A Skeptic's Search for God
Title | A Skeptic's Search for God PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph O. Muncaster |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | God |
ISBN | 9780736904520 |
Muncaster shares his fascinating journey from churchgoing childhood to atheism to the search that led him to Christ. He reveals the hard questions he asked and the evidence he found in support of God's existence.A
Making Sense of God
Title | Making Sense of God PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Keller |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2016-09-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0525954155 |
We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives? In this thoughtful and inspiring new book, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller invites skeptics to consider that Christianity is more relevant now than ever. As human beings, we cannot live without meaning, satisfaction, freedom, identity, justice, and hope. Christianity provides us with unsurpassed resources to meet these needs. Written for both the ardent believer and the skeptic, Making Sense of God shines a light on the profound value and importance of Christianity in our lives.
Skeptic in the House of God
Title | Skeptic in the House of God PDF eBook |
Author | James L. Kelley |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780813524276 |
James L. Kelley, a skeptic about religion, writes with insight and humor of his life as a member of St. Mark's, an Episcopal church that welcomes doubters without pressuring them to compromise their intellectual integrity. When Kelley first visited the church, he was well into his forties and searching for a respite from urban malaise. At the same time, he found himself filled with disquieting questions: How could he reconcile his convictions with the central purpose of the church - to worship a God he didn't believe in? Could he say the prayers and sing the hymns while remaining an honest skeptic? After fifteen years of full participation in a church that is open not only to skeptics but also to gay men and lesbians, blacks and Jews, where members are invited to critique Sunday sermons, and where hymns are rewritten to reflect feminist concerns, Kelley found that his agnosticism remained but his skepticism about church participation had disappeared. Modern urban life can be a sterile, isolating experience, yet in St. Mark's Kelley discovered a place of vibrant community, honest inquiry, and support over the hard places in life.
A Skeptic's Guide to Faith
Title | A Skeptic's Guide to Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Yancey |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310325021 |
Examines the apparent contradictions in the world and explains how the invisible, natural, and supernatural worlds might interact and affect people's daily lives.
Finding God Beyond Religion
Title | Finding God Beyond Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Stella |
Publisher | SkyLight Paths Publishing |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1594734852 |
Do you describe yourself as spiritual but not religious? Whether young or old, church connected or not, are you spiritually restless for an authentic faith life but do not find conventional religious teachings pertinent to you? This accessible guide to a meaningful spiritual life is a salve for your soul. It reinterprets traditional religious teachings central to the Christian faith - God, Jesus, faith, prayer, morality and more - in ways that connect with people who have outgrown the beliefs and devotional practices that once made sense to them.
How We Believe
Title | How We Believe PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Shermer |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 071674161X |
Recent polls report that 96% of Americans believe in God. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?
The Reason for God
Title | The Reason for God PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Keller |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2008-02-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1101217650 |
A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.