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title	:	Dear Chris : Letters On the Life of Faith
author	:	McWilliams, Warren.
publisher	:	Baylor University
isbn10 | asin	:
print isbn13	:	9780918954701
ebook isbn13	:	9780585109701
language	:	English
subject	Christian life--Baptist authors.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	BV4515.2.M39 1999eb
ddc	:	248.4/861
subject	:	Christian life--Baptist authors.

Page iii Dear Chris Letters on the Life of Faith Warren McWilliams Baylor University' Press Waco, Texas

Page iv Copyright 1999 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798 All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McWilliams, Warren, 1946 Dear Chris: letters on the life of faith / Warren McWilliams. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-918954-70-3 (alk. paper) 1. Christian lifeBaptist authors. I. Title. BV4515.2.M391999 248.4'861-dc2198-31369 CIP Cover art by Angela Stanton Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper.

Page v DEDICATED TO MY STUDENTS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 2 Corinthians 3:3 NIV

Page vii Contents Preface ix 1 What Are the Questions? 3 2 Why Jesus? 11 3 Who Are You, Really? 31 4 Should We Play God? 47 5 What's Wrong With a Mystery? 63 6 Who Says So? 75 7 What Is a Human Being? 91 8 Are You in Step With the Spirit? 107 9 What Must I Do to Be Saved? 119 10 Who Needs the Church? 137 11 Where Are You Going? 159 12 Keep in Touch 177 Sources 181

Page ix Preface By writing this book I am inviting you to do something most of us consider immoral and illegal, reading another person's mail. The correspondence between Chris and Dr. Mac, however, is fiction, and you are encouraged to read their exchange of letters. I hope that these letters are "true" in the sense of being authentic statements about the Christian life even though they are in a fictional form. They deal with several significant theological and ethical truths related to the Christian life. Someone once described the apostle Paul's letters as theology in street clothes.1 I hope that delightful word picture accurately fits the letters presented here as well. This correspondence is designed to help Christians understand some of the basic convictions of their faith more clearly. Like many of the New Testament letters, these reflect real life situations and concerns. Many of the fine points of academic theology are ignored in order that the relevance of the Christian faith for ordinary life might be obvious to the reader. These letters are not intended to be the final word on any subject. Rather, I trust that reading them might

Page x prompt some serious reflection on the life of faith. Many of the topics of systematic theology appear in these pages, but I hope that the letter form will help the reader engage these issues in a non-threatening, practical manner. Although many of my students call me "Dr. Mac," these letters are fiction. Chris is a composite of several of my former students. The questions he raises in our correspondence are typical of the types of questions I am often asked inside and outside of my classrooms. The letters from Dr. Mac in this book generally reflect my thinking on the issues discussed, but occasionally, for the sake of developing the overall story line, I have worded my letters differently than I would in "real life." I dedicate this book to my students. They consistently challenge and encourage me. Much like Chris, I once struggled with the proper form for my ministry, but over the years my students' response to my teaching has confirmed for me that teaching is the type of ministry for which God prepared me. C. S. Lewis was once described as an ordinary Christian trying to think clearly.2 I hope the same might be true of me and my students. Together we engage in the study of theology, aptly termed by many Christians "faith seeking understanding."3

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