This is the tenth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
Why does God allow evil and suffering in the world? This is an age-old question. Either God is all-powerful but not all-good (and therefore doesn’t stop evil) or He is all-good but unable to stop evil [...]
This is the ninth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
This is a pretty hot question through the ages. The issue could be how data is interpreted; often conflict comes from trying to make the Bible say things it was not meant to answer. Do scientists [...]
This is the eighth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
Jonah being swallowed by a great fish. Jesus feeding 5000 people with two fish and five loaves. Did these really happen? Are we to take this literally?
The whole concept of God
The real problem is not with [...]
This is the seventh chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
At first the ancient cities were the targets of study, but soon there were found names and places that are in the OT. Persian governors spoke through their letters and Egyptian Pharaohs in gold-lined coffins can [...]
This is the sixth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
You have probably read stories about all the supposed errors that are in the Bible. The theory is that mistakes were made through two thousand years of translations and what we have today is a pale [...]
This is the fifth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
This is not the question that gets non-Christians to come to faith. Your view of the Bible is not as critical a question as where you stand with Jesus. Salvation is the issue. The Bible is [...]
This is the fourth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
The resurrection is the foundation of the Christian faith – 1 Corinthians 15:14. Since we have already looked into the big questions of life (Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we [...]
This is the third chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
It is impossible to know for certain that God exists and what He is like unless He takes the initiative and reveals Himself to us. A clear clue is found in the stable in Bethlehem. The [...]
This is the second chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
Quite a profound question, since the dawn of time:
· “More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.” – Mortimer Adler.
· The whole tenor [...]
This is the first chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.
What is faith? Does it mean to believe in something you know isn’t true?
Don’t check your brains at the door:
· It is not only essential to know what we believe but to know why we believe [...]
