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Will there be sex in heaven?
Are miraculous gifts for today?
Does God ever change His mind?
Such difficult questions often intrigue us, readily confuse us, and sometimes disturb us. Drawing on nearly 40 years of teaching and ministry experience, pastor-scholar Sam Storms answers 25 challenging questions Christians are often too afraid to ask, addressing thorny issues ranging from the eternal destiny of infants to the roles of demons and angels.
The robust, thoughtful answers provided in this book offer a helpful alternative to relying on simplistic explanations, and will encourage you in the search for truth and clarity on such tough topics.
“Tough Topics offers every questioning person an opportunity to press thoughtfully into the Bible’s answers. Sam Storms is that rare guide we all are looking for—fair-minded, with no axe to grind. I cheerfully commend Tough Topics for your tough questions!”
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee
“Let’s face it, the church has not always done the best possible job at fielding the hard questions posed to it by both skeptics and members. In the case of the first group, skeptics end up discounting Christianity, dismissing it as irrational, head-in-the-sand religious fanaticism. In the case of the second group, members become frustrated with the Christian faith and often drift away from what they have found to be a shallow, inconsistent, and quite unsatisfying worldview. Sam Storms, is a leader whom has the Lord has wonderfully gifted not only to answer the tough questions, but also to provide an accessible resource for Christian leaders to be better prepared to engage skeptics and church members who wrestle with these issues rather than to rebuff them and discount their difficulties. Sam’s passion is to deal with twenty-five of the most challenging questions you will ever face, and do it in such a way that you become convinced of the answers and are prepared to offer help to others who face them as well. He accomplishes this goal, not by offering his own good ideas and the best of human counsel, but by relying on the wisdom of God as found in Scripture.”
Gregg R. Allison, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“Some questions about God and the Bible intrigue us. Others get completely under our skin and frustrate us. The chances are good that if a question is bothering you, you are not the first to ask it! Sam Storms draws on all his pastoral experience in this helpful book as he honestly answers questions some people like to avoid.”
Adrian Warnock, author, Hope Reborn and Raised with Christ
“Sam Storms’s Tough Topics is equally the work of a deeply concerned and caring pastor, and that of a thoughtful, seasoned, and biblically-saturated theologian. As I read this book, specific people kept coming to mind who would be helped greatly by one of more of its chapters—such wisdom, such balance, and such biblical clarity. Readers will likely differ at points with their pastor-theologian guide, but they will rise up and thank him for offering such wise counsel on such an array of difficult and important questions. There’s something here for everyone. Pick up and read, and see how faithful pastoral theology really does bless the church.”
Bruce A. Ware, T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“People are inquisitive by nature. It is the way God made us. We have all kinds of questions about Him. When people learn that I teach theology for a living, the first thing they do is begin to ask questions—tough questions. Sam Storms has given us an incredibly useful resource in his book Tough Topics. He has braved the minefield of some of the most difficult questions people have concerning God, the Bible, Church, and Christianity in general. What I like about this work is not simply its accessibility, but Sam’s gentle and balanced scholarship. When we have questions about God, this is no casual thing requiring the opinions of sages on street corners. These are serious questions requiring someone who is well versed in the Bible. Sam has always been one who I go to when I have questions. Now I have the book! And, as Sam says, the answer to these questions do not drive us to be puffed up in knowledge, they drive us to worship.”
C. Michael Patton, Founder, President, and fellow, The Credo House, Edmond, Oklahoma
1. Is the Bible Inerrant?
2. What is Open Theism?
3. Does God ever Change (his Mind)?
4. Could Jesus have Sinned?
5. What did Jesus mean when he said, “Do not Judge that you be not Judged”?
6. What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
7. Does the Bible teach the Doctrine of Original Sin?
8. Are those who Die in Infancy Saved?
9. Will People be Condemned for Not Believing in Jesus when they’ve Never heard his Name?
10. What can we know about Angels?
11. What can we know about Satan?
12. What can we know about Demons?
13. Can a Christian be Demonized?
14. Does Satan assign Demons to specific Geo-Political regions? Or, Is there such a thing as Territorial Spirits?
15. Can Christians lose their Salvation?
16. Does the Book of Hebrews teach that a Christian can Apostatize?
17. Will there be Sex in Heaven?
18. Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?
19. What is Baptism in the Spirit and When does it Happen?
20. Should all Christians Speak in Tongues?
21. What was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh?
22. Is there Healing in the Atonement?
23. Why Doesn’t God always Heal the Sick?
24. What is Legalism?
25. Are Christians obligated to Tithe?
Category: | Christian Living |
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Format: | Paperback |
Page Count: | 368 |
ISBN-10: | 1-4335-3493-2 |
ISBN-13: | 978-1-4335-3493-5 |
Size: | 6.0 in x 9.0 in |
Weight: | 17.55 ounces |
Published: | April 30, 2013 |
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Contributor(s) | Jonathan Falwell |
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About the Contributor(s) |
Jonathan Falwell Jonathan Falwell is senior pastor of the 20,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church, called by unanimous vote of the congregation after his father's death in 2007. Vice Chancellor for Spiritual Affairs at Liberty University, the world's largest evangelical university with 37,000 students, Falwell preaches weekly on television, writes a weekly column for online news sources, and is an accomplished photographer with photos appearing in top news magazines. He and his wife have four children. |
ISBN-10 | 0849964849 |
ISBN-13 | 9780849964848 |
Release Date | Nov 13, 2012 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.6600 |
Height | 9 |
Width | 6 |
Length | 240 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
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Many people see their lives playing out like a movie they cannot control. They have come to feel like spectators watching a story unfold, unable to stop the stampeding consequences. They feel the die is cast, and nothing they do can alter the outcome. James MacDonald believes that is a lie. In 10 Choices he says, while people are where they are in life because of the choices they've made, they don't have to stay there. This book is about getting beyond self-help and blame shifting and changing at the deepest and most profound level...the will.
