{"product_id":"guessing-about-god-ten-tough-problems-in-christian-belief","title":"GUESSING ABOUT GOD (Ten Tough Problems in Christian Belief)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIn this first book of his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen Tough Problems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, David Madison shares three critical problems in Christian belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblem One: God is invisible and silent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This fact forces humanity to rely on ineffective ways of knowing God — common knowledge, sacred books, visions, prayer, personal feelings, and theologians. But all these sources of God knowledge fall short as evidenced by a world of disagreement, not just between Christians and other religions, but within Christianity itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblem Two: The Bible disproves itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In Chapter 2, Madison narrows his focus down to the world’s most famous book. He shows how two hundred years of critical scholarship — something most Christians know nothing about — have revealed the Bible to be full of archaic ideas, moral failures, and contradictions. He makes a convincing case that all these flaws rob us of any confidence that claims of biblical revelation can be taken seriously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblem Three: We can only guess who Jesus was.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In Chapter 3, Madison turns his magnifying glass on the four Gospels and finds them severely lacking in their attempts to provide a clear understanding of who Jesus was and what he had to say. These Gospels not only contradict one another, but when reviewed under Madison’s guidance, prompt the honest reader to request, “Will the real Jesus please stand up?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining rigorous scholarship with engaging personal reflections, this book offers understanding and help for individuals struggling with tough questions about belief. And the most pressing question it provides for the reader is: How could a deity competent enough to create this Universe be such a massively poor communicator who leaves humanity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuessing about God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912444010687,"sku":"de7cc433-c594-47f2-94d6-5314b853106c","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/671911b830e44fc425f00d91846bc02b.jpg?v=1785008347","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/guessing-about-god-ten-tough-problems-in-christian-belief","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}