The GOD Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith
Get the keys to engage in conversation about one’s beliefs by using the tools of storytelling and illustrations in this book. Instead of bombarding people with a one sided lecture, the authors give examples of how to discuss and defend the questions Christians are often asked, such as:
- “Jesus, Buddha or Mohammed?”
- “Are We An Accident?”
- Can God Be Good If Terrorists Exist?”
Note from Dr. Foster H. Shannon:
“My friend told me about an experience she had, waiting at the hospital for her sister who was having chemo:
A lady who was sitting next to her started to talk about her own cancer – and the reality of death.
She said she was Jewish – and yet wasn’t sure of what happens after death.My friend felt sad and helpless as she listened to the lady, because she didn’t have the words to even start a conversation about God and His gift of eternal life.I told my friend she was not alone.
Most Christians feel ill-equipped to initiate a conversation about God and are not prepared to answer questions about Christianity.
A lady who was sitting next to her started to talk about her own cancer – and the reality of death.
She said she was Jewish – and yet wasn’t sure of what happens after death.My friend felt sad and helpless as she listened to the lady, because she didn’t have the words to even start a conversation about God and His gift of eternal life.I told my friend she was not alone.
Most Christians feel ill-equipped to initiate a conversation about God and are not prepared to answer questions about Christianity.
To know what to say, before you need it, I am recommending this book!”
The GOD Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith, by J.P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff, 192 pages; paperback.
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