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41) Apologetics for a New Generation: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talking About God
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Many teenagers leave home for college but don't take their faith with them. Popular writer and speaker Sean McDowell offers a solution for this problem: a new way of approaching faith that addresses the questions the emerging generation is asking and that incorporates a radically humble and relational approach.
An impressive list of contributors including Dan Kimball (They Like Jesus but Not the Church), Brian Godawa (Hollywood Worldviews), and Josh...
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Christian apologetics suffers from a reputation for loud arguments, canned answers, and a fascination with technical details.
Some Christians avoid apologetics because they are either concerned about offending people, or because they are afraid they will be unable to answer technical questions.
These concerns and fears are unnecessary. Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., unapologetic Christian apologist points the way toward a Christian witness that is positive,...
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Does life have meaning, purpose and value? Can we know whether God exists? If he does, why does he allow bad things to happen? How can we make sense of death, and what lies beyond it? And how can we live life well during a personal, national, or global crisis?
Human beings have always asked these big questions. However, crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2007-2008 financial collapse, or the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks, make them...
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UNDERSTANDING THE OMNIPOTENT GOD… WHO ASKS QUESTIONS OF US Why would God ask anyone a question? We ask questions when we don't understand. Yet, the Creator of the universe who spoke all that we see into being asks questions. Unimaginable power and wisdom are already His. As strange as it may seem to us, the Bible is filled with questions God asks. He is not the one who needs answers – these questions help us to understand both God and ourselves....
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The study of God's word is a lifetime pursuit, a gentle, enduring passion worthy of your best effort.
But where is the love and harmony that should characterize discourse between Christians?
God's word, which ought to unite us, is too often the source of strife and contention.
One reason for this discord is a lack of scriptural knowledge: having only a fragmentary understanding of God's word, we allow tradition, philosophy, and opinion to replace...
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This book answers key questions that confront our culture: Why is the Christian worldview superior to those embraced by the secular humanist, religious pluralist, and postmodernist? Does objective, absolute truth really exist? If so, is it knowable? If so, How? What or who caused this universe and all that is in it? What keeps it going? Is there a power that transcends matter, energy, space, and time (MEST)? If there really is an all-loving, all-knowing,...
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Let's face it: Christianity has a PR Problem. The secular world often paints Christian faith as intolerant, oppressive, superstitious, and incompatible with the modern world we live in. Amidst such attacks, faithful Christians can feel powerless in defending their views, especially when the opposition points to wrongdoings done in the name of Christianity or by Christians.
In Christianity's PR Problem, Dr. Mark Mattes addresses these concerns head...
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¿Estamos al borde de una gran apostasía en la iglesia? «Llegará el tiempo en que la gente no escuchará más la sólida y sana enseñanza. Seguirán sus propios deseos y buscarán maestros que les digan lo que sus oídos se mueren por oír. Rechazarán la verdad e irán tras los mitos». 2 Timoteo 4: 3-4Jesucristo va a volver. Sin duda, es la mayor esperanza de los cristianos en estos tiempos difíciles. La Biblia nos advierte que los últimos...
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Trusted Theologian Presents a Case for Christian Faith in Easy-to-Understand Language Seminary professor and bestselling author teams with a seminary-trained apologist and teacher to give readers basic, solid evidence for the Christian faith. This book is ideal for both teens and adults. Lay leaders and teachers as well as students will be equipped to explain the basics of Christianity to unbelievers and new believers. The accessible and topically...
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Today there are untold voices in print, on television, and online calling for attention, and so many of these mock or belittle Christian faith. From coworkers to those calling themselves Christians, the tone has become one of reproach, disparaging the character of God and undermining the authority of the Bible. For those who have a heart for God, it can be intimidating and discouraging. How Do We Know the Bible is True? is based on the absolute authority...
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The newest edition in A GUY IN THE PEWS, Volume 1 series, compliments the book written about the Mass. It continues to dig deeper into the Christian and Catholic Faith and summarizes answers such as: Who is the Holy Spirit and what are the 7 gifts available to those who believe? Why confess your sins to a
priest? Do Catholic Priests forget what they are told in confession? Other questions answered are: Do Catholics have their own Bible? After death,...
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Society today has a growing number of objections and concerns regarding Christianity. Why does a loving God let bad things happen? Would God really send someone to hell? And why is Christianity right and other religions in error? Many Christians hear objections to Christianity and have a crisis of faith. Enter Alex McFarland, a seasoned apologist who is ready to explore ten common objections to Christianity. He offers straight answers that will give...
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John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses, part of the popular Facts On Series (more than 1.9 million copies of books from this series sold). Known for their extensive research and Bible knowledge, these authors offer readers the essential facts they need to evaluate and discuss today's issues regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization, and the Watchtower Society....
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This eight-week companion guide to “Forensic Faith” takes readers through the investigative techniques that J. Warner Wallace learned from his decades as a homicide detective. Designed to be used alongside the Forensic Faith book and DVD, this interactive guide helps readers in all seasons of faith become better "Christian Case Makers." Through questions for reflection and discussion, churches and small groups explore why it's important to know...
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This book, originally published in 1836 as Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of Holy Scripture, contains Archibald Alexander's defense of God's role in the inspiration of Scripture. Alexander devotes time to defending the truth of Scripture, the veracity of miracles, the fulfillment of prophecy, and the credibility of the Gospels, firmly supporting the view that the revelation of God in the Bible is neither improbable...
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Darwin Challenged God's Word With Evolution...But Was He The Only One?
• Discover the old, ongoing war against biblical truth
• Dissect the origins of and arguments for atheistic thought
• Determine what you can do to defend your faith
The denial of God is the root of every human problem, taking many forms over time - one of which is evolution. And this concept goes much farther back in time than we think.
In The Long War Against God, the...
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En forma práctica e ingeniosa, y con un enfoque experimentado y sensato de la Palabra de Dios, el Dr. R. C. Sproul aborda más de 300 preguntas frecuentes formuladas por gente interesada en la fe y la vida cristiana. In a personable, easy-to-read style, and an experienced and sensible approach to the Word of God, Dr. R. C. Sproul addresses more than 300 common questions asked by people interested in faith and Christian living.
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When Jesus died on the cross, it seemed that all had been lost. Death had won. But after three days in a rich man's tomb, Jesus appeared...alive! The news was so shocking that his followers refused to believe it until they saw him with their own eyes and touched his wounds with their own hands. Then Jesus made an amazing claim: In the future, they too would have resurrected bodies like his, bodies that would never deteriorate, age, or perish. They...
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Oh no, another book on love? But, this is different. This is for people who are looking for a gritty account of life, love and the dilemmas of human existence. This is for twenty first century thinkers and lovers, from searching Christians to open minded agnostics and willing atheists who want a genuine account of love that respects human experience and mines the depths of a greater wisdom. Steven Ogden taps into Christianity, but there is no old...
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