07715cam a22003254a 4500 13164643 AU-EpEBC 20130624092507.0 030416s2003 miu b 001 0 eng 2003008436 0310247101 DLC DLC DLC AU-EpEBC pcc 239/WHO EW Who made God? : and answers to over 100 other tough questions of faith / Ravi Zacharias, Norman Geisler, general editors. Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, c2003. 239 p. ; pbk ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and indexes. Part 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? -- Part 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? Apologetics. Christianity Miscellanea. Zacharias, Ravi K. Jnt gen. ed. Geisler, Norman L. Jnt gen. ed. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003008436.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2003008436-d.html ddc 8803 8803 0 0 ddc 0 0 239 Apologetics MAIN MAIN OS 2008-05-23 Koorong 16.95 5 1 239/WHO 08398 2016-02-19 00:00:00 2015-11-25 1 50.00 2008-05-23 AM