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The hard questions about faith - God's existence, suffering, the Bible, science and other religions - and how Christians answer them.

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Does God Exist? Arguments for and against the existence of God, and how believers and skeptics weigh the evidence. Why Does God Allow Suffering? The problem of evil and suffering: how Christians make sense of pain, tragedy and a good God. Is Jesus the Only Way? The exclusive claims of Christ, religious pluralism and universalism, and how Christians talk about salvation and other faiths. What About Those Who Never Heard? The fate of people who never heard the gospel: general revelation, the unevangelized and the unreached. Is the Bible True? (Reliability & Contradictions) Is the Bible reliable? Archaeology, manuscripts, inerrancy, alleged contradictions and the historical evidence for Scripture. Violence & Slavery in the Bible The hard passages: violence, holy war, the conquest of Canaan and slavery in the Bible, and how Christians read them. Are Miracles Real? Do miracles still happen? Healings, the supernatural and the evidence that Christians and skeptics debate. Science & Faith Science and Christian faith in conversation: physics, cosmology, the Big Bang and the scientists who believe. Creation & Evolution Creation, evolution and intelligent design: how Christians read Genesis alongside the science of origins. Dinosaurs & the Age of the Earth Dinosaurs, fossils and the age of the earth: young-earth and old-earth Christians and the science they debate. Aliens, UFOs & the Bible UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrial life: what Christians make of the sightings, the disclosures and the Bible. Doubt, Deconstruction & Leaving the Faith Doubt, deconstruction and leaving the faith: why believers wrestle, walk away or come back to church. Atheism & Skeptics Atheism, agnosticism and secular humanism: the skeptics' case against faith and the Christian response. How to Defend Your Faith (Apologetics) Christian apologetics: giving reasons for faith, answering objections and the thinkers who defend belief. Islam & Christianity Islam and Christianity: Jesus in the Quran, the Trinity and Tawhid, and how Christians and Muslims meet, differ and talk. Judaism & Christianity Judaism and Christianity: shared Scriptures, Jesus the Jew, and the history of dialogue and reconciliation between the two faiths. Hinduism, Buddhism & Eastern Religions Hinduism, Buddhism and other Eastern religions compared with Christianity: karma, reincarnation, meditation and Christ. New Age & Manifesting New Age spirituality, manifesting and the law of attraction, and how they compare with Christian faith. What Is a Cult? What makes a group a cult: high-control groups, cult leaders and how Christians tell them apart from churches.

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