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Ajith Fernando (Author)
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June 29, 1995

“Jesus was an exemplary man and a great spiritual teacher—but I can’t believe that He was God.”
“All religions teach roughly the same thing, so I just take the best from each one—and that’s my faith.”
“Living a good life is enough to get me to heaven.”

You’ve heard the remarks—they’re offered all the time to refute the unique claims of Christianity. But can you effectively respond to them?

What do you say to New Agers, Muslims, Buddhists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or pluralists when their theology clashes with what you know to be the truth? This book, by a man whose work has allowed him to discuss religion with people all over the world, gives solid answers.

After more than two decades of listening to questions about Jesus’ claims and objections to Christian doctrine, author Ajith Fernando responds to the arguments with Jesus’ own words and miracles and the biblical accounts about Him. But rather than just offering proof texts, he stands Christ—and Christianity—face to face with those competing idealogies and shows the truth. In doing so, he forges an apologetic that proves the legitimacy of our faith and validates the absolutism of Christianity.



Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Crossway Books (June 29, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 089107855X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0891078555
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,189,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ajith Fernando, ThM, DD, is national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka and a Bible expositor with a worldwide ministry. He studied at Asbury Theological Seminary and Fuller Seminary, and spends much time mentoring young workers and counseling Christian workers. He is active in Colombo Theological Seminary as chairman of the academic affairs committee.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and readable defense of the Incarnation, November 4, 2002
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Ajith Fernando is both a busy Christian worker in Sri Lanka (with an international teaching ministry) and a prolific author. He combines solid scholarship, clear writing, and practical guidance on every subject he addresses.

This book is organized around Jesus' affirmation of John 14:6--Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life. The author brings to bear a host of biblical, theological, and apologetic resources to support his thesis that Jesus unique in the world of religions--moreover, that Jesus alone is the Incarnation of God. Along the way, Fernando addresses all the pertient objections raised to this tremendous claim, and does so admirably and without pedantry.

This is an outstanding resource for the Christian who wants to better understand her faith as well as for the unbeliever who wants reasonable answers to her questions about the identity of Jesus Christ.

--Doug Groothuis, Denver Seminary

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3.0 out of 5 stars standard Christian apologetics but nothing too original, March 12, 2001
This review is from: The Supremacy of Christ (Paperback)
I chose to read this book for a theology of missions class and I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad book; it's easy to read and the author has been a Campus Crusade director in Sri Lanka so there is an excellent cross cultural perspective. I guess my disappointment sprung from two things: 1) there's nothing to distinguish this book from the dozens of other books on Christian apologetics dealing with the issue of pluralism, in fact Fernando often doesn't bother to defend his points but instead just refers us to other books that deal with the issues more in depth. This book didn't teach me anything new that I hadn't already heard many other places. 2) Most of the book seemed to be preaching to the choir. The arguments perhaps would be helpful to a young Christian who was concerned by some of the modern objections to the authority of scripture or the divinity of Christ; but it would be of little use to someone who was really struggling with deeper questions of pluralism, and wouldn't provide any useful answers for those who are trying to evangelize to honest, hardcore pluralists. It never addresses the deeper issue of how we can say that Christ is the "only" way to life and happiness when there seems to be such a diversity in human need and experience; and especially when the majority of the world's cultures have evolved without any awareness of the Christian gospel whatsoever. How do we maintain that ultimate truth on these issues is only contained in one very particular set of historical circumstances that happened two millenia ago. I don't have clear answers to these questions yet, and unfortunately Fernando didn't lead me any closer either.
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ON A RECENT TRIP to a neighboring Asian country, I stayed at the home of a missionary family from the United States. Read the first page
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