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Call our office for upcoming events at 417.334.3968
Our new
Adult Forum Class will begin 12-11-11, and will run for
several weeks.
We will be exploring the work of Award-winning reporter
and author Lee Strobel once who uses his investigative
skills to address the primary "objections" to
Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands
the rational resistance to faith. He even names the
eight most convincing arguments against Christian faith:
1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked
world groan under so much suffering and evil?
2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how
can any rational person believe that they're true?
3) If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the
slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says
he did?
4) If God cares about the people he created, how could
he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in
hell just because they didn't believe the right things
about him?
5) If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about
the millions of people who have never heard of him?
6) If God really created the universe, why does the
evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the
unguided process of evolution accounts for life?
7) If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why
has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout
the ages?
8) If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still
possible to be a Christian?
These are mighty tough questions, and Strobel fields
them well. Rather than write a weighty dissertation
about the merits of faith, he brings us along on his
quest as we meet leaders in the Christian community. We
also encounter his everyday friends and acquaintances
that serendipitously fill in the holes in each of the
eight arguments against faith. The use of dialogue from
personal interviews and a scene-by-scene active
narrative makes this an easy and engaging read. This is
a book of substance and merit, one that will help
Christians defend their faith, especially during the
hardest of times, when they have to defend their faith
to themselves in moments of doubt.
Join us!
The Rev. Greg Hoover |
