Bøger af John B Bartholomew

WE LEARN BEST THROUGH STORIES AND JOHN BARTHOLOMEW HAS A STORY TO TELL THAT WILL INTEREST YOU. The story is told in a series of discussions he had with a group of fellow retirees who met each week under a cabana on the beach of South Padre Island during three, successive "Winter Texan" seasons to talk about theology and compare religions. Theology is not a discipline reserved only for theologians. The Apostle Paul understood theology as the key to understanding life. In his classic, "Mere Christianity," C. S. Lewis concluded that theology is practical because it acts as our guide to life, and is necessary because it leads to a right understanding which must accompany true belief. Lewis went on to say, "If you don't listen to Theology, that will not mean you have no ideas about God. It will mean that you'll have bad, muddled, out-of-date ideas." Every person who leads an examined life has a theology; the objective should be to make sure it is the correct one. Comparing religions, an exercise called apologetics, is an effective way to study theology. That may be the reason why apologetics is surging in popularity. Those readers who want to know how the Christian religion compares to Judaism and Islam will be interested in reading this book. The dialogue format is designed to encourage you to become part of the conversation as you are drawn into a discussion you will find entertaining and informative.

WE LEARN BEST THROUGH STORIES AND JOHN BARTHOLOMEW HAS A STORY TO TELL THAT WILL INTEREST YOU. The story is told in discussions he held with a group of retirees when they met each week under a beach cabana on South Padre Island, Texas to study theology and compare religions. Theology is not a discipline reserved only for theologians. Everyone has a theology, a concept of who God is and how he relates to us; the challenge is to have the right one. It is important to get our theology right because a true understanding of God must accompany true belief. Our theology also serves to guide us through our lives. Comparing Christianity to other religions and defending it against the attacks of unbelievers, an exercise called apologetics, is an effective way to study theology. That may be the very reason why apologetics is currently surging in popularity. The opinions of apologists C. S. Lewis, Dr. R. C. Sproul, Dr. Peter Kreeft, and others framed the group's discussion of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and non-denominational churches. The group also discussed the differences between the Christian doctrine and the beliefs of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormon Church. This book is one of three books which comprise "The Cabana Chronicles" series of stand-alone books which compare Christianity with various other religions. Like the other two books in the series, it is written in a dialogue format which is designed to effectively draw the reader into an informative and entertaining conversation.

We learn best through stories. The religions of Judaism and Christianity are discussed by retirees meeting each week under a cabana on a beach at South Padre Island, Texas. This book is one of a number of books comprising The Cabana Chronicles series on comparative religion and apologetics, the systematic and logical defense of the Christian religion. Canadian clinic pyschologist, Dr. Jordan Peterson, once said that "It's really hard to think. You have to be trained like mad to think. You have to be able to divide yourself internally into a couple of different people, and then you have to let those people have a war in your head. And that means you have to develop characters who have opinions in great detail, opinions that might be contrary to your own, and then you have to withstand the tension of letting them have it out." This phenomenon is what happens in every book in "The Cabana Chronicles" series.