From Christian Piatt: "When I was a teenager, my youth minister
threw a bible at my head for asking questions." Too often, for
various reasons, people don't have the opportunity to ask the hard
questions they have about faith, religion, salvation and the bible.
And when questions are left unanswered in communities of faith,
people either seek answers elsewhere or lose interest all together.
The purpose of the series is to collect the most compelling and
challenging questions from various theological areas and pose them
to a panel of "experts" who are challenged with responding in two
hundred words or less in plain English. This volume addresses
challenging or controversial questions about scripture collected
from people on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social
networking media. Respondents include theology professors, clergy,
lay leaders, liberals, conservatives and voices representing a
spectrum of views. The idea behind the books is not so much to
provide definitive answers as it is to stimulate thought,
reflection and discussion. By offering multiple perspectives,
readers have the opportunity to arrive at their own questions.
Better, they come to understand that questioning faith is not
taboo, but rather that it can be at the foundation of a strong and
growing faith. The directive given to each respondent guided them
to be concise and to speak in plan language, but also not to rely
exclusively on "the Bible says it" justifications, or to wax
abstract or overly intellectual. Instead, they write from personal
experience as much as possible, and provide real-life contexts that
will allow the average seeker or churchgoer to apply such ideas to
their daily lives.
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