Does Christianity Still Make Sense?
A Former Skeptic Responds to Today’s Toughest Objections to Christianity
A chronic doubter responds to 20 of the most difficult questions about Christianity
From the Foreword by J. Warner Wallace: “A book written by a man who has genuinely struggled with the questions, wrestled with doubts, and emerged faithful on the other side. He understands you.” Does Christianity still make sense? Years after Bobby Conway became a Christian, this question haunted him. Even though by then, he was the pastor of a thriving church, it seemed as if his entire belief structure was being dismantled. Had he been duped? Perhaps you can relate to how Bobby felt. Maybe you find yourself questioning in the same way.
In this book, Bobby describes his own long journey through chronic doubt to a settled and confident trust. In this book, he responds to the twenty toughest challenges to the Christian faith, including these difficult questions:
Why are there so many scandals in the Church? Aren’t Christians just a bunch of hypocrites? Why do Christians use God’s name to oppress others? Why are so many Christians racists? Why does God allow evil in the world? Is there reliable evidence for God’s existence?
Join Bobby in this book as he explores these questions and many more while describing how he was hammered with doubts for years.
- Opening Credits
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1: A Journey towards Somewhere
- Chapter 1: Life without God
- Chapter 2: Struggling to Live for Jesus
- Chapter 3: The Land of Opportunity
- Chapter 4: Freedom from the Vengeance of Doubt
- Part 2: Answering Today's Biggest Objections
- Section 1: Scandals in the Church
- Chapter 5: Why Are There So Many Scandals in the Church?
- Chapter 6: Aren't Christians Just a Bunch of Hypocrites?
- Chapter 7: Why Don't Churches Hold Their Leaders Accountable?
- Section 2: The Church is Nonaccepting
- Chapter 8: Why Do Christians Use God's Name ot Oppress Others?
- Chapter 9: Aren't Most Christians Homophobic?
- Chapter 10: Does God Really Care about My Gender Identity?
- Chapter 11: Why Are So Many Christians Racists?
- Chapter 12: Doesn't Christianity Devalue Women?
- Chapter 13: Why Are Christians So Obsessed with Pro-Life?
- Section 3: The Problems of Evil and Suffering
- Chapter 14: Why Does God Allow Evil in the World?
- Chapter 15: Why Do Christians Make So Many Excuses for God?
- Chapter 16: How Can a Good God Allow Us to Suffer?
- Section 4: The One-Way-To-Salvation Issues
- Chapter 17: How Can Jesus Be the Only Way to Heaven When So Many Have Never Heard of Him?
- Chapter 18: How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
- Chapter 19: Does the Rise of the Nones Mean the Institutional Church Is Obsolete?
- Chapter 20: Can't I Be Spiritual without Being a Christian?
- Section 5: The Science Problem
- Chapter 21: Isn't Science about Facts and Religion about Faith?
- Chapter 22: Hasn't Atheism Buried God?
- Chapter 23: Is There Reliable Evidence for God's Existence?
- Chapter 24: How Can People Believe in Miracles Today?
- Chapter 25: Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
- Conclusion: Why Christianity Still Makes Sense to ME
- Afterword: A Way Forward for the Church
- Closing Credits