Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith

Written by Roger E. Olson

Narrated by Maurice England

“Jesus is the answer.”“God has a perfect plan for your life.”“All sins are equal.”Sayings like these may make catchy bumper stickers, but as deep, life-changing truths they fall short. They are the earmarks of “folk religion”—a badly distorted pop-Christianity that thrives on clichés and slogans and resists reflection and examination. Such pat spiritual answers often contain a nugget of truth, but that truth is easily misunderstood and misapplied in ways that do more harm than good.Roger Olson encourages us to reach for a higher and deeper faith. Examining ten prevalent Christian beliefs, he raises questions that encourage us to engage our minds with the Scriptures in order to carefully consider what it is we believe and why. You’ll be surprised at what you find. Questions to All Your Answers will help you use the God-given gift of your intellect to sift through glib sayings that sound right to what actually is right—to truth that really can set you and others free.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: May 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9780310870845

Roger E. Olson

Roger E. Olson (PhD, Rice University) is emeritus professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. He is the author of many books, including Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith; Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology; and How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative.

Reviews for Questions to All Your Answers

[atdcross · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The subtitle says it all: The Journey From Folk Religion to Examined Faith.This is a book for thinking or reflective Christians, that is, Christians who don't just go along with the Christian cliche's or Christian culture , which Olson says are really part of folk Christianity, but who seriously examine these sayings and the culture in light of Biblical Revelation. In his introduction, Olson examines 10 Christian cliches, for example: "It's a mystery, just accept it" or "All sins are equal."This book contains discussion questions at the end of each chapter and, therefore, can be used in small group meetings. A great book (only 185 pages, and small, only 9"x5") to get non-reflective Christians to seriously start thinking about their faith.