Between Religious Rocks and Life's Hard Places
101 Answers to Tough Questions about What You Believe
Published on 4. February 2007
224 pages
978-1-4185-5471-2 (ISBN)
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This easy-to-use resource offers 101 meaty responses to tough questions you'll field from family, friends, and co-workers. Or even yourself. Greg Albrecht doesn't know it all or pretend to, but he never backs away from heartfelt dialogue on subjects as diverse as cremation, homosexuality, church-hopping, mental illness, and cohabitation. Beyond a firm defense of the faith, he presents answers to issues small and large, to dilemmas that have bedeviled believers for generations. At the heart, these 101 questions and answers provide fodder for thoughtful inquiry, and scriptural enlightenment minus mangled proof texts. Best of all, Albrecht doesn't condescend, doesn't assume, but just responds to authentic concerns with timely answers.
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Between Religious Rocks and Life's Hard Places
101 Answers to Tough Questions about What You Believe
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02/2007
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Content
- Intro
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRISTIANITY
- IS CHRISTIANITY A RELIGION?
- THOSE MEAN, NASTY, HATEFUL CHRISTIANS
- ARE CATHOLICS CHRISTIANS?
- WHEN YOUR ADULT CHILDREN TEST YOUR CHRISTIANITY
- IS BECOMING A BETTER PERSON THE GOAL OF CHRISTIANITY?
- FORGIVENESS
- WILL GOD FORGIVE MY ADULTERY?
- FORGIVING RACISM
- MUST WE DIVULGE ALL OUR SINS TO OUR SPOUSE?
- TOLERATING SIN
- HOW CAN I SHOW LOVE WITHOUT CONDONING SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR?
- BURIAL OR CREMATION
- DOES THE BIBLE CONDEMN CREMATION?
- CHURCH
- WHEN BIG CHURCHES BECOME BIG BUSINESS
- IS CHURCH REALLY NECESSARY?
- SEARCHING FOR A CHURCH
- "BUY THE TRUTH AND SELL IT NOT"
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORSHIP GOD?
- HELP! MY DAUGHTER IS BECOMING A FUNDAMENTALIST!
- DO MY HUSBAND AND I NEED TO ATTEND THE SAME CHURCH?
- IS IT OKAY TO CHANGE CHURCHES?
- THE MICROMANAGING PASTOR
- FINDING A SPIRITUAL ADDRESS WHERE YOU BELONG
- NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICES
- RETHINKING CHURCH
- FAITH
- WILL GOD BLESS ME FOR MAKING A FINANCIAL VOW?
- WILL MY DOUBTS CAUSE ME TO LOSE MY FAITH?
- WHAT IS FAITH?
- WHAT IS "BLIND FAITH"?
- PROTESTS AND PLACARDS
- SHOULD CHRISTIANS BOYCOTT AND PROTEST?
- HEAVEN
- GOING DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN?
- JUST HOW BIG IS HEAVEN?
- HELL
- IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT CHRIST, WILL YOU GO TO HELL?
- MARRIAGE
- WILL GOD RECOGNIZE MY MARRIAGE WITHOUT A LICENSE AND CEREMONY?
- DOES GOD ALLOW DIVORCE?
- WHY WAS POLYGAMY ALLOWED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
- CAN A CATHOLIC AND A SOUTHERN BAPTIST FIND HAPPINESS TOGETHER?
- WILL GOD SEND ME A SPOUSE?
- PRAYER
- IS THE "SINNER'S PRAYER" REQUIRED FOR SALVATION?
- WHAT IS THE POINT OF PRAYER?
- MOVIES, BEER, AND ROCK 'N' ROLL
- CAN CHRISTIANS PARTY?
- GRACE
- LAW OR GRACE-A DEBATE
- DOES GOD'S GRACE MEAN WE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING?
- HOW DOES A PASTOR PREACH TO "PERFECT" PEOPLE?
- ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED?
- ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS STILL RELEVANT?
- AFTER YOU'RE SAVED, DO YOU NEED TO BE OBEDIENT?
- DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY WE WILL BE REWARDED FOR OUR WORKS?
- WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING?
- GOD IS DOING NOTHING TO PROTECT INNOCENT CHILDREN!
- DOES GOD CARE?
- EVANGELISM
- ARE CHRISTIANS COMMANDED TO "WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST"?
- MUST CHRISTIANS "WITNESS"?
- IS THERE ONE RIGHT WAY TO "WITNESS"?
- WHAT HAPPENS TO THE UNSAVED WHEN THEY DIE?
- GOD
- HOW CAN GOD "SIT" ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIMSELF?
- WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO SUFFER?
- HOW DOES THE DEATH OF JESUS PAY FOR OUR SINS?
- DOES THE TRINITY MATTER?
- ARE GOD'S CHOICES LIMITED BY HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE?
- TATTOOS
- DO TATTOOS HONOR GOD?
- THE MORALITY OF WAR
- SHOULD CHRISTIANS SUPPORT WAR?
- SALVATION
- EXACTLY WHEN DOES A CHRISTIAN BECOME SAVED?
- ETERNAL SUFFERING FOR THE UNSAVED?
- MUST I "WORK OUT" MY OWN SALVATION?
- DO WE REALLY HAVE CHOICES?
- HOW FREE IS OUR FREE WILL?
- FALLING OUT OF GOD'S WILL
- HOW DOES GOD LEAD US?
- PROSPERITY, WORD-FAITH, AND DELIVERANCE
- WHAT IS THE "WORD-FAITH" AND "PROSPERITY GOSPEL" ALL ABOUT?
- MY CHURCH BELIEVES IN DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
- CULTS
- DRIVING MISS MORMON
- HAUNTED BY CULT GUILT
- CHRISTIAN JARGON
- DO I NEED TO LEARN AND USE "CHRISTIAN-ESE"?
- BAPTISM
- INFANT BAPTISM-NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
- WHAT IF I DIE BEFORE I'M BAPTIZED?
- ISN'T ACCEPTING CHRIST ENOUGH? WHY BE BAPTIZED?
- BAPTISM-IS ONCE ENOUGH?
- WEIRD RELIGIOUS STUFF IN THE NAME OF GOD
- WHAT'S THIS GOLD DUST THING ALL ABOUT?
- MORE SPIRITUALLY MATURE THAN YOU ARE
- THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
- I AM NOT SURE JESUS HAS FORGIVEN ME
- HOMOSEXUALITY
- HOMOSEXUALITY-WHEN CHRISTIANS SIN AGAIN
- ALIENATED FROM OTHER CHRISTIANS
- IS HOMOSEXUALITY A SIN OR A SICKNESS?
- HEALING
- PRAYING FOR HEALING
- LEGALISM
- JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "LEGALISM"?
- BREAKING FREE FROM LEGALISM
- A STEPDAUGHTER LIVING IN SIN
- AUTHORITARIANISM-THE REAL PROBLEM?
- BIBLE
- HAS THE NEW TESTAMENT BEEN PAGANIZED?
- CAN A TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD BOOK APPLY TO A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY INDIAN?
- IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO NUMBERS USED IN THE BIBLE?
- STAYING AWAY FROM "THE WORLD"
- SHOULD CHRISTIANS AVOID NON-CHRISTIANS?
- SHUNNING SINNERS
- CAN HOUSEHOLD ITEMS BRING A CURSE?
- MENTAL ILLNESS
- ARE THE MENTALLY ILL DEMON POSSESSED?
- REINCARNATION
- IS REINCARNATION REALLY SUCH A WACKY IDEA?
- TITHING AND GIVING
- IS TITHING A REQUIREMENT FOR CHRISTIANS?
- DIDN'T JESUS REQUIRE TITHING?
- WILL GOD BLESS US IN RETURN FOR GIVING?
- END TIMES
- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 666?
- WILL EVERYONE SEE JESUS WHEN HE RETURNS?
- WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CHRISTIANS DURING THE TRIBULATION?
- WHAT ABOUT THE RAPTURE?
- CONCLUSION
