Bøger af Bob Seidensticker

In a thought-provoking retelling of the Dickens classic, a shrewdly successful televangelist receives unexpected Christmas visitors: first, his long-dead partner, and then three ghostly guides. Finally able to acknowledge the shallowness of his message and doubts he has long suppressed, he makes amends with far-reaching consequences. "[A] masterful retelling ... Well done!" - Tom Flynn, editor of Free Inquiry magazine and author of The Trouble with Christmas "Consistently ingenious and beautifully written ... thought-provoking!" - Dr. Robert M. Price, The Bible Geek "A clever little book, filled with insights, that takes the conceptual framework of Dickens's Christmas Carol to new heights of rationality without sacrificing any of its compassion." - Paul Gabel, author of And God Created Lenin and Inventing Jesus "In this retelling of the Dickens classic, Bob Seidensticker gives age-old vices and values a modern face, one that is as familiar and clichéd-and yet also as engaging and provocative-as the crotchety old Dickens banker himself." - Dr. Valerie Tarico, author of Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New Light "The author does all atheists a service by having his characters express profound arguments against the claims of traditional religion. He does all Christians a service by providing them the safe environment of a novel as an impetus to begin to question their faith within the privacy of their own minds." - Edward Tabash, Constitutional lawyer, atheist and church/state separation activist

"A fascinating novel of ideas ... puts a whole new light on apologetics." - Dr. Robert M. Price, author of Deconstructing Jesus, The Case Against the Case for Christ, and many others "Bob Seidensticker's Cross Examined is a great read on two fronts. You won't find a better book on Christian apologetics and the rebuttals ... and the story is compelling, with a startling climax. Highly recommended." - Paul Gabel, author of Inventing Jesus: The New Testament Narrative as Fiction In 1906, three men share a destiny forged by a prophecy of destruction. That prophecy comes true with staggering force with the San Francisco earthquake and fire, and young assistant pastor Paul Winston is cast into spiritual darkness when his fiancée is among the dead. Soon Paul finds himself torn between two powerful mentors: the charismatic pastor who rescued him from the street and an eccentric atheist who gradually undercuts Christianity's intellectual foundation. As he grapples with the shock to love and faith, Paul's past haunts him. He struggles to retain his faith, the redemptive lifesaver that keeps him afloat in a sea of guilt. But the belief that once saved him now threatens to destroy the man he is becoming. Paul discovers that redemption comes in many forms. A miracle of life. A fall from grace. A friend resurrected. A secret discovered. And maybe, a new path taken. He realizes that religion is too important to let someone else decide it for him. The choice in the end is his-will it be one he can live with? CROSS EXAMINED challenges the popular intellectual arguments for Christianity and invites the reader to shore them up ... or discard them. Take the journey and see where it leads you.

Everyone knows that today’s rate of technological change is unprecedented. With technological breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound. But everyone is wrong. In fact, the pace of change isn’t notably faster than in times past and most “revolutionary” technologies are just refinements of past breakthroughs. Using dozens of entertaining examples, high-tech industry veteran Bob Seidensticker debunks nine technology myths, proving that: The rate of change is not exponential (myth #1), Important new products don’t arrive any faster than they ever have (myth #3), The Internet doesn’t really change everything (myth #8), and much more. Future Hype exposes the hidden costs of technology and will help both consumers and businesses take a shrewder position when the next 'essential' innovation is trotted out.