But Is It Real? Answering 10 Common Objections To The Christian Faith

by Amy Orr-Ewing

Publisher:

IVP

, 2024

Overview

Your relationship with God is just a psychological crutch. Belief in God is dangerous. I used to believe, but I’ve given it all up.

Is God real? Is it possible to know anything, let alone know him? Why do bad things happen to people who worship this God? What about the spiritual experiences of other faiths?

All of these accusations, objections and questions have come directly from real-life situations.

Amy Orr-Ewing writes, ’I hope that the thoughts offered here will help you see what the Christian faith has to say amid all the pain, confusion and complexity of life.’

Contents

Acknowledgments 9
Foreword by Ravi Zacharias 11
Introduction 15
1. What about other people’s genuine experience of God? 17
2. Your ‘experience of God’ is delusional, not real 29
3. Your relationship with God is just a psychological crutch 43
4. How can you say you have found the truth if you haven’t tried all the alternatives? 53
5. If Christianity is about a relationship with God, why does he let bad things happen to
his friends? 63
6. If Christianity is about a transforming relationship with God, why are Christians so bad? 79
7. If God is so loving and relational, why did he go ahead and create when he knew people would end up in hell? 89
8. Belief in God is dangerous 99
9. I used to believe, but I’ve given it all up 111
10. How can I know? 123
Notes 129

Product Details

• Title: But Is It Real? Answering 10 Common Objections To The Christian Faith
• Author: Amy Orr-Ewing
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 136
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781789745344, 9781789745337, 1789745330, 1789745349
• Resource ID: LLS:9781789745344
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T22:43:34Z

About Amy Orr-Ewing

Amy Orr-Ewing is the UK Director for RZIM Europe and Curriculum Director for the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. She gained a first class degree in Theology at Christ Church, Oxford University before receiving a Masters degree in Theology at King's College, London. Amy has written a number of books, including two that explore key questions in apologetics: Is the Bible Intolerant? which was shortlisted for the 2006 UK Christian Book Awards, and Is Believing in God Irrational? Her most recent publication is Millenials, which was co-written with her husband Frog in 2010. Amy is also now a regular columnist for Christianity magazine. Amy speaks and lectures on Christian apologetics worldwide, at events such as Keswick Convention, New Wine and the European Leadership Forum, Hungary. Amy lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband Frog and their three boys where they have recently planted a new church called the Latimer Minster.