Know Why You Believe - by Paul E Little (Paperback)

About the Book

Little responds to the toughest intellectual questions posed to Christians, including: Do science and Scripture conflict? Are miracles possible? Is the Christian experience real? Why does God allow suffering and evil?

Book Synopsis

"Scholarly, articulate, simple." - Billy Graham

Christianity Today's Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals

Do science and Scripture conflict? Are miracles possible? Is Christian experience real? Why does God allow suffering and evil?

These are just a few of the twelve most common intellectual challenges to faith that Paul E. Little encountered during his twenty-five years of speaking and teaching in the university. These questions need solid answers, and that's what a million people have already found in this clear and reasonable response to the toughest questions posed to Christian belief.

With wit and clarity, Little uses questions like these to prompt your thinking and help you examine your present way of looking at life, addressing worldviews ranging from scientific determinism to rabid existentialism. By thinking through the most common challenges to Christian faith, you'll be prepared to give confident answers to others' questions and challenges in turn.

Revised and updated by Marie Little in consultation with experts in science and archaeology, this edition of Know Why You Believe provides updated information and offers solid ground for those who are willing to search for truth. Including a study guide for individuals or groups, Know Why You Believe is the classic answer book on Christian faith.

Review Quotes

"Shortly after my conversion in 1968 I was given a copy of Know Why You Believe, and it was what sparked my own lifelong interest in Christian apologetics. Through the years its quality has been demonstrated by its longevity. Now in this updated and expanded version, Paul Little's book can continue to provide hope and help to a new generation of truth-seekers."

--J. P. Moreland, professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and author of Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity

"This book canters brightly through the border-country between conviction and questioning."

--The Methodist Recorder

"When I lost my childhood faith, I needed a book like Paul Little's Know Why You Believe."

--Kenneth Kantzer

One of the "Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals"

--Christianity Today, October 2006

About the Author

Paul and Marie Little worked for twenty-five years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. For many years following Paul's death, until her own death in 2009, Marie regularly updated and expanded his classic works on evangelism and apologetics, and remained active in evangelism and discipleship ministry.

Paul E. Little and his wife, Marie, worked for twenty-five years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Until his death in 1975, Little was also associate professor of evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He was the author of several books and articles, including How to Give Away Your Faith.