In Defense of the Faith: Biblical Answers to Challenging Questions

THE BIBLE—AND ITS BELIEVERS—ARE INCREASINGLY UNDER HOSTILE ATTACK. Are you prepared to “earnestly contend for the faith”? “[Put on] the whole armor of God . . . and having done all, to stand.” — Ephesians 6:13 Learn to contend—without being contentious. This indispensable field guide assists readers with more than 40 years’ experience in seeking—and finding—biblical answers to life’s most challenging questions, including: • Why does God allow so much suffering and evil in the world? • What about all the “contradictions” in the Bible? • Are some people predestined by god to go to hell? • Why would a merciful God punish people who have never heard of Christ? • How can one tell the difference between God’s true light and Satan’s seductive counterfeits? Seasoned with grace and saturated in love for the truth, this volume will help believers “gird up” their minds, enabling them to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (1 Peter 3:15b).