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The Trouble With Christianity

In this day and age where “truth” is relative to someones own worldview and “absolute truth” seems like an oxymoron, the claims made in the Bible are often seen as ludicrous by our postmodern (and increasingly post “everything”) society.

Standing up to the onslaught of questions and attacks on what we believe and why we do the things we do, a “tolerant” society is becoming increasingly intolerant to sound Christian doctrine.  Even some in the “church” seemed to have caved in and have allowed humanistic world views determine what’s right and what’s wrong in the Bible - instead of declaring the Bible perfect and having ultimate authority.

So it’s in this climate that I want to introduce to you, if you are a small percentage of the population that don’t already know about him, Tim Keller from Redeemer Presbyterian Church.  Check out Keller on Wikipedia for some background on the guy. In a nut shell, he is passionate about the Bible, has a brilliant mind and is a goldmine resource for church planting.

I’ve started listening to the guy only recently and have enjoyed the way he engages you in his, what I like to call, “philosophically stylised, yet easily accessible sermons.”  And it’s this style that allows him to do a sermon series on “The Problem With Christianity - Why it’s so hard to believe it.” Listen in below via an audio stream or right click on the “download” and save to your PC.

He takes complex issues and hits them head on in a way that almost makes you feel really dumb if you held onto the issues in the first place.  Fascinating stuff!  These are the themes from his latest book “The Reasons For God.”  Click here to purchase from amazon.com. Hope you enjoy the messages…

Exclusivity: How can there be just one true religion? | Download

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Suffering: If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world? | Download

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Absolutism: Don’t we all have to find truth for ourselves? | Download

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Injustice: Hasn’t Christianity been an instrument for oppression? | Download

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Hell: Isn’t the God of Christianity an angry Judge? | Download

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Literalism: Isn’t the Bible historically unreliable and regressive? | Download

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