Exploring Christianity: Answering 12 Difficult Questions About the World's Most Widely Practiced Religion

Kindle Customer: This book opened my mind to a different view of Christianity. Each chapter brought home to me why I believe in the Trinity and deepened my faith.

United States on Dec 07, 2023

BSW: This book addresses relevant topics in a very helpful way. Definitely one to purchase, read and keep in your library!

United States on Nov 15, 2023

Mark: Great book as expected

United States on Nov 15, 2023

Dr Stephen Morse: Dr McLaughlin helps her audience find their way through the fog of multiple systems of thought to show us how the gospel of Jesus Christ points and leads to another way for experiencing life, beauty, love and truth. Laughlin’s approach is honest as she reveals her own faith journey, nuanced being devoid of platitudes, empathetic to the worldview of other seemingly ‘good people’, yet potent in destabilizing long-held assumptions of post-enlightenment thought.

Australia on Nov 11, 2023

Paul H. Pompa: Great basic Christian apologetics. Be able to give the reasons you believe. Christianity has great explanatory power and great logical consistency.

United States on Oct 19, 2023

R. Morkos: The book itself it a very interesting read but the jacket cover was ripped and taped back together. I didn’t notice it because it was all shrink wrapped. The seller tore it, taped it, and shrink wrapped the damaged book. Very sneaky and unprofessional.

Canada on Apr 24, 2023

Richard B: I like apologetics.

I have lots of books on the topic and many are quite detailed and written from a heavy theological basis and are very good. I have lots of books looking at science and usually the debate between evolution/naturalism and creation/intelligent design (these date quickly).

Where this fits is a quality dealing with 12 topics that are levelled at Christianity without the answers becoming too preachy. Because of the authors own life experiences this takes the discussion beyond an academic treatise to something living. It also becomes more accessible to those who may not be starting from a faith/biblical position though it makes good use of The Bible and that remains the foundations of the argument.

Definitely worth investing in both for Christians looking to expand their apologetics and for people who have questions about the Christian faith and want to find out more about what The Bible actually says rather than what is portrayed.

United Kingdom on Nov 05, 2020

Dr David: Mclaughlin has not shied away from the tough questions of meaning and life. Her educational path through Cambridge results in a different light being shed on the answers, than those that would be given by a theological apologist. Her footnotes are extensive, having references to both contemporary and historical authors. Perhaps the most refreshing aspect of the answers to these age old questions is the transparency displayed by McLaughlin of her own self, her thoughts and emotions. This should encourage the most ardent skeptic to complete each chapter in the book.

Canada on May 16, 2020

Brittany Shields: I finished this book with mixed feelings and had a hard time putting my finger on it. I've read a lot of apologetics books and I think the issue was that McLaughlin just presented the information in a different way than I was used to and caused me to approach the questions in a new way. Which is a good thing. She has a fresh perspective. It's similar to Tim Keller's book- The Reason for God, but I would say his book is more accessible to the general population and this book was a little more academic. It felt like she was writing this book for her academic colleagues- those who work at universities- yet I found it to still be helpful.

Rebecca McLaughlin is a British female with a PhD from Cambridge who has put aside her same-sex attractions and is in a happy marriage to a man, together having 3 children. Her journey to faith was heavily influenced by these factors and speaks into how she answers these 12 hard questions.

This book was well-researched. She provides plenty of resources for further reading as each topic could be an entire book in itself. I will say that some of her statistics, analogies, or examples didn't always connect for me. And a lot of her...

United States on Oct 21, 2019

Adrian Carey-Jones: Well! Some writers today, at least it seems to me, take up the pen in order to self-describe as authors rather than actually having something to say. Further, I had read a few of Rebecca Mclaughlin's blogs prior to this book with no great effect. And so with its arrival, at least in me, very moderate expectations. But I was wrong. Just plain wrong! This book is an apologetics masterclass. A real top-five in its genre. Turning the pages one starts to conclude that every subject is going to get the same deft treatment, no exceptions. The old Spurgeon adage of a sermon taking twenty years and twenty minutes to prepare comes to mind through the encapsulation of what must have been years of thought. The sheer freshness of ideas at times is exhilarating. Along with the capacity for new perspective. And sits together with the author's slightly harsh yet humble self-reflections. What more can one say? A must-read work. A genuine contribution. On the shelf next to Rosaria Butterfield and Jen Wilkin for leading Christian women writers today, and on a par with Tim Keller only in better English. More is awaited!

United Kingdom on Jul 15, 2019