A person's will is what he uses to choose and act. This book helps readers to discover the heights to which their wills, truly surrendered to God, can actually soar and the '10 choices' that can take them there. This impactful book will prompt readers to make 10 Choices that are sure to change their lives forever.
Contributor(s) | James MacDonald |
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About the Contributor(s) |
James MacDonald Dr. James MacDonald is founding pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel. He is the author of the bestseller I Really Want to Change...So, Help Me God and several other books. Walk in the Word is his national radio broadcast. He earned his Masters in Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and his Doctor of Ministry from Phoenix Seminary. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children. |
ISBN-10 | 0785297960 |
ISBN-13 | 9780785297963 |
Release Date | May 4, 2010 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.8200 |
Height | 9 |
Width | 6 |
Length | 304 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
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Jane Austen, Sergeant York, Saint Patrick—What did they have in common?
Two thousand years and still going strong: that’s the story of Christianity. And while the Christian martyrs and saints and orators may have gotten more press, the fact is the faith has been carried through history in the hearts and deeds of believers who—though beloved to us now—were simply living ordinary lives of devotion.
“It would be almost impossible to imagine ten people more different from each other than these,” editor John Perry says. “This [is] the first truth of Christian living: anybody, anywhere can be a champion of the faith, an example and inspiration to all who follow.”
There’s no dry biography here, though. Each story teems with fresh insight. D. L. Moody did some of his most powerful evangelizing by befriending ragged street children in Chicago. William F. Buckley never delivered a sermon, yet a Christian worldview informed his erudite, witty, output in print and broadcasting. To compose her poems, Anne Bradstreet had to understand science, history, the Bible, and literature, not to mention the political scene in both Massachusetts and England. You’ll look with new eyes, also, on the lives of George Washington Carver, Jane Austen, Galileo, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergeant York, John Bunyan, and Saint Patrick. You might think you know their stories . . . but you don’t. Not yet.
For lovers of biography, for homeschool or study groups, for anyone seeking encouragement in the Christian walk, 10 Christians Everyone Should Know is a valuable resource.Contributor(s) | John Perry |
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About the Contributor(s) |
John Perry John Perry graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University, with additional studies at University College, Oxford, England. Before beginning his career as an author in 1997, he was an award-winning advertising copywriter and radio producer. John has published 21 books as an author, collaborator, or ghostwriter. He is the biographer of Sgt. Alvin York, Mary Custis Lee (wife of Robert E. Lee and great granddaughter of Martha Washington), and George Washington Carver. Among other books, he has also written about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial (Monkey Business, with Marvin Olasky, B&H Publishing, 2005) and contemporary prison reform (God Behind Bars, Thomas Nelson, 2006). He is a two-time Gold Medallion finalist and Lincoln Prize nominee. He lives in Nashville. |
ISBN-10 | 1400203619 |
ISBN-13 | 9781400203611 |
Release Date | Sep 4, 2012 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.6200 |
Height | 8.38 |
Width | 5.5 |
Length | 304 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
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10 Fun, Innovative Relationship-Building Dates for Seriously Dating and Engaged Couples! 10 Great Dates Before You Say “I Do” combines the best of marriage preparation research with a fun, easy-to-follow format. Couples will love growing together while going out together. Share your hopes and dreams Appreciate your differences Communicate and connect Develop spiritual intimacy Evaluate your relationship Celebrate romance And more!
Contributor(s) | David and Claudia Arp , Curt Brown , Natelle Brown |
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About the Contributor(s) |
David and Claudia Arp Claudia Arp and David Arp, MSW, founders of Marriage Alive, are authors of numerous books with more than 1,000,000 in print including the award-winning 10 Great Dates series and The Second Half of Marriage. The Arps have been featured in media like The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, and on NBC Today, CBS This Morning, and PBS. When they are not writing or speaking, you’ll probably find them hiking trails in Northern Virginia where they live or in the Austrian Alps where they love to write and hike. Visit them at www.10GreatDates.org.
Curt Brown Curt and Natelle Brown, MA, MFT, are directors of marriage ministry at Wellshire Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado, and advisors to the Colorado Marriage Project. They are experienced mentors to engaged couples, marriage coaches to newlyweds, and developers of the Marriage Alive 'Before You Say 'I Do'' seminar. Natelle Brown Curt and Natelle Brown, MA, MFT, are directors of marriage ministry at Wellshire Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado, and advisors to the Colorado Marriage Project. They are experienced mentors to engaged couples, marriage coaches to newlyweds, and developers of the Marriage Alive 'Before You Say 'I Do'' seminar. |
UPC | 025986247324 |
ISBN-10 | 0310247322 |
ISBN-13 | 9780310247326 |
Publish Date | Feb 4, 2003 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.5200 |
Height | 9 |
Width | 6 |
Length | 224 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Format | Paperback |
Language | English |