Product Information
Author / Nicky Gumbel
Illustrations by / Charlie Mackesy
ISBN / 9781473680715
Publisher / Alpha International
Publication Date / 2016 (First published in 1993, Revised edition 2010)
Format / Paperback (Softcover)
Language / English
Number of Pages / 240
Dimensions / 19.8 x 13.1 x 1.4 cm
Weight / 280 g
Author Description
Nicky Gumbel is the pioneer of Alpha. He read law at Cambridge and theology at Oxford, practised as a barrister and is now Vicar of HTB in London.
Product Description
From Why am I here? to What's next? In this international bestseller, Alpha pioneer Nicky Gumbel addresses some of the foundational questions that challenge us all.
Questions of Life is a step-by-step guide to the basics of the Christian faith by one of the world's most respected Christian leaders. This book explores key themes, questions and objections to faith, leading us on an engaging, personal journey of discovery.
'Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple, empowering faith in my life.'
(Bear Grylls, Adventurer)
'What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions of life and death and their meaning.'
(The Guardian)
Contents
01 / Is There More to Life than This?
02 / Who Is Jesus?
03 / Why Did Jesus Die?
04 / How Can We Have Faith?
05 / Why and How Do I Pray?
06 / Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
07 / How Does God Guide us?
08 / Who Is the Holy Spirit?
09 / What Does the Holy Spirit Do?
10 / How Can I be Filled with the Holy Spirit?
11 / How Can I Resist Evil?
12 / Why and How Should I Tell Others?
13 / Does God Heal Today?
14 / What about the Church?
15 / How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life?