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This powerful critique of American Christianity chronicles the spiritual pilgrimage of one man and provides a defense of the pure Gospel. In the first half of the book, Parton explains his spiritual autobiography. Follow his journey from unbelief to American Evangelicalism and Campus Crusade staff work, to his discovery of the Lutheran church. In the chapters after his arrival at an understanding of Lutheranism, he presents a hard-hitting critique of shallow, pop-style worship and theology. Readers will also appreciate Parton's honest, systematic approach to apologetics that tackles the tough questions of how to explain the Christian faith in a way that always points back to Christ's work. This new edition features sections dealing with the challenges of New Atheism, Bart Ehrman, and the new wave of biblical criticism.

With ten thousand religions in the world today and two being added every day, how are we to know which, if any, is true?Religion on Trial takes a serious look at whether all religions are saying nearly the same thing and ultimately lead to the same destination-and if not, whether any of the world's religions can withstand a closer examination using the evidentiary methods developed in law, history, and science.For if any religions are to be left standing, they (or it) must have claims made not in a corner immune from rigorous examination but testable by all serious inquirers using methods that have been employed in other fields dealing with truth claims. Religion on Trial is a relentless search for the truth that puts religious claims to rigorous cross-examination-nothing less than eternity is at stake.Free discussion questions when you order the book A free downloadable PDF of study questions will be automatically added to your cart when you buy Religion on Trial.