She has an evangelical upbringing and a Cambridge education, a PhD in literature. In McLaughlin’s, it was through her work with the Veritas Forum. In Keller’s case, that was with young, upwardly mobile New York urbanites. Like Tim Keller in his The Reason for God, McLaughlin is delivering the fruit of her years involved in frontline Christian apologetics. So here I go: McLaughlin is easy to read, has done some good homework, has a compelling personal story, and writes with a British accent so clearly she is smart okay you can’t deny it. Third, to be honest, was that Crossway was willing to give me a free copy in exchange for an honest review, no strings attached. Second was the author: I read a piece of hers on TGC that I liked. I actually assumed it was a non-Christian book. What first attracted me to Rebecca McLaughlin’s Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion was the title. Also try her new title: 'Jesus Through the Eyes of Women.' If you want to know more, I encourage you to read this book. But we do not find glib answers or an easy road. We find a call to care for the poor, oppressed, and lonely, a call springing from the heart of God himself and grounded in the hope that one day every tear will be wiped away, every stomach will be filled, and every outcast embraced. We find a diagnosis of human nature as shot through with sin and yet redeemable by grace. We find a version of love that is so much deeper than our current heart can hold, and a true intimacy better than our weak bodies could ever experience. We find a name for evil, and a means of forgiveness.

We find a basis for saying that all human beings are created equal, and a deep call to love across diversity. In Jesus's world, we find connective tissue between the truths of science and morality. This quote does a great job of summarizing the book and its purpose:

I did find it to be very helpful in strengthening my own faith as well as helping me to see more clearly the other side of the argument. Overall, the tone was a bit dry for my tastes. Each includes analogies, personal examples, and lots of footnotes from the Bible and other sources. Each chapter focuses on an issue that can be a stumbling block to accepting Christianity with topics including from 'Aren't We Better Off Without Religion,' 'Doesn't Religion Cause Violence,' Doesn't Christianity Denigrate Women,' 'Isn't Christianity Homophobic,' and 'How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?' There are twelve chapters in all. I found this book to be both edifying and encouraging.

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