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An edition of Letters from a skeptic (1994)

Letters from a skeptic

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Presents three years of correspondence between theology professor Gregory Boyd and his seventy-year-old father, Edward, in which they debate issues of Christianity -- a dialogue initiated by Gregory in hopes of leading his skeptical father to accept Jesus.

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Publisher
Victor Books
Language
English
Pages
190

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Cover of: Letters from a Skeptic
Cover of: Xin xin de tiao yue
Xin xin de tiao yue
1999, Yu zhou guang quan ren guan huai ji gou
in Chinese - Chu ban
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1994, Victor Books
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Table of Contents

Part 1 : Questions about God.
Correspondence 1 : why has Christianity done so much harm
Correspondence 2 : why is the world so full of suffering
Correspondence 3 : is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering
Correspondence 4 : does God know the future
Correspondence 5 : why does God create earthquakes and famines
Correspondence 6 : why did God create Satan
Correspondence 7 : is your God all-powerful
Correspondence 8 : why believe in God in the first place
Correspondence 9 : couldn't it all be by chance
Correspondence 10 : why didn't God spare your mother
Correspondence 11 : why would an all-powerful God need prayer
Correspondence 12 : why would God care about us little humans
Part 2 : Questions about Jesus Christ.
Correspondence 13 : why trust the Gospel accounts --Correspondence 14 : aren't the Gospels full of contradictions
Correspondence 15 : who wrote the Gospels and when were they written
Correspondence 16 : how can you believe that a man rose from the dead - Correspondence 17 : how can you believe that man was God
Part 3 : Questions about the Bible.
Correspondence 18 : why does God make believing in Him so difficult
Correspondence 19 : why do you think the Bible is inspired
Correspondence 20 : Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance
Correspondence 21 : didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together
Correspondence 22 : why are there so many differing interpretations of the Bible
Correspondence 23 : what about the "holy books" of other religions
Part 4 : Questions about Christian life and doctrine.
Correspondence 24 : do all non-christians go to hell
Correspondence 25 : how would an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell
Correspondence 26 : Isn't the Christian life impossible to live
Correspondence 27 : how can another man's death pardon me
Correspondence 28 : how can I be holy and sinful at the same time
Correspondence 29 : how can I be sure it's all true
Epilogue : I believe!

Edition Notes

Genre
Correspondence.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
239
Library of Congress
BT110 .B69 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
190 p.
Number of pages
190
Dimensions
22 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1422885M
Internet Archive
lettersfromskept00boyd
ISBN 10
1564762440
ISBN 13
9781564762443
LCCN
93033314
Library Thing
17118
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
77841

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