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The Evidence Behind the Hit Movie
The goal of God’s Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty is straightforward: to help readers develop “a faith that is real and credible—and strong enough to help others find faith in God.” To that end, Rice Broocks outlines a roadmap that guides seekers to acknowledge the most basic truths of Christianity:
- There is overwhelming and exciting evidence for God’s existence
- The God who exists is indeed the God of the Bible
- God has revealed his nature through his Son, Jesus Christ
As shown during the movie, this is the original book on which the main character bases much of his debate points with the atheistic professor. Persuasive arguments crafted with tools borrowed from logic, science, and philosophy, as well as scripture, solidify the faith of the Christian reader and provide starting points for discussions with skeptics. With clear, easy-to-follow explanations of key concepts and controversies, God’s Not Dead is apologetics for the twenty-first century, presented in layman’s terms. Readers will be empowered not only to talk about their own faith with confidence but to lead others to a relationship with Jesus.
God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty, by Rice Broocks - Amazon Sales Rank: #32119 in Books
- Brand: Broocks, Rice
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.39" h x .75" w x 5.55" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 284 pages
God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty, by Rice Broocks About the Author
Rice Broocks is the cofounder of the Every Nation family of churches, with more than one thousand churches in more than 73 nations. The senior minister of Bethel World Outreach Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Rice is also the author of several books, including God’s Not Dead, The Purple Book, and Every Nation in Our Generation. A graduate of Mississippi State University, Rice has a master’s degree from Reformed Theological Seminary and a doctorate of Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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52 of 60 people found the following review helpful. A necessary tool for postmodern dialogue! By Peter Dusan This book is a great read, and I would go as far as to say that it is crucially important for any thinker in today's culture.Up until reading this book, my favorite apologetics book was Tim Keller's THE REASON FOR GOD. God's Not Dead is comparable to Keller's work in the filtering of complex truth into simple, yet profound ideas. Beyond that, the distinct quality of Broocks' book is his ability to make cutting, yet respectful statements against the particular lies being propagated by postmodern culture.Furthermore, Broocks includes reference to an extensive bibliography of different opinions on all sides of these issues, and he has properly selected only the key issues of our day.Simply put, this is a fun, important, humorous, witty, and thoughtful read.
64 of 79 people found the following review helpful. Nine Arguments for Christians to Use Against the Ideas of Atheists By Nancy Famolari Rice Brooks has written an extremely useful book for believers, and for non-believers who want to know more about God. In nine chapters, Brooks addresses the most critical debating points about God's existence: naturalistic vs. theistic worldviews; faith vs; reason: the reality of the existence of good and evil; instantaneous creation of the universe; Darwinian evolution vs. an intelligent creator; the purpose of life; the Resurrection; scripture as history, not fiction; and the Grace effect.Each chapter tackles one of these nine issues. Rice's points are buttressed by numerous cites to other authors. I also found it an excellent device to include arguments for Dawkins, a well known atheist, and the answers formulated by committed Christians to his points. The chapters on the Resurrection and the historical accuracy of the scripture are particularly important. I won't go into all the arguments, but those two chapters are well worth reading for anyone. Some of the other chapters deal with philosophical arguments, if you're not familiar with the philosophers, it may take a little longer, and perhaps some additional study, to become easily conversant with the arguments.One of my favorite parts of the book was a testament by Dr. Augusto Cury. Dr. Cury is a well known psychiatrist and author. As a committed atheist, he decided to study the man, Jesus Christ. What he discovered brought him to a sincere faith in Christianity. He believed that Christ didn't fit the characteristics of someone who would want to be the leader of a revolution, no neurotic need for control and power over others. Jesus' responses to the dreadful events as his life approached the cross were unbelievably calm and forgiving. Jesus was a very unique man to exhibit the characteristics he did. This study convinced Cury that this was no ordinary man. His analysis is well worth reading.I highly recommend this book. It's an easy, relatively quick read. However, for those who are interested there are many references that allow for further study.I reviewed this book for the Thomas Nelson Booksneeze Program.
