Table of Contents
Foreword Sean McDowell 15
Acknowledgments 17
Introduction 19
Part 1 The Existence of God
Overview 29
1 What Can We Learn about God from Nature? 33
2 Where Did the Universe Come From? 41
3 Where Did Life Come From? 49
4 Where Did Our Moral Understanding Come From? 58
5 What Is the Difference between God and a Flying Spaghetti Monster? 66
6 How Much Evidence Do We Need to Be Confident God Exists? 73
Part 2 Science and God
Overview 83
7 Can Science Prove or Disprove God's Existence? 87
8 Do Science and Religion Contradict Each Other? 95
9 Do Science and Religion Complement Each Other? 103
10 Is God Just an Explanation for What Science Doesn't Yet Know? 110
11 Can Science Explain Why People Believe in God? 118
12 What Do Scientists Believe about God? 125
Part 3 The Nature of God
Overview 135
13 What Can We Learn about God from the Bible? 139
14 What Does It Mean That God Is Love? 147
15 What Does It Mean That God Is Just? 154
16 Why Does God Seem So Harsh in Parts of the Old Testament? 161
17 How Can God Be Three Persons in One? 169
18 Why Didn't God Reveal More of Himself in the Bible? 177
Part 4 Believing in God
Overview 185
19 Why Do People Believe So Many Different Things about God? 189
20 Do All Religions Worship the Same God? 198
21 Is What You Believe about God Simply a Matter of Where You Grew Up? 206
22 Why Do Christians Sometimes Doubt Their Belief in God? 214
23 How Do We Know God Hears and Answers Prayers? 223
24 How Can We Develop a Relationship with a God We Can't See or Hear? 231
Part 5 The Difference God Makes
Overview 243
25 What IS the Meaning of Life? 247
26 Do We Really Have Free Will? 255
27 What Should We Do with Our Lives? 262
28 What Is Our Responsibility to Other People? 270
29 How Should We Make Sense of Evil? 278
30 Why Does Biblical Hope Matter? 287
Notes 297