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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 NEVER RETURN.
Here is how leading experts describe our church kids today They are unarmed and incapable of defending their faith. They possess a faith that cannot withstand the scrutiny of trials or intellectual questions. They have a shallow belief system. They lack a robust faith. They haven’t learned how to think. They are embarrassingly ignorant of our faith.
Truth Matters is written directly to this audience, arming them with well-reasoned responses to the accusations that are most likely to appear in their lives, either as upcoming lecture notes and test questions or as inner qualms and questions. Things like What gives the Bible any authority or credibility? Where is God in a world full of suffering? Why should Christianity be any more believable than any other religious system? And many, many more.
Easy to read yet loaded with meat and substance, this book is a level-headed reaction to those who equate Christian faith with “blind faith,” even those whose subtle or stated goal is to separate students from their religious traditions. Readers will discover the kind of historical information and thinking skills that build a sturdy backbone of confidence in high schoolers and young adults, making them able to defend by “reasoned faith” what the Bible claims as truth.
Loosely organized around the theological skepticism of New York Times bestselling author (and southern college educator) Bart Ehrman, this jam-packed counterclaim is a book that parents will want to buy for their kids, a book that youth and student leaders will want to work through one-on-one and in discipleship groups—a book that could prove a lifesaver for young minds and hearts everywhere.
Truth Matters Confident Faith in a Confusing World edition by Andreas Köstenberger Darrell Bock Josh Chatraw Religion Spirituality eBooks
There are many skeptics today who have garnered a voice, a soapbox if you will against the truth presented in the pages of Scripture. A skeptic who has developed quite the following in recent years is Bart Ehrman. Despite being the product of a Christian rooted advanced education, Ehrman has made it his goal to demonstrate the failure of Christianity and the Bible in general in meeting even the most basic logical points of persuasion. Recognizing the influence of Ehrman on the minds of college youth, Andreas Kostenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chatraw have written an excellent book called Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World that provides salient responses to the attacks on Scripture posited by Ehrman and his followers.Perhaps the best part of this book is the manner in which the authors chose to write meaning the material is very accessible and targeted directly to their audience, namely college aged youth. While there are numerous apologetics books on the market, few provide their arguments in such a manner provides the reader, again in this case, influential college youth, with the tools they need to combat the plethora of professors that have made it their aim to discredit Scripture. Instead of taking the approach of engaging a lengthy array of apologetics related topics, the authors instead focus on six core issues upon which skeptics often focus their venomous attacks: 1) Does God exist and does He care about humanity; 2) How did we get our Bible; 3) Is the Bible filled with errors; 4) Can I trust the Bible given it is a copy of a copy; 5) Who decided the various matters of the faith; and 6) Is the resurrection of Jesus a factual historical event?
Each chapter presents an argument made by Bart Ehrman and a purposeful reasoned response to that accusation. For example, in the chapter called “Let’s Make a Bible”, the authors engage Ehrman’s question as to why some books made it into the accepted canon and others did not. Since the intention of such a question by Ehrman is to plant the idea that it was a proverbial luck of the draw how the canon came into being, the authors discuss a number of the rejected Gnostic books, clearly demonstrating the consistent approach taken by the early church regarding what books would be accepted and what books would be rejected. They rightly note “The books of the biblical canon showed themselves to be special and came to be widely read and circulated over a vast region of the early church. This is a level of circulation those other gospels never attained.” Thus, the accusation given by Ehrman that it was strong armed tactics along with a number of books being included that are replete with forgeries written by “illiterate peasants” is proven to be at best false and completely based on false pretenses.
Another excellent chapter was on the supposed contradictions stated by skeptics to be found throughout the biblical corpus. Ehrman has made a career out of trying to state that since the Bible is so full of copying errors, we cannot trust Scripture as anything more than a collection of well intentioned yet unreliable moral stories. The authors of Truth Matters literally destroy that argument aptly commenting in response to the skeptical approach of Ehrman that “No other writing has withstood and survived so many investigations into its authenticity – which is all well and good. Bring it on! But how truly amazing and indicative of God, rather than creating some mystical Word that exists in some unknown, unworldly realm of communication all by itself, he chose instead to use normal men, writing in normal ways, operating within the normal rules and customs of their day.” In other words, the sheer pile of manuscripts of Scripture available for review and research added to the short time frame of those manuscripts from the original autographs when compared to other respected ancient writings puts Scripture in a class by itself thus making these types of arguments by Ehrman sheer insanity. If anything, the authors clearly demonstrate the inconsistency by skeptics when they affirm the validity of other ancient manuscripts that are not even close to what scholars have on hand for Scripture.
