Letters from a Skeptic
A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Explore the profound dynamics between a Christian son and his skeptical father in this powerful book, as it delves into the big questions of Christianity with a compelling blend of intelligent answers and heartfelt faith.
Greg Boyd and his father, Ed, were on opposite sides of a great divide. Greg was a newfound Christian, while his father was a longtime agnostic. So Greg offered his father an invitation: Ed could write with any questions on Christianity, and his son would offer a response.
Letters from a Skeptic contains this special correspondence. The letters tackle some of today's toughest challenges facing Christianity, including:
• Do all non-Christians go to hell?
• How can we believe a man rose from the dead?
• Why is the world so full of suffering?
• How do we know the Bible was divinely inspired?
• Does God know the future?
Each response offers insights into these difficult questions, while delivering intelligent answers that connect with both the heart and mind. Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or just unsure, these letters can provide a practical, common-sense guide to the Christian faith.
Customer Reviews
Letters from a Skeptic
There are many good books that present the case for Christianity, providing answers for the tough questions. This one is different because the whole book is made up of letters back and forth between the author and his intellectual father, a man who had convinced himself that the message of Christianity could not be true.
In some books on apologetics, the questions being answered are weak and generalized. Not so with this one. Ed, the 70 year old father, comes up with some doozies. No easily answered straw men here.
The author's answers touch on several vitally important topics and, as might be expected, with varying degrees of success. Some things are too hard to answer definitively in this life. Other answers stretch the usual boundaries of evangelical faith, for instance dealing with the question about hell by leaving room for the doctrine of annihilationism.
I was especially impressed by the confident and loving approach of the author, ending each letter with hope that his father would trust in Christ.
This edition comes with an interesting epilogue, witnessing to the tremendous change in Ed after his conversion and the impact these letters have had on hundreds of other people. According to common practice these days, there is also a study guide.
This is a very honest, realistic look at some of the issues that seem to prevent people from coming to Christ.