Telling a Better Story How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age by JoshChatraw Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2020 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-10863-4, ISBN: 0-310-10863-2
"The practice of offering reasons for the Christian faith, or apologetics, strikes many unbelievers today as offensive, an attempt to proselytize, while Christians themselves often view apologetics as unsophisticated or even faith-undermining. After all, shouldn't a believer focus on presenting the gospel rather than attempting to argue people to belief?In Telling a Better Story, author Joshua Chatraw presents a new and better way to do ..."
"This seven-session study will help equip students to defend their faith in a world that continues to challenge the existence of God and the validity of His Word. Students will be equipped to respond to tough questions that challenge the validity of their beliefs Group sessions will provide opportunities for discussion of these issues and help students know they are not alone in defending their faith. Session 1: A Reasonable Faith Sessi ..."
"Explore Apologetics through the Lives of History's Great ApologistsThe History of Apologetics follows the great apologists in the history of the church to understand how they approached the task of apologetics in their own cultural and theological context. Each chapter looks at the life of a well-known apologist from history, unpacks their methodology, and details how they approached the task of defending the faith.By better understandi ..."
"This seven-session study will help equip students to defend their faith in a world that continues to challenge the existence of God and the validity of His Word.Students will be equipped to respond to tough questions that challenge the validity of their beliefs Group sessions will provide opportunities for discussion of these issues and help students know they are not alone in defending their faith.Session 1: A Reasonable Faith Session ..."
"In an interview with Christianity Today in 2012, Ed Stetzer shared that according to LifeWay research among young adults who had attended church regularly for at least a year in high school, 70% stop attending regularly for at least a year between ages 18-22. However, 35% of these had returned to attending twice a month or more by the time they were surveyed for the study. This means that about 4 out of 10 kids leave the church and NEVE ..."
"All too often Christians, and even Christian leaders, don t know how to deal with skeptical challenges of the Bible and the Christian faith. Few churches address the historical questions about the Bible and the theological questions concerning the God who, believers claim, has inspired the Bible. Too often Christian scholarship has been kept at arm s length and even viewed with suspicion by the church. Speaking and writing in this kind ..."
"This seven-session study will help equip students to defend their faith in a world that continues to challenge the existence of God and the validity of His Word.Students will be equipped to respond to tough questions that challenge the validity of their beliefs Group sessions will provide opportunities for discussion of these issues and help students know they are not alone in defending their faith.Session 1: A Reasonable Faith Session ..."
"En una entrevista de la revista "Christianity Today" realizada en 2012, Ed Stetzer reveló que, según una investigación de LifeWay entre adultos jóvenes que habían concurrido regularmente a la iglesia durante al menos un año en la escuela secundaria, el 70% dejó de concurrir regularmente durante al menos un año entre los 18 y 22 años de edad. Sin embargo, el 35% había vuelto a concurrir dos veces al mes o más para cuando fueron encuestad ..."
"Confident Faith in a Confusing World Andreas J. Köstenberger, Darrell Bock,
Josh Chatraw. Today is the era of the aggressive but often misinformed atheist.
Misunderstandings and half-truths abound about how we got the Bible, how well
preserved it is, whether or not it is full of contradictions, whether the resurrection
is credible, and more. KÖstenberger, Bock, and Chatraw set the record straight in
a way that ordinary people can r ..."
Telling a Better Story How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age by JoshChatraw 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Zondervan ISBN-13: 978-0-310-10864-1, ISBN: 0-310-10864-0
"Julian Barnes, Nothing to Be Frightened Of (New York: Vintage, 2009), 3. ... Reno
, “Nietzsche's Deeper Truth,” First Things (January 2008), www .firstthings.com/
article/2008/01/nietzsches-deeper-truth. ... We cannot honestly know ourselves
unless we acknowledge that we live as creatures of ambition.” He goes on later
to add, “Nietzsche was a strange and complicated man. He clearly despised
Christianity and yearned for a form of hum ..."
"A Biographical and Methodological Introduction Zondervan, Benjamin K. Forrest,
Josh Chatraw, Alister E. McGrath. McGrath, Alister E. ... Meister, Chad, and
James K. Dew Jr., eds. God and the ... “Christian Philosophy and Christ Crucified:
Fragmentary Theory in Scandalous Power.” Pages 209–28 in Christian
Philosophy. Ed. by J. Aaron ... The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy.
Indianapolis: ..."
"Craig L. Blomberg, “Jesus of Nazareth: How Historians Can Know Him and Why
It Matters” [Jesús de Nazaret: cómo los historiadores pueden conocerlo y por qué
esto importa], en línea en http://thegospelcoalition.org/cci/article/
jesus_of_nazareth_how_historians_can_know_him_and_why_it_matters,
accesado junio 30, 2012. Nota cómo en la narración de los Evangelios, los
discípulos de Jesús estaban muy asustados después de la crucifixión y ..."
"We'll start with two preliminary issues concerning how Ehrman makes his
argument in How Jesus Became God and then get ... With his all-too-common
rhetoric, he implies that there are sober-minded, realistic historians, that is, “the
majority of critical ... of Ehrman's How Jesus Became God at http://
thegospelcoalition.org/book-reviews/review/how_jesus_ became_god. ... Tilling,
How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesu ..."
Truth Matters Confident Faith in a Confusing World by Köstenberger, Andreas J., Bock, Darrell L., Chatraw, Dr. Josh [Paperback ] by Köstenberger, Andreas J/ Bock, Darrell L/ Chatraw, Dr Josh Softcover, Published 2022 by B&H Publishing Group ISBN-13: 978-1-08-777221-9, ISBN: 1-08-777221-4
"How should Christians approach important contemporary issues like war, race, creation care, gender, and politics?Christians in every culture are confronted with social trends and moral questions that can be difficult to navigate. But, the Bible often doesn't speak directly to such issues. Even when it does, it can be confusing to know how best to apply the biblical teaching.In Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues a ..."
The Augustine Way Retrieving a Vision for the Church's Apologetic Witness [Hardcover ] by Joshua D. Chatraw, Mark D. Allen Hardcover, Published 2023 by Baker Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-5409-6248-5, ISBN: 1-5409-6248-2
"What can we learn from Augustine about apologetics? This book shows how Augustine defended the faith in late antiquity and how his approach to engaging the culture has great significance for the apologetic task today."
Surprised by Doubt How Disillusionment Can Invite Us into a Deeper Faith by Joshua D. Chatraw, Jack Carson Published 2023 by Brazos Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58743-559-1, ISBN: 1-58743-559-4
"This is apologetics at its best, grounded not in the 'right ideas,' but in the person of Jesus, who is himself the Word, the Way, the Truth and the Life. This book will help you trust him."
"An Introduction for Christian Witness Josh Chatraw, Mark D. Allen ... Karen H.
Jobes, 1 Peter, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Grand
Rapids, Baker Academic, 2005), 42. ... Köstenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh
Chatraw, Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World (Nashville: B&H,
2014); see also Andreas J. Köstenberger, Darrell L. Bock, and Josh D. Chatraw,
Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Cha ..."