Perhaps you remember being in a university class, feeling frustrated when the respected professor dismissed questions from a student because of her religious faith. Or maybe over a business lunch one of your colleagues referred to Christianity as a fairytale, and you said nothing. Many Christians find themselves in such situations but don’t speak up because they don’t fully realize the strength of their own position. They feel incapable of giving reasons for the hope that is theirs. Christian apologetics is the discipline and growing body of knowledge that equips believers to address their own doubts, to converse with seekers and critics from a position of strength, and to bear witness to Christ with confidence. In the spirit of the title question, If God Made the Universe, Who Made God? collects 130 essays written in defense of the Christian faith. Contributors include some of the pre-eminent apologists of our time, from Lee Strobel and Charles Colson to Hank Hanegraaff, J. P. Moreland, and Ravi Zacharias. The content is grouped into ten Introductory IssuesJesus ChristScience and FaithCults and World ReligionsThe Existence of GodEthicsTheologyThe ScripturesHeaven and HellEvangelism
A handy book looking at 130 of the "big questions" we can come across, with one to two page answers from some of the brightest minds in the Christian world. With such brief answers it's not the kind of thing that would fuel you for a sustained public debate, but if you have big questions about things like the place of doubt, Christianities net effect on history, the place of divine revelation, biblical archaeology, ethics, or science & Christianity, then this book is a great introduction. Well worth owning & keeping as a reference tool.