It was also excellent to see this book address perhaps the most important element of Christianity that comes under attack, namely the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Ehrman and other skeptics often try and state that the resurrection was nothing more than a story that happened to catch on among the masses also presenting a number of so-called theories that explain away the resurrection event. In response to those statements and theories, the authors of Truth Matters effectively engage those false theories, demonstrating the reality and historical facticity of the resurrection. They aptly discuss each of the main theories given by skeptics noting in the end “Like it or not the most reasonable story is the one declared as fact in our Bibles. And the fact that it’s supernatural shouldn’t disqualify it from consideration, not unless you’re simply biased from accepting a position that shatters the far reaches of the five senses.”
I highly recommend this book as a resource to hand to any high school graduate about ready to enter the land of skepticism that is most of the college and university campuses across the United States and quite frankly across the globe. This book will arm those about ready to enter the fray with sound and logical arguments against the rather derelict arguments presented by those with a bone to pick against the Bible. The material in this book is manageable to read while maintaining a robust presentation of truth that will arm the reader with the real truth behind the fact that Scripture and the foundational beliefs of the Christian faith are rooted in truth, the truth of God and His Word.
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Truth Matters Confident Faith in a Confusing World edition by Andreas Köstenberger Darrell Bock Josh Chatraw Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
Although not a complete in-depth book, it's a great book to start a conversation and begin the preparations for defending ones faith when you have never really thought about doing it before. I think every Christian high school student - and certainly anyone heading off to a college, should be given a copy of this book! If for no other reason to prepare them for the type of arguments and the tactics that will most certainly be used against them to separate them from their faith.
At a time when those who seek notoriety are rewarded for chipping away at the foundation of our faith, along comes this sane, historically accurate, and wonderfully readable apologetic. This should be required reading for every incoming college freshman. The authors employ a vernacular that makes the content accessible to any reader. And the scholarship behind it doesn't suffer in the least. It is encouraging to know that there is a capable crew of biblical defenders ready to take up the mantle left by Chesterton, Schaeffer, Lewis, Stott, and others of their generation. The crowd is too easily wowed by the cocky critic who spouts his opinions without being open (or perhaps able) to defend those opinions. Self-proclaimed experts like Bart Ehrman are emboldened by an audience of gullible but ill-informed students fresh out of high school, but their clay feet are exposed when someone who knows the actual facts takes the microphone. This book presents such a defense. Those who attack Christian orthodoxy may think they have the last word, but this lively rebuttable proves otherwise.
The Edition is one of the very best books I have ever read on Apologetics. But this review is for the hard cover version of the book. Despite the content being exceptional...this hard cover version has very small print. Very hard to read. But despite that, I like the book. I like especially the portion of the book that explains autographs (originals) and manuscripts. The authors draw attention to something that I never considered. They teach that anything we know from history, ancient history specifically, has to come from manuscripts or copies of the original documents. I quote here "The only way we know of any ancient literature is by way of copies, not the originals." The originals must necessarily have been destroyed as a result of time. Ancient societies could not make copies like we can today. So, they made handwritten copies (manuscripts). Makes sense? Of course (after thinking about it). Many of us just take for granted the history books we studied in college. I doubt that I am alone in that regard. The authors note that over 5800 manuscripts of the New Testament are available today. They go on to explain how this is an abundant number when compared to other ancient histories. For example, the "Works of the Roman historian, Tacitus. First Century. Manuscripts 3." There are others they cite as well. Their style of writing is very engaging and conversational. Accordingly, it is easy to read. Although it is mentioned that this book is written primarily for those entering college, I find it is good for those of us far removed from college and grad school. I find myself now studying their words and reading sections of the book more than once. It is very enlightening. I have their other book as well, the paperback version called Truth in a Culture of Doubt. It is just a different rendering of Truth Matters, but at least the print is larger. They cover the same topics in the latter.
