AND IS IT TRUE?
By Stephen McQuoid & Alistair Noble
Authentic. 168 pages. £7.99
ISBN 1 85078 571 6
This new book aims to provide an intellectual defence of Christianity which will both challenge the unbeliever to come to faith and bolster and equip the Christian to defend the faith. Does it meet its target?
In terms of scope it works well. Its format is 12 short chapters which tackle some of the common objections Christians face. The topics covered include the search for meaning, the existence of God, the challenge of science, the reliability of the Bible, the identity of Jesus, evidence for the resurrection and the problem of suffering. I think the main absence is a chapter on pluralism and other religions, but some of that is covered in the other chapters. Given the number of topics and the length of the book, a mere 166 pages, obviously each topic is covered somewhat briefly.
