Letters from a skeptic / [print]
Gregory A. Boyd and Edward K. Boyd.
- Wheaton, Illinois : Victor Books, (c)1994.
- 190 pages ; 22 cm.
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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!
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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Boyd, Gregory A., 1955- --Correspondence. Boyd, Edward K.--Correspondence.