Why I Decided to Believe in God (Second Edition)

By Dr. Alfred BastaRecorded Track
Length12h 7m

About this audiobook

A cryptographer spent twelve years trying to disprove God after his father's death. This is the case he could not break: the laws of logic, the beginning of the universe, the fine-tuning of its constants, the code in every cell, the manuscripts and archaeology of the Bible, the prophecies, the empty tomb, and the hardest question of all, why a good God allows suffering. Revised and expanded Second Edition, organized by question, with discussion questions for small groups and a word to pastors. Written for believers, skeptics, and anyone who has buried someone and wondered whether anyone was listening. For readers of Lee Strobel, C. S. Lewis, J. Warner Wallace, John Lennox, Frank Turek, and Norman Geisler.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★★ 4.8 (94)
Includes Goodreads
GenreChristian & Inspirational, Spirituality and Religion
Length12 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Dedication
2Epigraphs
3A Note to This Edition
4How to Read This Book
5Part One. The Question
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6Chapter One. If Ever a Man Had Reason
7Chapter Two. The Case Against God
8Questions for the Table, Part One
9Part Two. The First Questions
10Chapter Three. The Laws I Could Not Live Without
11Chapter Four. Something Rather Than Nothing
12Chapter Five. The Beginning
13Chapter Six. The Dials
14Chapter Seven. The Law Written on the Heart
15Chapter Eight. The Cradle of Science
16Chapter Nine. The God Who Is Not Hiding
17Questions for the Table, Part Two
18Part Three. The Code
19Chapter Ten. The Code
20Chapter Eleven. Machines in the Cell
21Chapter Twelve. The Dead End
22Chapter Thirteen. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
23Chapter Fourteen. What Selection Cannot Do
24Chapter Fifteen. The Missing Links
25Questions for the Table, Part Three
26Part Four. The Stones and the Bones
27Chapter Sixteen. In Six Days
28Chapter Seventeen. The Clocks
29Chapter Eighteen. The Dating Game
30Chapter Nineteen. The Waters
31Chapter Twenty. The Ark and the Tower
32Chapter Twenty-One. Dragons in the Rocks
33Chapter Twenty-Two. Why the Age Matters
34Questions for the Table, Part Four
35Part Five. The Book
36Chapter Twenty-Three. The Copies and the Dust
37Chapter Twenty-Four. The Scroll in the Cave
38Chapter Twenty-Five. The Spade
39Chapter Twenty-Six. Witnesses Outside the Church
40Chapter Twenty-Seven. The Eyewitnesses
41Chapter Twenty-Eight. The Numbers
42Chapter Twenty-Nine. Written Before He Was Born
43Chapter Thirty. Kingdoms Named in Advance
44Chapter Thirty-One. The Book That Knew
45Chapter Thirty-Two. The Hardest Pages
46Questions for the Table, Part Five
47Part Six. The Man
48Chapter Thirty-Three. Who He Said He Was
49Chapter Thirty-Four. The Empty Tomb
50Chapter Thirty-Five. The Men Who Would Not Recant
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