Yes or No: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity
Overview
In this volume Kreeft tackles many of the tough questions facing Christianity today. In a series of imaginative dialogues, Sal the Seeker and Chris the Christian deal with the profound mysteries of the Gospel. The result is a book that is both engaging and profound. Kreeft shows how Christianity is God’s marriage proposal to the soul, and the answer must be “yes” or “no.” Kreeft explains how we can evade the claims of Jesus Christ for a while, but death brings evasion to an end. It is wiser to look at Christianity honestly now. Yes or No? shows the truth of Jesus’ promise that those who sincerely seek the truth shall find it. It is a road map for those who are honestly seeking the truth and a source of greater faith for those who have already found God. It presents the full challenge of the gospel in a way modern men and women can understand.
In the Logos edition, this volume is enhanced by amazing functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. Take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
For more works by Peter Kreeft, check out the Peter Kreeft Philosophy and Apologetics Collection (10 vols.)
Top Highlights
“The first question is where evil came from. Did God make it?” (Page 50)
“where it’s going to end up. What’s God doing about it? Why doesn’t he destroy it all right now?” (Page 50)
“Christianity is God’s marriage proposal to the soul. And death makes evasion impossible” (Page 10)
“Oh, we don’t take a passive attitude toward evil. We fight it, in ourselves and in the world (though the weapons we use aren’t guns). The most important question about evil is not where it came from but what to do about it, and the answer is to fight it. That’s not passive. That’s active.” (Page 53)
“The very fact that the four Gospels tell the same story in different ways is strong evidence that the story is true—like four witnesses in court telling the story in four different ways. If they agreed word for word, you’d think they had made it up and collaborated beforehand. The differences don’t amount to contradictions. And the four Gospels agree remarkably—more so, much more so, than any other set of ancient documents about any other ancient event.” (Page 91)
- Title: Yes or No?: Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Christianity
- Author: Peter Kreeft
- Publisher: Ignatius
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 191
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Apologetics
- ISBNs: 9780898703580, 0898703581
- Resource ID: LLS:YESORNO
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:12:49Z
Reviews
2 ratings
Christof Kälin
12/12/2018
Parts of this conversation-style (socratic method) book are really helpful if it is understood as an „apologetic toolbox expansion“. But one needs a good portion of discernment, so beware of: Thomistic apologetics applied. It all is pretty mixed up and has all flavors of apologetics in it (even some sort of presuppositional). But sadly there are even some unbiblical/false teachings in it, at least it's on the edge of it. After looking at P. Kreeft's bio, this apologetic work might make sense from his Catholic viewpoint.
