS IT?
  13. Chapter 6: GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES: SO WHO NEEDS GRACE?
  14. Chapter 7 JESUS IS COMING SOON: SO WHY ARE YOU BUYING LIFE INSURANCE?
  15. Chapter 8: ALL SINS ARE EQUAL: SO IS REUSING A STAMP AS BAD AS MURDER?
  16. Chapter 9 JUDGE NOT: SO HOW CAN WE PREACH TO SINNERS?
  17. Chapter 10: MONEY ISN’T BAD, BUT ONLY WHAT WE DO WITH IT: SO WHY DID JESUS SAY IT’S HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER HEAVEN?
  18. Conclusion: BELIEVING WHILE LIVING WITH QUESTIONS
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