Think of it this way . . .Our beliefs are challenged from many directions. Every day it seems more difficult to explain to our friends, families, and neighbors what we believe and why. When our ideas and arguments fail to persuade them, what then? Is there another approach we can take?Veteran apologists and communicators J. P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff say that the best way to win over others is with a good story. Stories have the ability to get behind our preconceptions and defenses. They appeal to the whole person rather than just to the mind.This expanded edition includes new chapters and updated stories and illustrations throughout. In these pages the authors enhance the logic and evidence found in other books defending the faith with things that your friends, relatives, or coworkers will ponder long after a conversation is over. Here is sound, empathetic coaching for those of us who long to communicate our faith more effectively.
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Foreword by Lee Strobel
Preface to the Expanded Edition
Introduction
1. The Power of Illustrations
2. Can God Be Good If Terrorists Exist?
3. Can God Be Good If Terrorists Exist? (Part 2)
4. Jesus, Buddha or Muhammad? Seeking a Guide in the Maze of Religions
5. Jesus, Buddha or Muhammad? (Part 2)
6. The Resurrection: Conspiracy Theory or Fact?
7. The Resurrection (Part 2)
8. What Would Machiavelli Do? Ethics in a Morally Confused World
9. What Would Machiavelli Do? (Part 2)
10. Are We an Accident? Arguing for God Through Design
11. Are We an Accident? (Part 2)
12. Unfulfilled Desires and the Existence of God: Something Isn?t Quite Right
13. Unfulfilled Desires and the Existence of God (Part 2)
A Final Thought: The Dangers of Agenda Anxiety
Acknowledgments
Notes
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
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Lee Strobel is an award-winning author, speaker, and apologetics expert. He has written more than twenty books including the bestselling The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, and The Case for Grace.