No Doubt About It: The Case for Christianity
Overview
Although our doubts and questions might make us feel faithless, Dr. Winfried Corduan considers them signs of life and growth. “We should never fear investigating the truth,” he writes. In this rigorous look at the essence of Christianity, Corduan argues from a standpoint of compatibility between faith and reason. No Doubt About It combines classical Christian apologetics and contemporary philosophy in a style that is both engaging and reader-friendly. The result is an invigorating invitation to intellectual and spiritual growth. Corduan is convinced that doubts and quandaries ultimately serve to strengthen faith, not weaken it.
Top Highlights
“Reason can never replace saving faith or growing faith. It cannot simply supplant knowing faith, but it can provide a second avenue towards the same items of belief that are usually accepted on the basis of authority alone.” (Page 21)
“Transcendental logic is the type of reasoning process whereby we uncover necessary conditions without which certain phenomena could not be true.” (Page 108)
“that all truth originates with God and points us to Him.” (Page 22)
“There should come a period in our lives, as we mature in our faith, when we need to confront our inherited belief system and ask ourselves whether it has really become ours. The developmental psychologist James W. Fowler sees a personal re-examination of beliefs as necessary for full maturity.” (Page 16)
“The issue of truth appears in two particular arenas. First, there is the context of evangelism. To invite a person to receive Jesus Christ as Savior, two things are imperative. A person has to understand the gospel. If people do not understand the need for salvation and Christ’s provision for us, it makes no sense to ask them to commit themselves to Christ. A person also has to accept the message of the gospel as true.” (Page 15)
- Title: No Doubt About It: The Case for Christianity
- Author: Winfried Corduan
- Publisher: B&H
- Publication Date: 1997
- Pages: 277