Randal Rauser ist ein systematischer und analytischer Theologe evangelikaler Ausrichtung, angetrieben von apologetischen Anliegen und dem unermüdlichen Streben nach Wahrheit. Er erkennt an, dass diese Suche das Eingeständnis eigener Fehler erfordert, da Wahrheit komplex ist und keine Garantie für ständige Entdeckung bietet. Dennoch bleibt Rauser hoffnungsvoll und glaubt, dass Jesus Christus in einem tiefen Sinne die Wahrheit verkörpert. Für Rauser bedeutet das Nachahmen Christi, die Wahrheit zu kennen, zu lieben und zu leben, was seine Befürwortung einer Lebenskultur prägt, die antimilitaristisch, pro-Familie, pro-Umwelt, abtreibungsfeindlich, antiverbraucheristisch und tierfreundlich ist.
The fascinating story told in William Young's The Shack has left Christians both transformed and confused. Randal Rauser takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the pages of the story, defending the book's theology against charges of heresy and considering the book?s explanation for why God allows evil.
And who is my neighbor? Christians confess the Bible as the Good Book, the perfect guide for becoming loving and holy, just like Jesus. And yet, that same book describes God commanding the Israelites to kill every Canaanite living in the Promised Land. How are we to understand the Bible as the Good Book when it depicts God commanding actions like genocide? How are we to reconcile this narrative with the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the God who taught us to love our enemies?In this bold new book, Randal Rauser defends a novel approach to the Canaanite genocide, one that remains faithful to our deepest moral intuitions even as it is guided by the conviction that Jesus calls us to love all our neighbors. And the Canaanite is our neighbor.
Deep down, every Christian has an ‘inner atheist’, a still small voice of doubt and questioning. For many, that voice is viewed as a threat, one to be silenced if at all possible. But what if the inner atheist has something important to say? What if it could provide the way not to a weakened faith but to a deepened one? In Conversations with My Inner Atheist, theologian and apologist Randal Rauser allows his own inner atheist to speak, and no question is off limits. Topics the Gospel is simple, why doesn’t the Bible simply present it?If the Bible includes immoral laws, how can it be inspired?If Christianity is true, shouldn’t Christians show more evidence of sanctification?What about non-Christian religious experiences?Why does God allow the most horrific evils?“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” - Richard Feynman-
When did the simple Good News get so complicated? At first glance the Gospel seems straightforward: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." Simple, right? Then you start asking questions: Do you need to believe particular things about Jesus to be saved? If so, what things? Do you need to live in a particular way? If so, how exactly? Do you need to do good works and avoid specific sins? And if so, what kind of works and which sins? Are the demands the same for everybody everywhere or do they change over time, place, and person? And why isn't any of this clearer? Theologian Randal Rauser became a follower of Jesus when he was five years old and ever since then he's been trying to understand what's so confusing about grace. Now after forty years things are just starting to make sense.
Challenging the long-held belief that atheism stems from a rebellious rejection of God, this book explores the possibility that atheists may simply arrive at their views through careful thought and examination. It questions the assumption that atheists suppress knowledge of God out of sinfulness, suggesting instead that they may genuinely not find evidence for a deity. By reframing the conversation, the author invites readers to reconsider their prejudices and view atheists as neighbors deserving understanding and respect.
The question of God is simply too important--and too interesting--to leave to angry polemicists. That is the premise of this friendly, straightforward, and rigorous dialogue between Christian theologian Randal Rauser and atheist Justin Schieber. Setting aside the formality of the traditional debate, the authors invite the reader to join them in an extended, informal conversation. This has the advantage of easing readers into thorny topics that in a debate setting can easily become confusing or difficult to follow. Like any good conversation, this one involves provocative arguments, amusing anecdotes, and some lively banter. Rauser and Schieber begin with the question of why debates about God still matter. They then delve into a number of important topics: the place of reason and faith, the radically different concepts of God in various cultures, morality and its traditional connection with religious beliefs, the problem of a universe that is overwhelmingly hostile to life as we know it, mathematical truths and what they may or may not say about the existence of God, the challenge of suffering and evil to belief in God, and more. Refreshingly upbeat and amicable throughout, this stimulating conversation between two friends from opposing points of view is an ideal introduction to a perennial topic of debate.