Short Answers to Tough Questions

The basics of Christianity

• Questions about God
  • What is the Trinity?
  • Where did God come from?
  • Is there only one way to God?
• Questions about the Bible
  • How do I study the Bible?
  • Why should I believe the Bible is the word of God?
  • What is the Apocrypha? And what translation should I use?
  • Who decided what books should be in the Bible?
  • Isn’t the Bible filled with contradictions?
  • What makes the Bible different from other religious books?
  • Why did God tell the Jews to kill all the Canaanites?
  • Why did God tell Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?
  • Was Noah’s Ark real?
  • Where did Cain get his wife?
  • Were Adam and Even real people?
  • Who were the “sons of God and daughters of men”?
• Questions about Jesus
  • How do we know Jesus Christ existed?
  • How do we know Jesus Christ was the Son of God?
  • Did Jesus go to hell?
• Questions about Salvation
  • Is it possible to lose my salvation?
  • What is Heaven like?
  • Is hell real? How could a loving God send me there?
  • When is Jesus coming back?
  • How should we view the “end times”?
• Questions about church
  • What distinguishes Catholics from Protestants?
  • Why are there Protestant denominations?
  • What is baptism? Why do churches view it differently?
  • What are deacons, elders, bishops and pastors?
  • What should be the role of women in church?
  • What is tithing?
  • How can I get more out of worship?
  • What is speaking in tongues?
• Questions about spiritual growth
  • How can I pray more effectively?
  • How can I know the will of God?
  • What are spiritual gifts? How can I find mine?
• Questions about spiritual warfare
  • What is the unpardonable sin?
  • What are angels?
  • Who is Satan?
  • What are demons?
  • How do I defeat temptation and sin?
• Questions about sharing your faith
  • How can I share my faith? Why should I?

Tough theological questions

• Questions about predestination
  • What about predestination and election?
• Questions about death
  • What happens when I die?
  • What happens to babies when they die?
  • What happens to people who never heard of Jesus?
• Questions about doubt
  • Why did God allow 9/11?
• Questions about miracles
  • Can we believe in miracles today?
• Questions about homosexuality
  • What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?
• Questions about Jews
  • Does God still love the Jews?
• Questions about science
  • What should we believe about creation?
  • What about evolution?

Deeper Answers to Tough Questions

• Abortion and the mercy of God
• Is God green? Climate change and the Scriptures
• The Real Painter of the Gospel: The DaVinci Code in the Light of History
• 20 Centuries in 20 Minutes: Catholics, Protestants, and why it all matters
• Did Jesus go to hell?
• Euthanasia and the Word of God
• Why do we think the way we think? The history of Western thought
• Homosexuality: a biblical overview
• How do we explain the Trinity
• Radical Islam: The Greatest Threat To The Western World
• Are there rewards in heaven?
• Shaking the Foundations: The Shift in Scriptural Authority in the Postmodern World
• Church and State: Religion and Politics
• Suicide, Scripture, and the Grace of God
• Tsunamis, tragedy, and God: Where is our Father when his children hurt?
• What does the Bible teach about divorce?
• What is heaven like?
• What is hell like?
• What is the unpardonable sin?
• When will Jesus return?
• Who is the Holy Spirit?
• Why believe in miracles?
• Why believe the Bible?
• Why pray?
• Should Women Serve As Deacons? Seeking the Word and Will of God