Summary of David Limbaugh's Jesus on Trial

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#1 I don’t remember the exact details, but I know for a fact that my friend said that if someone uses his reasoning powers to support the existence of God, he can’t possibly believe in the Christian God. I defended my faith over dinner, and then we all went our separate ways. As is almost always the case, I spent a few hours thinking about what I’d said and what I’d done. It wasn’t an intellectual exercise, especially with the deist on my mind. I was dumbfounded by my friend’s statement, which felt wrong to me on multiple levels. I want to sincerely thank my friend. He may not realize it, but his words forced me to confront a question that had been nagging at me since I was a teenager. The question had never been articulated clearly before: Is Christianity really true. It’s pretty obvious why this question would arise for me at this particular point in my life—I am a Christian. It’s also obvious why it had never before occurred to me to ask it. The questions of Is Christianity true. and Is evolution true.

#2 I grew up a Christian, but as I got older I began to have doubts about the Bible's teachings.

#3 I was a Christian and eventually grew doubts about the Bible's teachings. I couldn’t believe that an all-powerful God would permit such evil, pain, and suffering in the world.

#4 -> I am a Christian, and I grew up believing in the Bible and Jesus Christ. But as I got older, I began to have doubts about the Bible’s teachings. I couldn’t believe that an all-powerful God would permit such evil, pain, and suffering in the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350002409

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have been fascinated with Christian apologetics and theology since before I became a believer. I have studied these subjects off and on with a fair amount of intensity, and I hope my studies have prepared me for this task.

#2

I knew God was real because God had shown himself in creation. I knew that matter spontaneously erupted from non-matter and life from non-life without a non-material, uncaused creator.

#3

I was initially exposed to deism in an American literature course in college. Deism was popular during the Enlightenment, and a few high-profile American Founders such as Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were thought to be deists.

#4

I used to be a skeptic, but I realized it was foolish and arrogant of me to pretend to form final conclusions about the Bible and Jesus Christ when I hadn’t begun to seriously study Scripture or Christian doctrine.

#5

I had always been interested in religion, but I was never close-minded about it. I had doubts about the God of the Bible, but I was not close-minded about it. I was genuinely intrigued by the Bible’s thematic integration.

#6

I was not yet a believer, but I was interested in Christianity. I took another step forward in the early eighties, while I was in England on a mini-vacation with my grandfather. I visited the cathedral at Canterbury, and bought a book by evangelist and apologist Paul Little.

#7

I learned that Christian beliefs are not a result of blind faith, but are instead based on rigorous intellectual integrity. I began to sympathize with Christianity and root for that team, even if I still didn’t join it.

#8

The Bible consists of 66 books written by 40 different authors over a period of about 1,500 years. The authors came from every imaginable background, and yet there is a thread of continuity from Genesis to Revelation.

#9

The Bible is realistic because it portrays unidealized human behavior. It paints its characters as Cromwell wished to be painted:warts and all. All Scripture comes directly from God.

#10

The Bible takes itself seriously, and it is clear that it was written to be taken seriously. The book ends with a stern warning regarding the gravity of Scripture and our duty not to distort its sacred words.

#11

When I realized that the Bible was the revealed Word of God, I realized how foolish I had been in trying to reinvent the wheel to remake God in my image. I now had a deep sense of anchorage in a divine reality beyond myself.

#12

I began reading the Bible with reverence and awe, realizing that as I was reading it, God was speaking to me. I was unable to deny that Jesus clearly claimed to be God, which was powerful stuff considering that I had now come to believe that the Bible is inspired.

#13

I am now convinced that when you study the evidence in earnest with an open mind and a willing heart, you can come away with no