When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidences Book

The Need to Answer Every Man     9
Unbelievers Have Good Questions     11
We Have Good Answers     11
God Commands Us to Give Them the Answers     11
But What About...?     12
Questions about God     15
Does God Exist?     15
What Kind of God Exists?     26
Some Objections     29
Questions about Other Gods     35
Atheism-What If There Is No God?     37
Deism-What If God Made the World and Then Left It Alone?     39
Pantheism-What If the World Is God?     41
Panentheism-What If the World Is God's Body?     47
Finite Godism-What If God Is Not All-Powerful?     51
Polytheism-What If There Are Many Gods?     53
Questions about Evil     59
What Is Evil?     60
Where Did Evil Come From?     61
Why Can't Evil Be Stopped?     63
What Is the Purpose of Evil?     65
Does There Have to Be So Much Evil?     68
Couldn't God Make a World without Evil?     69
Then Why Did God Choose This World?     73
Questions about Miracles     75
Are Miracles Possible?     76
Are MiraclesCredible?     78
Are Miracles Scientific?     80
Are Miracles Historical?     82
Are Miracles Mythological?     84
Are Miracles Definable?     86
Are Miracles Valuable?     95
Questions about Jesus Christ     101
Who Was Jesus?     103
What Claims Did the Disciples Make about Jesus?     110
What Evidence Did Jesus Give to Support His Claims?     113
Old Testament and the Resurrection     118
Jesus Predicted His Own Resurrection     119
Jesus Actually Died on the Cross     120
Jesus Rose Bodily from the Grave     123
Jesus Appeared in a Resurrected Body     125
Summary and Conclusion     127
Why Is Jesus Better Than Other Teachers?     128
Questions about the Bible     141
How Do We Know That the Bible Came from God?     142
How Was the Bible Written?     144
Can the Bible Be Wrong?     146
How Was the Bible Put Together?     152
How Reliable Are Our Modern Bibles?     157
Summary     160
Questions about Bible Difficulties     163
What Are the Guidelines for Handling Difficult Passages?      163
How Can We Resolve Some of These Difficulties?     166
Questions about Archeology     179
Does Archeology Confirm the Old Testament?     180
Does Archeology Confirm the New Testament?     200
Questions about Science and Evolution     211
The Basic Argument against Evolution     213
The Origin of the Universe     219
The Origin of First Life     222
The Origin of New Life Forms     226
Conclusion     231
Questions about the Afterlife     233
What Is Reincarnation?     233
What Is Resurrection?     246
Questions about Truth     255
Is Truth Relative or Absolute?     255
Is Truth Correspondent or Coherent?     260
Is Truth Knowable?     265
Is Truth Logical?     270
Questions about Morals     273
Are There Any Absolute Values?     274
Where Do Values Come From?     278
What Happens When Absolutes Conflict?     282
Reasoning to Christianity from Ground Zero     291
Glossary of Terms     293
Suggested Readings     305
Topical Index     309
Persons Index      335
Scripture Index     339