There are many skeptics today who have garnered a voice, a soapbox if you will against the truth presented in the pages of Scripture. A skeptic who has developed quite the following in recent years is Bart Ehrman. Despite being the product of a Christian rooted advanced education, Ehrman has made it his goal to demonstrate the failure of Christianity and the Bible in general in meeting even the most basic logical points of persuasion. Recognizing the influence of Ehrman on the minds of college youth, Andreas Kostenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chatraw have written an excellent book called Truth Matters Confident Faith in a Confusing World that provides salient responses to the attacks on Scripture posited by Ehrman and his followers.
Perhaps the best part of this book is the manner in which the authors chose to write meaning the material is very accessible and targeted directly to their audience, namely college aged youth. While there are numerous apologetics books on the market, few provide their arguments in such a manner provides the reader, again in this case, influential college youth, with the tools they need to combat the plethora of professors that have made it their aim to discredit Scripture. Instead of taking the approach of engaging a lengthy array of apologetics related topics, the authors instead focus on six core issues upon which skeptics often focus their venomous attacks 1) Does God exist and does He care about humanity; 2) How did we get our Bible; 3) Is the Bible filled with errors; 4) Can I trust the Bible given it is a copy of a copy; 5) Who decided the various matters of the faith; and 6) Is the resurrection of Jesus a factual historical event?
Each chapter presents an argument made by Bart Ehrman and a purposeful reasoned response to that accusation. For example, in the chapter called “Let’s Make a Bible”, the authors engage Ehrman’s question as to why some books made it into the accepted canon and others did not. Since the intention of such a question by Ehrman is to plant the idea that it was a proverbial luck of the draw how the canon came into being, the authors discuss a number of the rejected Gnostic books, clearly demonstrating the consistent approach taken by the early church regarding what books would be accepted and what books would be rejected. They rightly note “The books of the biblical canon showed themselves to be special and came to be widely read and circulated over a vast region of the early church. This is a level of circulation those other gospels never attained.” Thus, the accusation given by Ehrman that it was strong armed tactics along with a number of books being included that are replete with forgeries written by “illiterate peasants” is proven to be at best false and completely based on false pretenses.
Another excellent chapter was on the supposed contradictions stated by skeptics to be found throughout the biblical corpus. Ehrman has made a career out of trying to state that since the Bible is so full of copying errors, we cannot trust Scripture as anything more than a collection of well intentioned yet unreliable moral stories. The authors of Truth Matters literally destroy that argument aptly commenting in response to the skeptical approach of Ehrman that “No other writing has withstood and survived so many investigations into its authenticity – which is all well and good. Bring it on! But how truly amazing and indicative of God, rather than creating some mystical Word that exists in some unknown, unworldly realm of communication all by itself, he chose instead to use normal men, writing in normal ways, operating within the normal rules and customs of their day.” In other words, the sheer pile of manuscripts of Scripture available for review and research added to the short time frame of those manuscripts from the original autographs when compared to other respected ancient writings puts Scripture in a class by itself thus making these types of arguments by Ehrman sheer insanity. If anything, the authors clearly demonstrate the inconsistency by skeptics when they affirm the validity of other ancient manuscripts that are not even close to what scholars have on hand for Scripture.
It was also excellent to see this book address perhaps the most important element of Christianity that comes under attack, namely the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Ehrman and other skeptics often try and state that the resurrection was nothing more than a story that happened to catch on among the masses also presenting a number of so-called theories that explain away the resurrection event. In response to those statements and theories, the authors of Truth Matters effectively engage those false theories, demonstrating the reality and historical facticity of the resurrection. They aptly discuss each of the main theories given by skeptics noting in the end “Like it or not the most reasonable story is the one declared as fact in our Bibles. And the fact that it’s supernatural shouldn’t disqualify it from consideration, not unless you’re simply biased from accepting a position that shatters the far reaches of the five senses.”
I highly recommend this book as a resource to hand to any high school graduate about ready to enter the land of skepticism that is most of the college and university campuses across the United States and quite frankly across the globe. This book will arm those about ready to enter the fray with sound and logical arguments against the rather derelict arguments presented by those with a bone to pick against the Bible. The material in this book is manageable to read while maintaining a robust presentation of truth that will arm the reader with the real truth behind the fact that Scripture and the foundational beliefs of the Christian faith are rooted in truth, the truth of God and His Word.
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