Claiming that you believe something is one thing. Being able to tell someone why you believe it is a completely different story. Many of us are great at the former. Too many of us are not very good at the latter. Ask me how I know.
This book is for regular people like you and me. It's a book about evidence with a view from 35,000 feet. If you want to be able to answer the "why" questions, this book is for you.
Bob focuses on the big picture in this work which he supplements with plenty of footnotes if you want to go deeper into a specific area. If you are new to apologetics, this book will open your eyes to the incredibly strong intellectual foundation of the Christian worldview.
Zac Schmoll
Managing Editor, An Unexpected Journal
I was captivated by this book’s clarity and insights. It moved me along through short chapters to the realization that Christian faith is supported by overwhelming evidence. It not only gives clear explanations, it also invites scrutiny through bite-sized, coherent arguments.
Lorie Hovanec
Apologetics Junkie
Bob Perry explains scientific concepts using analogies and layman’s language that removes the mystery and opens the heart and mind to the majesty of God’s creation. The book is not judgmental or preachy - just the facts. Loved it.
Donna Hempelmann
Christian School Administrator
This book is very well laid out. It presents rather complicated principles of logic and science in easy-to-read format. Each precept builds up from the previous one to make a cogent case for the God of the Bible from a science and biblical point of view.
David C. Perry
Author
People see the words "Christianity," and "God" on a book and think, "More written words telling me what and how I should believe." Not this book. It's fun, interesting, and so good I bought some copies for my granddaughters!
Ellen Burns
Homemaker
Bob Perry's passion for most of the last two decades has been to defend his Christian convictions in the marketplace of ideas. He has also spent his entire adult life looking at the world from 35,000 feet. Now, he has combined those into a Big Picture view of the evidence -- an accessible, conversational defense of the Christian worldview. Confident Christianity makes the case for faith in a way you've never seen it before.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PRELIMINARIES
1. With All Your Mind
2. Real Faith
3. Defining Truth
4. Dual Revelation
5. Wisdom Lovers
6. The Big Picture
EVIDENCE FOR GOD
7. Beginnings
8. The Second Law
9. The Philosophical Case
10. Designer Universe
11. Miraculous Life
12. Information Source
13. Soul Searching
14. Objective Good & God
INTERMISSION
EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY
15. Our Supernatural World
16. The Historical Bible
17. Found in Translations
18. Trustworthy Scripture
19. Digging Up the Old Testament
20. Verifying the New Testament
21. The Resurrection
22. Jesus of Nazareth
A Cumulative Case
Recommended Reading
Acknowledgements
About the Author