Answering the Tough Ones

by
Dr. David A. DeWitt

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These are the subjects you will find covered in this book.

Is Jesus Christ the only way to God? The only way to heaven?
1. Is it enough to be sincere?
2. What is the difference between Christianity and the other religions?
3. Aren’t Christians too narrow-minded?
4. Is it unreasonable to say, “that’s ok for you but not me”?.
5. Could Jesus be one of many ways to God?

Are miracles possible?
1. Do miracles produce faith?
2. Why do we not find miracles in science and history?
3. Should we expect to see miracles today?
4. Is life full of miracles?
5. How did supernatural miracles happen?

Can you be sure about heaven?
1. Do you stop having eternal life when you stop believing?
2. What about those sins we have committed after receiving Christ?
3. Can we be assured of always having a relationship with God?
4. Are we able to maintain our relationship with God?

Relying on the Bible
1. What does archaeology say about the Bible?
2. Has the Bible lost its reliability through re-translations?
3. Why is the Bible consistent?
4. How accurate are the Bible’s predictions about the future?
5. What does the Bible claim about itself?
6. Were the right books included in the Bible?
7. Who has the right interpretation of the Bible?

Expensive but free
1. Isn’t it too easy for people to get to heaven by simply receiving Christ?
2. Why should very bad people go to heaven as easily as good people?

Those who have never heard
1. How can we say God is fair if he sends to hell people who have never heard of him?
2. What about people who have been completely isolated from Christianity? How can they respond to Christ?
3. How could someone in an isolated area know about Jesus Christ, even if he wanted to?
4. Couldn’t people be worshipping Jesus but calling him by a different name?
5. Couldn’t those who have never heard of Jesus be let into heaven some other way?
6. What about babies and insane people who can’t believe in Jesus?
7. What about people who lived before Christ?

Isn’t Christianity only a psychological crutch?
1. What if I don’t need religion?
2. Isn’t religion just a crutch for people who want to believe something?

Why do the innocent suffer?
1. Why is the world full of suffering?
2. Why doesn’t God wipe out all suffering right now?
3. Why doesn’t God make people unable to cause suffering?
4. Why does God make us suffer things like disease and natural disasters?
5. Why did God make the results of Adam’s choice so bad?
6. Why are we suffering because of Adam’s sin?
7. Why did God make us, anyway?
8. Why doesn’t God just make everybody perfect and the universe a place without suffering?
9. Why doesn’t God let us choose to get out of this suffering now?

How do I get to be good?
1. How good does God want me to be?
2. How do i get to be good?
3. Why not become a Christian and live as bad as you can?

How about the hypocrites?
1. Why are there so many hypocrites in Christianity?
2. If Jesus had the true religion, why doesn’t he keep his followers form turning into hypocrites?
3. If Jesus really changes people, why aren’t all Christians morally better than all non-Christians?
4. If some Christians are hypocrites, doesn’t that suggest that Christianity has some mistakes in it?
5. How can I become a Christian if I hate its hypocrisy?

What does it mean to believe?
1. How would you describe your relationship with God?
2. Has that relationship ever come to the place where you know for sure you would go to heaven if you died?
3. Did you know the Bible says you can know for sure?
4. Do you know what it means to believe?
5. Would you pray with me to receive Jesus Christ as your savior right now?

How do we know that God exists?
To prove God exists
1. What do you mean by “proof”?
2. What determines proof?
3. How do we know God caused it all?
4. Is it possible to know God does not exist?

What do we mean by “God”?
Borrowed wisdom.
The priority of unbeliever friendships.
Be honest to God.