If I Were God, I’d Make Myself Clearer (Paperback) by

Written from a Christian perspective, this book struggles honestly with a dilemma facing 'believers' and 'unbelievers' alike: With so many religions on offer, can one of them be considered true? If there really is something spiritual out there, wouldn't there be some pretty clear signposts to it? Surely God wouldn't leave people with nothing but a bewildering variety of religious voices? If God exists - wouldn't he have made himself clearer? In the second If I Were God book, John Dickson considers the vast array of spiritual claims made by different religions and individuals and asks whether any clarity about God can be found. Written from a Christian perspective, this book struggles honestly with a dilemma facing 'believers' and 'unbelievers' alike: With so many religions on offer, can one of them be considered true? Or are they different paths up the same spiritual mountain? And how can any one person sort out their way through the maze of claims?

Title

If I Were God, I’d Make Myself Clearer
Author(s)

John Dickson
ISBN

9781876326517
Format

Paperback
Publisher

Matthias Media
Topic

Life's Challenges
Audience

Adults, Enquirer / Seeker
Pages

75
Published

01/01/2001

John Dickson

Dr John Dickson thinks, writes, and speaks. Starting out as a singer-songwriter, he now works as an author, academic, and media presenter. In 2007 he co-founded (with Dr Greg Clarke) the Centre for Public Christianity, and has published 18 books and three TV documentaries. He teaches ‘Historical Jesus’ at the University of Sydney, and is a Visiting Academic (2017-2020) in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford. In 2019 he was appointed Distinguished Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Public Christianity at Ridley College, Melbourne. In all that he does, whether in the media or the church, creative or academic, he strives to be a public advocate for the Christian faith. His podcast Undeceptions seeks to promote clarity about Christianity in doubting times. Having lost his father in a plane crash at 9, John is sympathetic to the sorrows and questions of our world, and values his wife and three children above all other gifts of this life.

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Overall rating

5.0 based on 1 review

If I Were God I’d Make Myself Clearer

Highly recommended – carry a few around in your handbag. Not too daunting to give to a non–christian friend as it’s short but has excellent references at the back for follow up reading. Challenging comparisons with: 1) atheists, who are like people kept in a locked room and hypnotised into believing there is nothing beyond what they can see in the room and 2) most other religions which are built on some man’s theories rather than Christianity which is founded on the evidence of the empty tomb and Christ’ life. Title refers to the argument that God has, in fact, made himself very clear through his revelation in the person of Jesus.

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