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

Do science and Scripture conflict? Are miracles possible? Is Christian experience real? Why does God allow suffering and evil? In this classic answerbook on Christian faith, Paul E. Little responds to the twelve most common intellectual challenges posed to Christians.

Review Quotes

"As a student, I love Paul's teaching. As an apologist, I am grateful for his impact. Know Why You Believe is a valuable piece of work."

"As a student, I love Paul's teaching. As an apologist, I am grateful for his impact. Know Why You Believe is a valuable piece of work."

--Ravi Zacharias

"I've worn out multiple copies of this book and lost count of how many I've given away to seekers and new believers. It's a classic."

"Paul Little gives brightly understandable answers to questions about biblical Christianity. He shows there is a reasonable base to believe that Jesus Christ offers to give us connection to the living God."

"Scholarly, articulate, simple."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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"

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

--Christianity Today, October 2006

About the Author

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.

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.