Know Why You Believe - Softcover

Little, Paul E.; Little, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830834222 ISBN 13: 9780830834228

Publisher: IVP, 2008

Synopsis

• One of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals (Christianity Today, 2006)

"After 2,000 years, no question is going to bring Christianity crashing." Do science and Scripture conflict? Are miracles possible? Is Christian experience real? Why does God allow suffering and evil? These are just a few of the twelve most common intellectual challenges to faith that Paul E. Little encountered during his twenty-five years of speaking and teaching in the university. These questions need solid answers, and that's what a million people have already found in this clear and reasonable response to the toughest questions posed to Christian belief. Sprinkling in a few "sure-fire jokes" and other humorous illustrations, Little uses these questions to jog readers' thinking and help them examine their present worldviews, ranging from scientific determinism to rabid existentialism. By thinking through the most common challenges to Christian faith, believers will be prepared to answer others out of the wellspring of their own certainty. This edition, revised and updated by Marie Little in consultation with experts in science and archaeology, provides twenty-first-century information and offers solid ground for those who are willing to search for truth. Including a study guide for individuals or groups, Know Why You Believe is the classic answerbook on Christian faith.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul E. Little and his wife, Marie, worked for twenty-five years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Until his death in 1975, Little was also associate professor of evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He was the author of several books and articles, including How to Give Away Your Faith.

Paul and Marie Little worked for twenty-five years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. For many years following Paul's death, until her own death in 2009, Marie regularly updated and expanded his classic works on evangelism and apologetics, and remained active in evangelism and discipleship ministry.

From AudioFile:

This thin primer has become a "classic" of contemporary evangelical Protestantism. Little was a popular evangelist on college campuses before his death in 1975. This book was read widely in the 1970s and now has been revised by his wife and republished. There is a stilted character to the reading. The choppiness may be due in part to the way the text was written, but McKeever still sounds like he's reading a manual. While his voice is clear, it's not as rich as a professional actor's. He generally sounds like an older fundamentalist minister giving a theology lesson. M.L.C. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0830834222
• ISBN 13: 9780830834228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 231