81 of 106 people found the following review helpful. Bad Apologetics is Not Dead By Taylor Carr First of all, I will disclose up front that I am an atheist. That tiny little label doesn't define who I am as a person, no matter how hard some evangelists want to insist that it does. Although I left the Christian faith many years ago, I am still quite fascinated with the historical, psychological, and philosophical aspects of many religions, I find plenty to admire in some of their ethical teachings, and I enjoy respectful and engaging discussions with those of faith. I do not think most believers are irrational, angry, or careless in their beliefs. I have read and continue to read books by a number of intelligent and thoughtful theists, from John Spong to Richard Bauckham to Alvin Plantinga. For various reasons, I disagree with the traditional ontological conclusion drawn by many theists, that a personal, supreme creator exists. That is about the extent of my atheism; I don't think science explains everything, I don't think all religions are harmful. From my conversations with fellow non-theists, I know I'm far from alone in holding this position.I decided to pick up this book after seeing the film of the same name starring Kevin Sorbo and Shane Harper. Frankly, I was disgusted at the film's childish portrayal of both atheists and Christians that essentially took the form of a Jack Chick tract. Despite having the premise of debating the 'case for god', the movie was also woefully lacking in actual arguments and evidence. Having seen reverend Broocks' name in the credits as apologetics researcher, I looked him up and ordered this book. I half-expected it to be as bad as the film, and half-expected it to be a pleasant surprise.Straight from the introduction, we see the type of book this is going to be. Broocks tells the story - one of many such stories throughout the text - of a man who struggled with his faith when challenged on it by atheists. About these atheists Rice tells us, "They feast on unprepared religious people who unintelligently hold to beliefs they've merely inherited, who have only a secondhand faith." (p. xii) One night this doubting believer heard the voice of god, not offering answers, not revealing miraculous insights, but only asking, "Who do you think you're talking to?" Since then, he has gotten right with god and now knows how to answer any skeptic and how to help any doubting believer. All that's missing is the 'happily ever after' tag.Our author spends the first two chapters blasting non-believers with much the same rhetoric he condemns the New Atheists for using against the faithful. "Unbelief is the Product of Not Thinking" is the title of one section, and when skeptics assert the existence of god, says Rice, they "unwittingly head down the long, dark road to insanity." While this book lists skeptics as one of its target audiences, it's incredibly difficult to imagine something so full of trash-talking will persuade anyone not already convinced.The arguments made in the remaining eight chapters run the gamut from conventional to outlandish. The moral argument is provided with no justification for why objective values exist, and, like many defenses of it, there is breathtakingly little said on how god can be a ground of value and why there need be one at all. The first premise of the cosmological argument, that whatever begins to exist has a cause, is asserted as "undoubtedly true" and left at that, despite the ambiguity of 'beginning' to exist and our limited experience, where matter and energy merely change forms. The fine-tuning argument is defended mainly by ridiculing a naturalistic bias, though Christian philosophers Tim and Lydia McGrew have criticized it too, and they certainly are not guilty of wanting to rule out god. The resurrection argument is perhaps the most thorough in the book, though a lot of time is spent on defending a historical Jesus, and there is really no discussion of common counter-arguments to the empty tomb (absent from Paul's letters), the stolen body rumor (only in Matthew), and the growth of the early church (Keith Hopkins and others have argued that Christians were only 10% of Rome by 300 CE).The more outlandish arguments are the witness of scripture, the growth of modern Christianity, the grace effect, and a chapter defending creationism. The grace effect purports to show that "life is demonstrably better where authentic Christianity flourishes", yet no definition is given for 'authentic' Christianity, and no measure is provided for what constitutes a better life. This is an empirical claim with an empirical answer, but the author is unwilling to do the leg work. The popularity of modern Christianity commits the fallacy of appealing to the majority, and could equally have been used by the ancient Romans against the budding Christian sect in the first three centuries. The witness of scripture provides an interesting look at the history and backstory of the Bible, but is ultimately muddled in Broocks' own conflicting statements about how the Bible is to be believed on the word of Jesus, yet the Bible is evidence for god. The Bible is reliable because it's from god and we know god exists because of the Bible - a circular argument. Finally, the creationism chapter rehashes several claims debunked time and time again even by theistic evolutionists like Ken Miller. Irreducible complexity, seemingly the crux of the chapter, is itself an argument from ignorance, taking our current (alleged) lack of an evolutionary explanation for some phenomenon to indicate that said phenomenon just could not have evolved.There is so much to say about God's Not Dead and so little space here. I have written a chapter-by-chapter critique at my website, GodlessHaven dot com, for those interested in more in-depth analysis. The book primarily alternates between citing from a set of favorite apologists (C.S. Lewis, John Lennox, William Lane Craig, Hugh Ross) and a set of punching-bag atheists (Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Lawrence Krauss), and tends to meander a lot, spanning several talking points in each chapter. A number of big questions and major theological topics are given short shrift, and there is a pervasive tone of arrogance and anger behind it all. If this is the book reverend Rice would give to college students like Shane Harper's character, I truly feel for those students. The arguments are poorly made, surface level rejoinders meant to confirm one's own beliefs, framed in such a way as to stonewall real discussion. No informed skeptic or well-read atheist will be persuaded by anything here, and I can imagine some young aspiring apologists may be turned off by it for many of the same reasons.If you're looking for something to strengthen your faith, or to help strengthen your children's faith, please avoid God's Not Dead. Practically any of the Christian sources cited by Broocks will be a better alternative, particularly C.S. Lewis or John Lennox. God's Not Dead is propaganda-style apologetics, the kind with an especially hateful view of dissenting voices. I may be an atheist, but I am no less able to see the wisdom in a teaching such as "love your enemies, do good to them" (Luke 6:35), and this wisdom reminds me to be fair and truthful in how I represent opposing views. There is enough tribalism and hatred in the world already, and fortunately there are many better books available than God's Not Dead.
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