Know Why You Believe
Overview
"One of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals..." (Christianity Today, 2006)
"After 2,000 years, no question is going to bring Christianity crashing."
Do science and Scripture conflict? Are miracles possible? Is Christian experience real? Why does God allow suffering and evil?
These are just a few of the twelve most common intellectual challenges to faith that Paul E. Little encountered during his twenty-five years of speaking and teaching in the university. These questions need solid answers, and that's what a million people have already found in this clear and reasonable response to the toughest questions posed to Christian belief.
Sprinkling in a few "sure-fire jokes" and other humorous illustrations, Little uses these questions to jog readers' thinking and help them examine their present worldviews, ranging from scientific determinism to rabid existentialism. By thinking through the most common challenges to Christian faith, believers will be prepared to answer others out of the wellspring of their own certainty.
This edition, revised and updated by Marie Little in consultation with experts in science and archaeology, provides twenty-first-century information and offers solid ground for those who are willing to search for truth. Including a study guide for individuals or groups, Know Why You Believe is the classic answerbook on Christian faith.
- Seeks to move readers to explore and analyze their worldviews and beliefs
- Intends to address some of the most common intellectual challenges to the Christian faith
- Includes a section of Study Questions to encourage dialogue and reflection
- Is Christianity Rational?
- Is There a God?
- Is Christ God?
- Did Christ Rise from the Dead?
- Is the Bible God's Word?
- Are the Bible Documents Reliable?
- Does Archaeology Verify Scripture?
- Are Miracles Possible?
- Do Science Scripture Agree?
- Why Does God Allow Suffering Evil?
- Does Christianity Differ from Other World Religions?
- Is Christian Experience Valid?
- Study Questions
Top Highlights
“Faith then is simply trust; we must exercise at least some measure of faith in order to interact meaningfully with the real world.” (source)
“Faith is only as valid as the object in which it is placed.” (source)
“Even Darwin himself in a chapter from his The Origins of Species titled ‘Difficulties with the Theory’ states: ‘To suppose that the eye, with so many parts all working together … could have formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.’” (source)
“Second, much of the suffering in the world can be traced directly to the evil choices men and women make” (source)
“‘We cannot pander to a man’s intellectual arrogance, but we must cater to his intellectual integrity.’” (source)
Paul Little gives brightly understandable answers to questions about biblical Christianity. He shows there is a reasonable base to believe that Jesus Christ offers to give us connection to the living God.
--Josh McDowell
I've worn out multiple copies of this book and lost count of how many I've given away to seekers and new believers. It's a classic.
--Bill Hybels
Shortly after my conversion in 1968 I was given a copy of Know Why You Believe, and it was what sparked my own lifelong interest in Christian apologetics. Through the years its quality has been demonstrated by its longevity. Now in this updated and expanded version, Paul Little's book can continue to provide hope and help to a new generation of truth-seekers.
--J. P. Moreland, professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and author of Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity
- Title: Know Why You Believe
- Author: Paul E. Little
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Pages: 226
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Apologetics; Bible; Bible › Evidences, authority
- ISBNs: 9780830875979, 0830875972
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830875979
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:46:22Z