Questions That Really Matter

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Introduction I. God, Science, and the Case for Idealism Opening Question: The Nature of God and the Challenge of Science II. Religious Diversity and Commitment Question Two: Religious Diversity Question Three: Being Committed to a Hypothesis III. Evil, Suffering, and Divine Freedom Question Four: The Problem of Evil Question Five: Divine Choice and Freedom Question Six: Divine Action IV. Life After Death Question Seven: Life After Death V. The Church: Failures and Aspirations Question Eight: Why Does the Church Behave in Oppressive Ways? Question Nine: Knowledge of Moral Truth Question Ten: Holiness Question Eleven: Holiness Part Two VI. Worship and Sacraments Question Twelve: Worship Question Thirteen: The Sacraments Question Fourteen: Orders of Ministry VII. Authority, Heresy, and Ecumenism Question Fifteen: Church and Heresy VIII. Doubt, Experience, Vocation, and Church Question Sixteen: Doubt and Experience Question Seventeen: Experience of God Question Eighteen: Vocation Question Nineteen: Which Denomination Is the True Church? IX. Creation, Animals, Aliens, and AI Question Twenty: Animals, Trees, and the Redeemed Society Question Twenty-One: Aliens in Outer Space Question Twenty-Two: Artificial Intelligence and Redemption X. Eschatology: The End and Beyond Question Twenty-Three: The End of the World Question Twenty-Four: God and the Extinction of Humanity Question Twenty-Five: The Vastness of It All Question Twenty-Six: Why Didn't God Make It Clearer? XI. Questions People Ask Question Twenty-Seven: What About Ghosts? Question Twenty-Eight: What About Satan and Demons? Question Twenty-Nine: Heaven Question Thirty: The Eternal State of Persons with Special Needs XII. Core Doctrines Revisited Question Thirty-One: The Trinity Question Thirty-Two: The Incarnation Question Thirty-Three: What Is Idealist Philosophy? XIII. Faith and the Future Question Thirty-Four: Stepping into the World of Faith Question Thirty-Five: Concluding Reflections