{"product_id":"a-faith-worth-believing-9781603500722","title":"A Faith Worth Believing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs the Christian faith worth believing, even if it cannot be proved and sometimes raises more questions than it answers? By turns testimony, Bible study, case study, and theological reflection, this book addresses that question, drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Augustine, Luther, Pascal, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Mark Twain, Stephen Hawking, and C. S. Lewis. Along the way it deals with common issues creating barriers to belief: \u003cbr\u003e - The problem of evil\u003cbr\u003e - The idea of God's judgment\u003cbr\u003e - The plurality of religions\u003cbr\u003e - Hypocrisy in the church\u003cbr\u003e - Disturbing images like Satan and hell\u003cbr\u003e - The paradoxical idea that Jesus saves by dying on a cross\u003cbr\u003e - What salvation means not only in some future life but in this one\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately the book comes back to stories--stories from the author and many others who have found in the odd collection of beliefs labeled \"Christian\" a faith worth living for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnstot, Kenneth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kenneth Onstot has been a pastor for 39 years in congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and the Presbyterian Church (USA). He was also for four years on the adjunct faculty at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and currently serves as the pastor of Southminster Presbyterian. Church in Des Moines, Washington.","brand":"Lucas Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921673359634,"sku":"9781603500722","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8b8d156-107f-49d9-a589-4c797397253f.jpg?v=1738922957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-faith-worth-believing-9781603500722","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}