Know Why You Believe Book

Continuing to preview books for dd for the David Quine "Starting Points" worldview course we plan to start this fall. This book looks at the twelve most-asked questions in a university setting that Paul Little encountered during his many years of ministry with Intervarsity Fellowship. When doubters or skeptics question, these themes arise with some consistency. They are questions all believers wrestle with as well, and every person answers in one way or another, in the course of their life:

1. Is Christianity Rational?
2. Is There a God?
3. Is Christ God?
4. Did Christ Rise from the Dead?
5. Is the Bible God's Word?
6. Are the Bible Documents Reliable?
7. Does Archaeology Verify Scripture?
8. Are Miracles Possible?
9. Do Science & Scripture Agree?
10. Why Does God Allow Suffering & Evil?
11. Does Christianity Differ from Other World Religions?
12. Is Christian Experience Valid?

Expecting this book to echo many of the same themes and arguments found in Lee Strobel's "The Case for Christ" and "The Case for Faith," as well as Timothy Keller's "The Reason for God," all of which are excellent.

As Little says in Chapter 1, "...Christians at times say they are relieved to hear the Christian story coherently defended in the open marketplace of ideas." Knowing it is OK to question and doubt is so important to a saving faith. It is always encouraging and instructive for me to review the essential Christian answers to the most profound questions.

Finished this one quickly, as with the first Paul Little book I read. He has such a way of saying profound things simply. Lots of dog-eared pages, and I look forward to discussing this one with dd.