Name: Confronting Christianity
ISBN: 9781433564239

Rebecca McLaughlin

Addressing 12 controversial issues about Christianity--the Bible's teaching on gender and sexuality, the reality of heaven and hell, and more--this book shows how current psychological and scientific research actually aligns with teaching from the Bible.

12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

Confronting Christianity

Mark Palfreeman 

I love how balanced this book is. McLaughlin inserts enough human examples and stories to keep this book personal and help make sense of tough biblical issues while leaving enough ambiguity for readers to think through things. I especially liked the topics on sexuality and marriage written from the perspective of a same-sex attracted female Christian, as well as the chapter on slavery. Many books of this nature come across as having all the answers, whereas this one presents an honest, fair look that's concise and readable.

Reflective and brilliant answers to some of the most crucial and difficult questions our current culture poses Christianity.

Reinier Terblanche

"Compelling reading, not only because of its intellectual rigor but also because of its honest, empathetic humanity." —John C. Lennox Named the 2020 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year by Christianity Today Christianity is the most widespread global belief system, and promises to remain so well into the future. But for many educated westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous idea—challenging some of their deepest beliefs. Channeling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical study, Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely, McLaughlin argues, and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern world’s best hope.

Confronting Christianity 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion