دانلود کتاب The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

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FROM FAITH TO DOUBT......Page 4
A TRIUMPH OF FAITH......Page 5
FROM MINISTER TO AGNOSTIC......Page 6
THE POWER OF A PICTURE......Page 7
THE ILLUSION OF FAITH......Page 9
THE ALLURE OF JESUS......Page 10
OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS......Page 12
TRAVELING THE SAME PATH......Page 13
MAKING SENSE OF SUFFERING......Page 15
A BEAR, A TRAP, A HUNTER, AND GOD......Page 18
FAITH AND PREJUDICE......Page 19
EVIL AS EVIDENCE FOR GOD......Page 20
Attribute #I: God Is All-Powerful......Page 21
Attribute #2: God Is All-Knowing......Page 23
Attribute #3: God Is All-Good......Page 24
THE MEGAPHONE OF PAIN......Page 25
BEARING THE PAIN......Page 27
THE POWER OF GOD'S PRESENCE......Page 29
EVERY TEAR, HIS TEAR......Page 31
Questions for Reflection or Group Study......Page 33
More Resources on This Topic......Page 34
MIRACLES VERSUS SCIENCE......Page 37
REAL ACTS OF GOD......Page 39
EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE......Page 40
THE MIRACLES OF JESUS......Page 41
MIRACLES AND LEGENDS......Page 42
THE PERSONAL SIDE OF MIRACLES......Page 44
FAITH IN A GOD OF MIRACLES......Page 45
Reason #1: God Makes Sense of the Universe's Origin......Page 46
Reason #2: God Makes Sense of the Universe's Complexity......Page 47
Reason #3: God Makes Sense of Objective Moral Values......Page 49
Reason #4: God Makes Sense of the Resurrection......Page 50
A KNOCK ON THE DOOR......Page 52
Questions for Reflection or Group Study......Page 53
EVOLUTION EXPLAINS LIFE, SO GOD ISN'T NEEDED......Page 54
DARWIN'S ACCOMPLISHMENT......Page 55
BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE......Page 60
ASSEMBLING A CELL......Page 61
Theory #1: Random Chance......Page 63
Theory #3: Self-Ordering Tendencies......Page 64
Theory #4: Seeding from Space......Page 65
THE MOST REASONABLE INFERENCE......Page 67
REASONING BY ANALOGY......Page 69
"I BUILD MOLECULES"......Page 70
More Resources on This Topic......Page 71
GOD'S ORDERS TO KILL......Page 75
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN?......Page 76
COSMIC OVERKILL?......Page 78
THE PAIN OF ANIMALS......Page 79
Reason #1: Confirmation by Archaeology......Page 81
CONFIRMATION BY PROPHECIES......Page 84
CONFIRMATION BY MIRACLES......Page 86
COPING WITH CONTRADICTIONS......Page 87
WHY IS IT HARD TO BELIEVE?......Page 89
More Resources on This Topic......Page 91
THE ARROGANCE OF CHRISTIANITY......Page 94
OF ELEPHANTS AND FAITH......Page 97
REDEMPTION, RIGHTEOUSNESS, WORSHIP......Page 98
More Resources on This Topic......Page 106
TACKLING TEMPLETON'S CHALLENGE......Page 109
GOD'S FALL-BACK POSITION......Page 110
Objection 5: Why Doesn't God Just Snuff People Out?......Page 116
THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL......Page 121
More Resources on This Topic......Page 123
CONFESSING THE CHURCH'S SINS......Page 127
WHY CHRISTIANITY SPREAD......Page 129
Sin #1: The Crusades......Page 130
Sin #2: The Inquisition......Page 132
Sin #3: The Salem Witch Trials......Page 133
Sin #4: Exploitation by Missionaries......Page 134
Sin #5: anti-Semitism......Page 136
A PORTRAIT OF CHRISTIANITY......Page 138
THE GIFTS OF CHRISTIANITY......Page 139
More Resources on This Topic......Page 141
PIERCING THE SMOKE SCREEN......Page 143
PIERCING THE SMOKE SCREEN......Page 144
SPECIES OF DOUBT......Page 148
DELVING BENEATH THE SURFACE......Page 150
THE DECISION TO BELIEVE......Page 151
DEALING WITH DOUBT......Page 153
FAITH AS A VERB......Page 154
HAVING FAITH IN DOUBT......Page 156
More Resources on This Topic......Page 157
SCENE #1: FINDING PERSPECTIVE......Page 158
A Litany of Evidence......Page 159
Accounting for the Evidence......Page 161
SCENE #2: MAKING A CHOICE......Page 162
A Will to Believe......Page 163
SCENE #3: CHANGING A LIFE......Page 164
Reaffirming the Faith......Page 165
A Note of Hope......Page 166