I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (73 page)

C
HAPTER
15
C
ONCLUSION
: T
HE
J
UDGE
,
THE
S
ERVANT
K
ING
,
AND THE
B
OX
T
OP

1
. For a discussion of how God can be sovereign and humans remain free, see Norman Geisler,
Chosen but Free,
2nd ed. (Minneapolis: Bethany, 2001).

2
. Philip Yancey,
Disappointment with God
(New York: HarperCollins, 1988), 109-110.

3
. Ibid.

4
. C. Truman Davis, M.D., “A Physician Analyzes the Crucifixion: A Medical Explanation of What Jesus Endured on the Day He Died.” Posted online at
http://www.thecross-photo.com/Dr_C._Truman_Davis_Analyzes_the_Crucifixion.htm
. Accessed October 9, 2003. Originally published in
Arizona Medicine,
March 1965, Arizona Medical Association. For additional information on the death of Christ see, William D. Edwards, Wesley J. Gabel, and Floyd E. Hosmer, “On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ,”
Journal of the
American Medical Association
255, no. 11 (March 21, 1986): 1463.

5
. C. S. Lewis,
The Great Divorce
(New York: Macmillan, 1946), 72.

6
. C. S. Lewis,
Mere Christianity
(New York: Macmillan, 1943), 65.

7
. For more on hell and objections to hell, see Norman Geisler,
Baker
Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
(Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999), 308-313.

8
. For examples of Bible books where doubt and questions about God are expressed, see Job, many of the Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Lamentations.

A
PPENDIX
1
I
F
G
OD
, W
HY
E
VIL
?

1
. C. S. Lewis,
The Problem of Pain
(New York: Macmillan, 1959), 81.

2
. Augustine,
The City of God,
14.1.

3
. James Madison, in
The Federalist,
Benjamin F. Wright, ed. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961), 356.

4
. For a more complete treatment of the problem of evil see Norman Geisler,
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
(Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999). See also Peter Kreeft,
Making Sense Out of Suffering
(Ann Arbor, Mich.: Servant, 1986).

A
PPENDIX
3
W
HY THE
J
ESUS
S
EMINAR
D
OESN
’
T
S
PEAK FOR
J
ESUS

1
. See
Forum,
vol. 1 (March 1985).

2
. Ibid., 7, 10.