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This book is easy to read and informative. It can be helpful regardless of one's predisposition on the subject of faith and Christianity.
Yet the son answers these pointed attacks persuasively but with a respectful and even loving tone.For those who are already believers this book will inspire and reinforce your faith. In honest language the skeptical father expresses almost every objection to Christianity that one can imagine.
This is a brilliantly done book on apologetics even though it is not trying to be that at all. It contains the actual letters between a determined skeptical father and his seminary trained son.
I can not more highly recommend a book that addresses the common questions and objections to faith in God than this one. I related to both the father at times and the son at others.
Their open and honest dialog about the thorny issues of the Christian Faith lets you know that faith can be explained to skeptics in a graceful, non-argumentative way. Thank goodness, the son does not come across like a condescending know-it-all.
From the nature of God, to the reliability of the bible, the failures of the church to the integrity of the followers of Jesus. For doubters and skeptics it will likely touch even the most difficult objections you have to faith in God, especially faith in Jesus Christ and those who delivered His message to the world.John
Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles With His Father's Questions About Christianity by Gregory A., Dr. Greg, the son, let his father ask any question he had about Jesus and Christianity and Greg would answer them to the best of his knowledge. Boyd and Edward K. Boyd is a book about a son who wanted to address the many negative issues his father had toward Christianity. It took three years but finally his answers apparently converted his father. If you're ready for enlightenment from another source about The Almighty One, may I suggest you read my book as well entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers, a Message for Everyone" (See Profile Above)
I really enjoyed reading this book. The letters between the father and son, make for an easy, interesting read. The author offers some thought provoking questions to traditionally-taught theology. Definately some good food for thought.
Doesn't it seem more than likely that the letters were intended for publication from the beginning, so the conclusion was fore-gone. After perusing the Chapter heads, I went to the study guide and worked back sampling the text. Though it may be unjustified, I couldn't help thinking "this could be a real con job.". The book would not have been published if the father hadn't been born again. Shallow, at best.
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