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050 0 4 _aBT110.B789.L488 1994
100 1 _aBoyd, Gregory A.,
_d1955-,
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245 1 0 _aLetters from a skeptic /
_cGregory A. Boyd and Edward K. Boyd.
_hPR
260 _aWheaton, Illinois :
_bVictor Books,
_c(c)1994.
300 _a190 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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505 0 0 _a
_tQuestions about God --
_tCorrespondence 1 : why has Christianity done so much harm --
_tCorrespondence 2 : why is the world so full of suffering --
_tCorrespondence 3 : is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering --
_tCorrespondence 4 : does God know the future --
_tCorrespondence 5 : why does God create earthquakes and famines --
_tCorrespondence 6 : why did God create Satan --
_tCorrespondence 7 : is your God all-powerful --
_tCorrespondence 8 : why believe in God in the first place --
_tCorrespondence 9 : couldn't it all be by chance --
_tCorrespondence 10 : why didn't God spare your mother --
_tCorrespondence 11 : why would an all-powerful God need prayer --
_tCorrespondence 12 : why would God care about us little humans --
_tQuestions about Jesus Christ --
_tCorrespondence 13 : why trust the Gospel accounts --
_tCorrespondence 14 : aren't the Gospels full of contradictions --
_tCorrespondence 15 : who wrote the Gospels and when were they written --
_tCorrespondence 16 : how can you believe that a man rose from the dead --
_tCorrespondence 17 : how can you believe that man was God --
_tQuestions about the Bible --
_tCorrespondence 18 : why does God make believing in Him so difficult --
_tCorrespondence 19 : why do you think the Bible is inspired --
_tCorrespondence 20 : Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance --
_tCorrespondence 21 : didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together --
_tCorrespondence 22 : why are there so many differing interpretations of the Bible --
_tCorrespondence 23 : what about the "holy books" of other religions --
_tQuestions about Christian life and doctrine --
_tCorrespondence 24 : do all non-christians go to hell --
_tCorrespondence 25 : how would an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell --
_tCorrespondence 26 : Isn't the Christian life impossible to live --
_tCorrespondence 27 : how can another man's death pardon me --
_tCorrespondence 28 : how can I be holy and sinful at the same time --
_tCorrespondence 29 : how can I be sure it's all true --
_tEpilogue : I believe!
520 0 _aPresents 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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600 1 0 _aBoyd, Gregory A.,
_d1955-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBoyd, Edward K.
_vCorrespondence.
650 0 _aApologetics.
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