WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
By Jonathan Gould
Christian Focus. 224 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978 1 845 509 224
The author has set out to write a clear presentation of what Christians believe, for the benefit of new Christians and interested non-Christians. His approach is personal and engaging, as he is clearly aiming to urge people to put their faith in Jesus as Saviour.
In nine chapters, he looks at what God is like and why he made us, common mistakes in trying to relate to God, the person of Jesus and what is claimed for him, and how faith relates to facts. Next come two chapters on ‘What’s gone wrong with the world?’ and ‘Does God care?’ The central issue of the book is, ‘How can I know God?’. He deals with this in two chapters: one on Jesus’s conversation with Nicodemus, and the other on Peter’s Pentecost sermon. The book closes with an account of Zachaeus’s conversion.
