Tough questions

If you're a Christian, have you ever been tongue tied when confronted with difficult questions about your faith?

Or maybe you're investigating the Christian claims, but have come across "show-stoppers" - questions that just have to be answered - and answered well - before you'll look into things further.

If either of those is you, we hope these pages are of some use! Listed below are introductory answers to some of the most common and challenging questions about Christianity. We've also given some Bible passages for suggested further reading.

The questions are grouped into big topics - "Questions about God", "Questions about Christianity" and so on. Just click on the topic name to see answers to the questions listed. If you'd like to see other questions here, please do get in touch.

To take things further, why not come along to one of our Sunday services, or a Christianity Explored course?

1. Questions about God

    How do we know God is there?

    How can a loving God send people to hell?

    How can God allow suffering in the world?

2. Questions about Christianity

    Isn't a Christian just a good person or someone who believes in God?

    Aren't Christians just a bunch of hypocrites?

    Hasn't science disproved Christianity?

    Do I have to go to church to be a Christian?

3. Questions about the Bible

    How do we know the New Testament is reliable?

    Isn't the Bible irrelevant today?

4. Questions about Jesus

    Wasn't Jesus just a good teacher?

    Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

5. Questions about other people

    What about other religions?

    What about people who've never heard about Jesus?