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Letters from a Skeptic A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity

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ISBN-10: 1434799808

ISBN-13: 9781434799807

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gregory A. Boyd, Edward Boyd

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List price: $18.99
Publisher: David C. Cook
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Gregory A. Boyd (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously a professor of theology at Bethel University, several of his many books include Letters from a Skeptic , Repenting of Religion , Myth of a Christian Nation , God at War, and Satan and the Problem of Evil .

Preface
The Invitation: To Dad, with Hope
Questions About God
Why has Christianity done so much harm?
Why is the world so full of suffering?
Is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering?
Does God know the future?
Why does God create earthquakes and famines?
Why did God create Satan?
Is your God all-powerful?
Why believe in God in the first place?
Couldn't it all be by chance?
Why didn't God spare your mother?
Why would an all-powerful God need prayer?
Why would God care about us little humans?
Questions about Jesus Christ
Why trust the Gospel accounts?
Aren't the Gospels full of contradictions?
Who wrote the Gospels and when were they written?
How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?
How can you believe that a man was God?
Questions About the Bible
Why does God make believing in Him so difficult?
Why do you think the Bible is inspired?
Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance?
Didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together?
Why are there so many differing interpretations of the Bible?
What about the "holy books" of other religions?
Questions About Christian Life and Doctrine
Do all non-Christians go to hell?
How could an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell?
Isn't the Christian life impossible to live?
How can another man's death pardon me?
How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?
How can I be sure it's all true?
Epilogue: I believe!
A Tribute
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