Why I Am a Christian: Leading Thinkers Explain Why They Believe - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080106712X ISBN 13: 9780801067129

Publisher: Baker Books, 2006

Synopsis

First published in 2001, Why I Am A Christian is now available in a revised trade paper edition. Its all-star cast of contributors, including Gary Habermas, William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, Peter Kreeft, and J. P. Moreland, offer popular and accessible defenses of essential aspects of orthodox Christian belief.

Now with a new chapter on "Why I Am Not a Muslim" by Ergun Mehmet Caner, an ex-Muslim, Why I Am a Christian is an even more helpful resource in our global times. It also now includes a thorough subject index for easy reference and a useful apologetics resource list.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Perhaps you or someone you know has questions and sneaking suspicions about some of the claims of Christianity. Can Christianity really stand up to intellectual scrutiny? Haven't scientists and historians proven that the Bible is full of myths and errors? How can anyone claim to have the truth?

This book faces these doubts and misconceptions head on and proves that the Christian faith is not only reasonable and true but that it is the most intellectually and existentially coherent option among all others. Christianity is both sensible to the head and satisfying to the heart.

The contributors to this volume are expert witnesses for the Christian faith. They include an astronomer, mechanical engineer, trial lawyer, religious historian, philosopher, former atheist, former skeptic, and Jewish Christian. They present evidence to support their beliefs with the intent to remove common obstacles to faith. But more than that, they tell the story of how their lives were changed by encountering the author of Truth.

Norman L. Geisler (Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago) is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary. He has published countless articles in academic journals and is the author of more than fifty books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.

Paul K. Hoffman (J.D., University of California at San Francisco) has been a trial lawyer for twenty years. He has authored articles in a variety of periodicals.

From the Back Cover:

How can anyone claim to have the truth? Can anyone really prove the existence of God? Isn’t it naive to believe in miracles? Doesn’t evolution prove that the Bible’s creation story is false? If God is so powerful and good, why is there so much suffering in the world? These are crucial questions that many Christians wrestle with. They are also the type of questions asked by skeptics of the faith. Why I Am a Christian offers compelling answers that will free Christians from doubt and clear away obstacles to faith for unbelievers. Beginning with the topics of moral relativism and knowable truth, the book progresses to questions about belief in God, the reliability of the Bible, and the identity of Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. It concludes with three chapters on what it means to make a commitment to follow Christ. Some of today’s leading Christian thinkers offer clear and convincing arguments in Why I Am a Christian. Norman L. Geisler Hugh Ross J. P. Moreland Paul K. Hoffman Walter Bradley Ravi Zacharias Francis Beckwith Winfried Corduan Josh McDowell William Lane Craig Barry R. Leventhal Peter Kreeft R. Douglas Geivett Gary R. Habermas John S. Feinberg

About this edition

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 080106712X
• ISBN 13: 9780801067129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Norman L. Geisler, Hoffman Paul K.