Without God

Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life

By: Zachary Broom

Narrated by: Zachary Broom

Without God, how can we have hope or make sense of such a broken world?

Skeptics believe we don’t need God to understand reality, and that science and reason hold the keys to building a better world. Faith is blind, and there is no credible evidence for God’s existence - especially the God of the Bible. Therefore, science and religious belief are deeply incompatible, and God is no longer relevant to our modern world.

But if there is no God, how can our lives have any meaning? How can we make sense of good and evil, truth, justice, beauty, rationality, or even science itself? By engaging with popular atheists and skeptics, both new and old, as well as many of Christianity’s most brilliant writers, pastor and author Zachary Broom demonstrates how not only is there powerful evidence for God’s existence, but without him, everything begins to unravel.

Instead of setting out to “prove” God’s existence, Without God carefully and seriously engages skeptic’s doubts and common arguments against God, making use of philosophy, science, literature, and real-life conversations, as well as the author's own struggles and doubts.

Whether you believe in God or not, you will be challenged to wrestle carefully with life’s most important questions in a way that will lead you to a greater respect for the beliefs of others.

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Object of faith more vital than certainty of faith

The author clearly has read from a number of different sources in working on this book. He frequently references and quotes a variety of people from various backgrounds. I always appreciate when people take time share their faith and could clearly see that the author desires for people to come to know Jesus. Sometimes he sounded too much like William Lane Craig or the Intelligent Design proponents from the Discovery Institute. I wished he had defined several of his terms more precisely, some were used differently than how I often see them defined. My favorite chapter in the book was the chapter on pain and suffering. The arguments for the existence of God were weaker arguments than some that I have heard and I didn’t find them very compelling. For example, the argument for irreducible complexity is a God of the gaps argument and has been debunked. I did like how the author emphasized that it is the object of our faith rather than the certainty of our faith that matters most. It’s a good book and similar to others I have read on this topic.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of the audio version of this book. I was asked (but not required) to give my honest review. I do not know the author.

An Engaging Explanation of Christian Apologetics

Zachary Broom's "Without God" is a comprehensive look at Christian explanations for scientific and ethical phenomena, complete with arguments from the atheistic perspective and various answers to questions. Other books of this type often devolve into insulting tone and language at atheists, but Mr. Broom deftly avouds that here. I do sometimes wish he didn't go back to the same Christian thinkers for many of his arguments, but it's overall a measured and compelling take on the apologetic genre. If only I could get my brother to read it!

Atheists need to read this

Good rebuttal to atheists. The author uses a lot of logical reasoning to rebut their claims.

Thought, reason and all creation declare the Glory and nature of God

“Without God” is an excellent, instructive and moving work in Christian apologetics. The work is concise yet thorough and approachable with each topic and chapter.

Extensive and relevant quotes from those who support and oppose the Christian faith and worldview are throughout out each chapter, providing support for the author’s thesis. This, being accomplished, either directly through agreement or through rebuttal. Intentional care is provided to fairly and graciously represent those quoted authors who stand in opposition.

The heavens declare the Glory Of God. “Without God” is a clear and beautiful presentation of how God’s very character and nature are seen with the existence of morality, logic, and science. That to deny the God of the Bible is to undercut the foundations of morality, logic and science.

The skeptic may take intellectual issue with the arguments raise by the Christian apologist. However, in the final analysis, his ultimate reason for refusal to have faith is a moral issue, rather than a intellectual issue. The issue is rebellion. And the rebel must repent. Repentance and faith is the pathway to understanding and intellectually inquiry. One must believe in order to understand. Not the other way around. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

With this, the apologist is to be the evangelist, the bearer of the good news: Sinners need a new standing before God and a new heart to understand God and His works. Jesus Christ provides both. Good news indeed. This is what every believer in Jesus Christ is called to proclaim.

Ephesians 4 reads that God has provided teachers “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.”
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“Without God” is a very commendable work to so equip and build up the body of Christ, that believers “honor Christ the Lord as holy, 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” (1 Peter‬ ‭3:15‬).

Great Tool for Defending Faith

I received this audiobook free at my request and am leaving this review voluntarily.

Without God is a great book of Christian apologetics that one could use to defend their already held belief in the existence of God, or for those questioning to seek answers. The book is well written and easy to understand. Definitely recommend!