Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion (The Gospel Coalition)
£12.70£17.10 (-26%)
“Compelling reading, not only because of its intellectual rigor but also because of its honest, empathetic humanity.” ―John C. Lennox
Named the 2020 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year byChristianity Today
Christianity is the most widespread global belief system, and promises to remain so well into the future. But for many educated westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous idea―challenging some of their deepest beliefs.
Channeling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical study, Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely, McLaughlin argues, and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern world’s best hope.
Read more
Additional information
| Publisher | Crossway (30 April 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 240 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1433564238 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1433564239 |
by Jason C. Reid
This is an intelligent, personal and heartfelt apology for thinking and believing like a Christian. Well written and winsome, Rebecca takes the reader into a real understanding of why she is a Christian and what that means intellectually. She is a tour de force concerning sexuality and sexual ethics with a personal story that is hard to argue with. Maybe she’s a little weaker on suffering and hell but I can imagine she has a certain audience in mind when she writes that are far cleverer than me. I look forward to her next book.
by C D Proteus
The author puts the many issues discussed into a perspective that is balanced and considered. Such as human sexuality (the author has same sex attraction, but chooses to align her sexual behaviour in line with God’s word), should we just follow our desires without considering whether they are right? Who says they are right or wrong? God does. He made us, he alone can determine what is right for us.
by Adrian Carey-Jones
Well! Some writers today, at least it seems to me, take up the pen in order to self-describe as authors rather than actually having something to say. Further, I had read a few of Rebecca Mclaughlin’s blogs prior to this book with no great effect. And so with its arrival, at least in me, very moderate expectations. But I was wrong. Just plain wrong! This book is an apologetics masterclass. A real top-five in its genre. Turning the pages one starts to conclude that every subject is going to get the same deft treatment, no exceptions. The old Spurgeon adage of a sermon taking twenty years and twenty minutes to prepare comes to mind through the encapsulation of what must have been years of thought. The sheer freshness of ideas at times is exhilarating. Along with the capacity for new perspective. And sits together with the author’s slightly harsh yet humble self-reflections. What more can one say? A must-read work. A genuine contribution. On the shelf next to Rosaria Butterfield and Jen Wilkin for leading Christian women writers today, and on a par with Tim Keller only in better English. More is awaited!
by Oleks GALKA
Although I expected more from this book I would like to say I really enjoyed reading and listening to this ebook and audible. Author has touched on the most important questions we as humans ask every day of our lives. Very interesting ebook
by Rebecca
The author has a phD in literature and a degree in theology, this is evident in her writing quality and style. I found the read quite heavy and unnecessarily wordy. Progressing through the book came less and less enjoyable and more like work. The author failed to mention the Armenian people even one time, in discussing the first countries to adopt Christianity. I found this very odd given the Armenians are known to be the first nation to adopt Christianity! Later in the book when talking about suffering, she mentions well known genocides but again fails to mention the Armenians and their well known genocide of 1.5 million people at the hands of the Turks in 1915. At the time this was about half their entire population! Surely that deserves a mention amongst her list of genocides.
by T
The author presents some clear and very helpful reasoning behind the historical foundations of the Christian faith. It is a good book for people who want to enquire about the Christian faith and evaluate what confidence can we have that the Biblical accounts about Jesus Christ are true. It will also be helpful for Christians who want to understand how to explain to friends why they believe in Jesus Christ. The author has researched widely and the arguments are clear and easy to read.
by Richard B
I like apologetics.
I have lots of books on the topic and many are quite detailed and written from a heavy theological basis and are very good. I have lots of books looking at science and usually the debate between evolution/naturalism and creation/intelligent design (these date quickly).
Where this fits is a quality dealing with 12 topics that are levelled at Christianity without the answers becoming too preachy. Because of the authors own life experiences this takes the discussion beyond an academic treatise to something living. It also becomes more accessible to those who may not be starting from a faith/biblical position though it makes good use of The Bible and that remains the foundations of the argument.
Definitely worth investing in both for Christians looking to expand their apologetics and for people who have questions about the Christian faith and want to find out more about what The Bible actually says rather than what is portrayed.
by Mr. J. C. Collins
This book takes the main questions that are fired at Christians by non believers and formulates a well grounded answer to them which will meet head on with their perceptions,and, more importantly, our own.