So What's the Difference?: A Look at 20 Worldviews, Faiths and Religions and How They Compare to Christianity

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Gospel Light Publications, Mar 2, 2001 - Religion - 256 pages
So What’s the Difference has been revised and updated for the 21st Century to help Christians better understand their own beliefs. A classic first released in 1967, this revision takes a current look at the answer to the question, How does orthodox biblical Christianity differ from other faiths?  In a straightforward, objective comparison, Fritz Ridenour explores and explains the basic tenets of 20 worldviews, religions and faiths, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, New Age and Mormonism. 

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BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY A PLUMB LINE FOR COMPARING FAITHS
14
ROMAN CATHOLICISM THE ONE TRUE CHURCH?
34
EASTERN ORTHODOXY JUST LIKE THE CATHOLICS EXCEPT FOR THE POPE?
52
JUDAISM FOUNDATION FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BUT STILL LOOKING FOR THE MESSIAH
66
ISLAM ALLAH IS ONE AND CHRIST WAS JUST A PROPHET
75
HINDUISM WE ARE ALL DIVINE
88
BUDDHISM YOU YOURSELF MUST MAKE THE EFFORT
98
WHERE DID THE CULTS COME FROM?
110
JEHOVAHS WITNESSES THERE IS NO HELL HARD WORK EARNS PARADISE
114
MORMONISM AS GOD IS MAN CAN BECOME
130
NEW AGE THE SERPENTS OLD LIE IN AN UPDATED PACKAGE
147
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN ELEVEN MORE VIEWPOINTS THAT UNDERMINE CHALLENGE OR ATTACK BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY
161
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
215
MINISTRIES FOR INFORMATION ON CULTS
226
ENDNOTES
228
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FRITZ RIDENOUR is a favorite writer of readers around the world, with more than four million copies of his books in circulation. His books include How to Be a Christian Without Being Religious and How to Be a Christian and Still Enjoy Life. Ridenour and his wife Jackie, live in Santa Barbara, California. They have three children and ten grandchildren.

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