Christianity That Counts: Being a Christian in a Non-Christian World [Paperback]

Douglas Groothuis (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801038685
• ISBN-13: 978-0801038686
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,789,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a philosopher who serves as Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary and as an Affiliate Faculty at Metropolitan State College of Denver. I have authored two dozen academic papers published in journals such as Religious Studies, Inquiry, Sophia, Philosophia Christi, Think, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. I have also published dozens of articles in magazines such as Christianity Today, Books and Culture, The Christian Research Journal, and many others.

I am the author of eleven books:

1. Unmasking the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1986)
2. Confronting the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1988)
3. Revealing the New Age Jesus (InterVarsity Press, 1990)
4. Christianity That Counts (Baker Books, 1994)
5. Deceived by the Light (Harvest House, 1995)
6. Jesus in an Age of Controversy (Harvest House, 1996)
7. The Soul in Cyberspace (Baker Books, 1997)
8. Truth Decay (InterVarsity Press, 2000)
9. On Jesus (Wadsworth, 2003)
10. On Pascal (Wadsworth, 2003)
11. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2011)

I also co-edited the volume, In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment (InterVarsity Press, 2005) with James Sennett.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Christianity, brains required, February 12, 2002

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jennifer gardner (Twin Falls, ID United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christianity That Counts: Being a Christian in a Non-Christian World (Paperback)

This book is an enjoyable read. It is a series of essays on christian topics from truth, evangelism, new age and secularism. But the chapter that was such a delight for me was "Misology in the Pulpit". It is a challenge to pastors to incorporate apologetics in their sermons. So often christianity is thought of as a faith and no brains religion. As a young college student I find this assumption disturbing. He suggests how wonderful it would be if when we go to church on Eastar instead of hearing "He is risen!", we hear "He is risen, and this is the proof". I have often left church totally unchallenged, with nothing to meditate on. I think that there are alot of people in churches who would love to hear their religion explained with relevance in a secular culture. This book is a step in the right direction.