Book Review: Faith Is for Weak People: Responding to the Top 20 Objections to the Gospel by Ray Comfort

Many non-believers have questions about the gospel that believers need to answer. 1 Peter 3:15 says, "always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect." We need to be ready at all times to give an answer for the hope we have. This is the responsibility for every believer not just those in leadership positions in the church. Yes, there might be some questions we may not know how to answer or just simply don't know.

Ray Comfort has written a book that addresses the top 20 objections that non-believers have against the gospel, which is titled, Faith Is for Weak People. For those who are not familiar with Ray Comfort, he is the host of The Way of the Master which is cohosted by Kirk Cameron. This show equips Christians to share their faith which for some have looked at this approach as confrontational rather than being gentle and respectful. Comfort is no stranger in sharing the gospel and has encountered many people throughout his years of street witnessing.

Comfort looks at the common objections he has encountered, which I am sure most of us have as well, when it comes to people believing the gospel. Even though, the subtitle said 20, it actually did 19 because Comfort took on the chapters and divided into two parts. Some of the issues Comfort addresses are:

If God is supposed to be in control of the world, why does it seem so out of control?

Isn't the God of the Old Testament different from the God of the New Testament?

Why are there so many hypocrites in the church?

The Bible was written by men. Don't men make mistakes?

Comfort goes through each chapter answering the common questions non-believers have for each topic. He does not take many pages to Biblically explain each one, which is good for non-believers to engage with because they probably do not want to read an huge theological book. This is also good for a believer to go with a non-believer as there are questions at the end of each chapter to engage in a conversation.

Thanks Baker Books for letting me review this book.