Faith Has Its Reasons: Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith - Softcover

Boa, Kenneth; Bowman Jr., Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083085648X ISBN 13: 9780830856480

Publisher: IVP, 2006

Synopsis

<p>Ever since the apostle Paul addressed the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens, relating the Christian worldview to a non-Christian world has been a challenge. And despite Peter's charge to be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks youto give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15), most Christian laypeople have left apologetics―the defense of the faith―to the ecclesiastical pros. <em>Faith Has Its Reasons</em> is a study of four different models of how apologeticsshould be done, an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, and a proposal for integrating the best insights of each. Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman have assembled a wealth of information about what Christians believe and how to present that faith to an unbelieving world. Remarkable both in its depth of content and ease of accessibility, <em>Faith Has Its Reasons</em> gives Christian laypeople the tools to address such critical questions as:</p><ul><li>Why is belief in God rational despite the prevalence of evil in the world?</li> <li> What facts support the church's testimony that Jesus rose from the dead?</li> <li>Can we be certain Christianity is true?</li> <li> How can our faith in Christ be based on something more secure thanour own understanding without descending into an irrational emotionalism?</li></ul>

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About the Authors

<p>Kenneth Boa is the president of Reflections Ministries, Omnibus Media Ministries, and Trinity House Publishers. His many books include <em>Faith Has Its Reasons</em>, <em>Rewriting Your Broken Story</em>, <em>Life in the Presence of God, </em>and<em>Shaped by Suffering</em>. He resides in Atlanta.</p>

<p><strong>Robert M. Bowman Jr.</strong> (M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary; Ph.D., South African Theological Seminary) is the director of research for the Institute for Religious Research (www.irr.org). His books include <em>Jehovah's Witnesses, TheWord-Faith Controversy, Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ</em> (with J. Ed Komoszewski) and <em>Faith Has Its Reasons</em> (with Kenneth D. Boa). He has updated and expanded this booklet from his chapter in <em>A Guide toNew Religious Movements,</em> edited by Ronald Enroth.</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 083085648X
• ISBN 13: 9780830856480
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 658