07599cam a22002774a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800390003501000170007402000150009104000280010604200080013408200120014224501280015426000430028230000280032550400660035350531840041950534230360365000170702665000310704370000370707470000370711185600820714885600910723013164643AU-EpEBC20130624092507.0030416s2003    miu      b    001 0 eng  a  2003008436  a0310247101  aDLCcDLCdDLCdAU-EpEBC  apcc00a239/WHO00aWho made God? :band answers to over 100 other tough questions of faith /cRavi Zacharias, Norman Geisler, general editors.  aGrand Rapids, MI :bZondervan,cc2003.  a239 p. ;bpbk ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and indexes.  aPart 1: Questions about the Christian Faith.
1.	Tough Questions about God / Norman Geisler :
Who made God? ; Why couldn't the world always have existed? ; How can God make something out of nothing? ;
What was God doing before He made the world? ; How can there be three persons in one God? ; How can a good God send people to Hell? ; How can God be both loving and just? --
2.	Tough Questions about Evil	/ Ronald Rhodes :
What is the origin of evil? ; What is God's ultimate purpose in allowing evil? ; Wouldn't it be better if God did away with all evil immediately? ; Does the existence of evil prove that God is finite? ; Is evil just an illusion? ; Can New Age Pantheism account for evil? ; Do we create our own realities? ; Does reincarnation explain the existence of evil? --
3.	Tough Questions about Science / William Lane Craig :
Are science and Christianity allies or adversaries? -- How should Theology and science relate? ; How does modern science describe the world? ; Where did the Universe come from? ; What does the fine-tuning of the Universe mean? ; What does the "Many Worlds" hypothesis mean? ; What explains the actual origin of life? ; How long are the days of creation in Genesis? ; Is the Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution true ? --
4.	Tough Questions about Christ / Lee Strobel :
Are the records of Jesus' life reliable? ; Did Jesus ever claim to be God? --
5.	More Tough Questions about Christ / Lee Strobel :
Did Jesus really perform miracles? ; Did Jesus fulfill the Messianic prophecies? ; Did Jesus rise from the dead? --
6.	Tough Questions about the Bible	/ Norman Geisler :
Where did the Bible come from? ; Who wrote the Bible? ; Were the biblical authors mere secretaries of the Holy Spirit? ; What was a prophet in Bible times? ; Could prophets add their personal thoughts to God's message? ; Didn't Paul add his own opinions to the Corinthians? ; How did the prophets get their message from God? ; Were the prophets permitted to change the words God gave? ; What is meant when we say, "The Bible is the Word of God"? ; How else does the Bible claim to be the Word of God? ; Does the Bible actually claim to be the "Word of God" in so many words? ; Does the Bible claim to have Divine authority? ; How far does this Divine authority extend? ; What is meant by the statement that the Bible is inspired? ; Are the very words of the Bible inspired by God or only the ideas? ; Does the Bible claim to be inspired on all topics or just spiritual ones? ; How do some people misunderstand what is meant by the inspiration of the Bible? ; How do we know that these are not included in what inspiration covers? ; Does the whole Bible claim to be from God or just parts of It? ; Isn't the Bible also a human book? ; Does the Bible have human errors in It? ; Are there any errors in Bible manuscripts and translations? ; How can the Bible be both God's words and man's words? ; Is the biblical text historically reliable? ; Were the biblical witnesses reliable? ; Why does the Jesus Seminar reject the reliability of the New Testament witnesses? ; Would the New Testament witnesses have stood up in a court of law? ; Are the copies of the Bible reliable? --  aPart 2: Questions about Other Faiths.
7.	Tough Questions about the Koran, the Book of Mormon, and False Prophets Compared to the Bible / Norman Geisler : What evidence do we have that the Bible is inspired of God as it claims to be? ; Is there any other evidence that the Bible is God's word? ; Haven't psychics made successful predictions like the Bible? ; Didn't Jeane Dixon predict President Kennedy's assassination? ; Didn't Nostradamus make supernatural predictions? ; Do Nostradamus's predictions fail the test of a true prophet? ; What are the tests for a false prophet? ; Did the Biblical authors measure up to these tests? ; If God condemned occultic means, why did the Old Testament priests use divining stones? ; Why can't the holy books of other religions be from God too? ; Isn't It narrow-minded to claim only one religion has the truth? ; Is the Bible complete or is something missing? ; Is the Old Testament complete? ; What is the testimony of Judaism about the completion of the Old Testament? ; What did Jesus say about the completeness of the Old Testament? ; What did the early Christians say about the completeness of the Old Testament? ; Did the Roman Catholic Church add books to the Jewish Old Testament? ; How do we know the New Testament is complete? ; What did Jesus promise about the formation of the New Testament? ; What did Jesus' apostles say about the New Testament? ; What evidence did the apostles show for their authority? ; Were all the apostolic and prophetic writings preserved in the New Testament? ; How does the character of God guarantee the completeness of the New Testament? ; Did the Church carefully preserve the whole New Testament? ; Is the whole Bible complete? ; Why are uninspired books mentioned in the Bible? ; Is the "Real" 1 Corinthians missing? ; Do Mormons believe the Bible is inspired of God? ; Is this claim of the Mormons accurate? ; Are some Mormons now claiming the corruption of the Bible was early? ; Is there confirmation that Mormon scriptures are from God? ; Are there evidences that the Book of Mormon is inspired? ; Were the witnesses of the Book of Mormon credible witnesses? ; Did Joseph Smith make any false prophecies? ; What other tests of a false prophet did Joseph Smith fit? ; Is the Quran the Word of God? --
8.	Tough Questions about Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation	/ L. T. Jeyachandran :
What are the reasons for the high degree of interest in Eastern Religions so prevalent among Westerners? ; What are the main tenets of Hinduism? ; What is Transcendental Meditation? --
9.	Tough Questions about Yoga, Reincarnation, and Buddhism / L. T. Jeyachandran :
What is Yoga? ; What is reincarnation? ; What are the beliefs of Buddhism? --
10.	Tough Questions about Black Islam / Robert White :
What are the history and philosophy of Black Islam? ; What is the unique burden of today's church? ; What makes religion "black"? ; Why Islam? ; Who founded the early Proto-Islamic movements? --
11.	More Tough Questions about Black Islam / Robert White :
Who were the founders of the Black Islamic movement? ; Who is responsible for bringing the message of Black Islam to the forefront? ; Why is the message of Islam appealing to African-American males in particular? ; Is Islam becoming the true religion of the black man? ; Does Black Islam recognize the deity of Jesus Christ? ; Should Black Muslims be allowed to speak in Black churches? 0aApologetics. 0aChristianityvMiscellanea.1 aZacharias, Ravi K.eJnt gen. ed.1 aGeisler, Norman L.eJnt gen. ed.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003008436.html413Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2003008436-d.html