Frequently Avoided Questions An Uncensored Dialogue on Faith

Can a person be both gay and Christian? Can sinners really be forgiven? Will good, "unsaved" people go straight to hell? These and other frequently avoided questions can be avoided no longer. In today's emerging culture people are speaking out about these issues, wanting to be heard, to voice their opinions, to challenge. But before you craft your own responses to these questions, consider the changing dynamics of faith. What was the old-school approach, and how does the new school differ? Find out in Frequently Avoided Questions--your relevant guide to the issues of our postmodern world. "A unique and invaluable gift: an honest conversation among committed Christian leaders. The content of the book is rich and thoughtful, and its tone exemplifies the kind of honest, direct, and respectful conversations that are so needed-and too rare-in the church today. "-Brian McLaren, author, A Generous Orthodoxy and A New Kind of Christian "The authors perform a toccata and fugue, or, better yet, raga and salsa, on some of the most difficult questions of our day."-Leonard Sweet, Drew Theological School, George Fox University, preachingplus.com "Reading Frequently Avoided Questions is a necessary spiritual exercise. I hope it will be widely read, both by those who have wanted to avoid the questions and by those who have been wounded by many of the older answers."-Richard J. Mouw, president and professor of Christian philosophy, Fuller Theological SeminaryWhitlock, Matt is the author of 'Frequently Avoided Questions An Uncensored Dialogue on Faith', published 2005 under ISBN 9780801065439 and ISBN 0801065437.