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Are you confused about the existence of God? Do you wonder how a loving and benevolent God could allow so much pain and suffering in this world? Have you struggled to reconcile your doubts with Christianity?

Some of the key points that Keller makes about Christianity are true. He has helped revive the Christian faith by making it more accessible and understandable to people who aren’t familiar with it. Some of his key points include:

This passage discusses how one pastor survived the Nazis by reading the Bible; why it’s good that the Bible is vague; and how Catholicism has already accepted evolution.

Big Idea #1: Contrary to popular belief, the Christian church is not particularly exclusive – but it does have core beliefs.

People have many different reasons for not following Christianity. But the most common reason is that they think it’s an oppressive religion.

Christianity has strict beliefs and claims that it is the only true religion, which makes many people suspicious. For example, some parts of Christianity’s faith are incompatible with other religions. By insisting on this belief being true, Christianity implies all other religions are wrong.

Some people believe that each religion is correct in its own way. They reject Christianity because it claims to be the only true religion. This kind of rigid point of view can make some people angry. For example, once a religious leader was on a panel with an imam and a rabbi when he said that not all religions could be true. A student got very upset by this statement and answered, “If religious leaders keep making exclusive claims like this one, we will never know peace.”

However, it’s not a bad thing to have strong beliefs and core principles. In fact, every person has his or her own set of core principles that make him/her different from others.

For example, if you believe in the right to private property or that your life has a basic value, then you are upholding a core principle. Every society that has some rules on how people are allowed to act also have some beliefs about life that create their social identity.

Even though some people are very tolerant, they still have certain core beliefs that unite them. For example, gay rights activists believe that same-sex relationships should be fully accepted by society.

Big Idea #2: Christianity is not a threat to your personal or cultural freedom.

Another misconception about Christianity is that it’s too rigid. People who don’t believe in the faith often ask how can you be free if there are so many rules and regulations to follow?

Many people believe that Christianity would prevent them from doing what they want to do. For example, the author met many people who didn’t want to follow Christian rules and regulations because they wanted to live their life by their own standards, not someone else’s.

However, Christianity is not so strict as to force you into a set of beliefs. It allows you to modify your practices and make them your own. For example, there aren’t many rules in the Bible about religious services; it just says that they are important. So each church can decide how their service will be conducted – whether with singing or without music, or with an emphasis on preaching rather than communion.

Christianity is a very flexible religion, and it can easily be integrated into local cultures. For example, African culture has strong beliefs in good spirits and evil spirits. So when they heard about the coming of Jesus Christ, who was considered to defeat the evil spirit while wandering through the desert for 40 days before his resurrection from death, they could relate to Christianity despite their own traditions.