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PREFACE
In Western society we live in an increasingly secular age where attitudes to religion vary from outright ridicule to firmly advising us to separate our personal beliefs from our public activities. It has come to worship reasoning, evidence and the methods of science above all else. Nevertheless, secularism has failed to offer human beings any meaningful substitute for religion in their hunger for answers to the deepest and most far reaching questions of life. The purpose of this short book is to reconsider a few topics related to the Christian way of thinking.
We start with a focus on the basics of the Christian way of life. The second chapter looks at the origin and role of adversities. In the third chapter, we move on to some relevant questions dealing with life and death. Finally we examine the subject of salvation and place the conflict between belief systems into a different perspective.
My aim is not to preach to the converted or pamper to the feelings of those who like to immerse themselves in religious literature skilfully crafted to indulge their emotions. I am acutely aware that firm convictions are not built on ‘warm fuzzies’. Real comfort and consolation come from a deeper perception of truth, and if anything I have written here is in some way conducive to that end, then the effort will have been worthwhile.
As always, I am much indebted to those whose constructive criticism has helped to refine the material in this book. |
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