Can We Still Believe in God? – Answering Ten Contemporary Challenges to Christianity

Craig L. Blomberg (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is distinguished professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado, where he has taught for more than thirty years. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Can We Still Believe the Bible?, A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis, Jesus and the Gospels, The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, Preaching the Parables, Making Sense of the New Testament, and commentaries on Matthew, 1 Corinthians, and James.

• ContentsIntroduction1. If There Is a God, Why Does He Allow So Much Suffering and Evil?2. Must All the Unevangelized Go to Hell (and What Is Hell)?3. Slavery, Gender Roles, and Same-Sex Sexual Relations4. The Meaning of the Miracles5. Weren't the Stories of Jesus Made Up from Greco-Roman Myths?6. How Should We Respond to All the Violence in the Bible?7. The Problems of Prayer and Predestination8. What about All the Apparent Contradictions in the Gospels?9. Hasn't the Church Played Fast and Loose with Copying and Translating the New Testament?10. The Alleged Undesirability of the Christian LifeConclusionIndexes