Neil Shenvi: Why Believe?

Why Believe?

Crossway, 2022

By Neil Shenvi

WHO: Neil Shenvi, a theoretical chemist and apologist.

HE SAYS: “Every day of our lives, we turn again to God as our greatest good and trust again in his promise to bless us for Christ’s sake.”

THE BIG IDEA: This book makes an evidence-based case for the Christian faith.

THE PROGRESSION: This book addresses the difficult questions surrounding four arguments for the Christianity: Jesus’ identity, the Resurrection, God’s existence and the gospel.

“Amid our discussion of reason and evidence and arguments, let’s remember that this is not a bare intellectual exercise. Jesus is a real Savior for people desperately in need of rescue.”

Unbroken Faithfulness

As we face challenge and opposition in our contexts, let’s be encouraged to keep going with consistency, moral courage and confidence in the Scriptures as God’s Word for all time—including our time.

Derwin Gray: 4 Ways to Refill

If we attempt to provide for others without first being nourished ourselves, we burn out. We wound ourselves and others.

4 Foundations for Successful Church Planting

Fueled by the passion of a calling, having committed themselves in prayer, and by playing a long game of patience and persistence, successful church planters establish effective churches by walking in a manner worthy of the purpose to which they’ve been called.