TY - BOOK AU - Boyd,Gregory A. AU - Boyd,Edward K. TI - Letters from a skeptic AV - BT110.B789.L488 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Wheaton, Illinois PB - Victor Books KW - Boyd, Gregory A., KW - Boyd, Edward K. KW - Apologetics N1 - 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!; 2 N2 - 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 ER -