Abba Father, Maybe God Isn't Such A Bad Guy After All: Surprising answers to perplexing questions people ask about the God of the Bible
Richard Goyette, is a Christian layman, living in Northern California. He was raised in the evangelical, fundamentalist Christian tradition, and throughout his life he has been very active in the Church. After graduation from college in 1966, he attended a theological seminary for a year, but decided against going into the ministry, partially because of nagging doubts about many key theological issues. It has taken him a lifetime to sort through those issues and finally resolve most of them to his satisfaction. The process has been arduous and very frustrating at times, because in his attempts to resolve these issues, more questions arose that were even more perplexing. What has kept him active in lay ministry over the years, despite all the unanswered questions, has been his love for the Church and his strong belief that the Gospel message is true, despite many doctrinal incongruities he could not seem to resolve. In his heart, he was irresistibly drawn to Christ, but his intellect kept him from fully empbacing many commonly believed Christian doctrines. In this publication, he has attempted to address the theological questions which have challenged him the most. Over the past few years, as he developed his thoughts on these issues, it was his daily prayer that God lead him into the truth, no matter what form it might take. Happily, the result was a strengthening of his core Christian beliefs and the resolution of many doctrinal incongruities which had plagued him throughout his life.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.