Cheer up! This book was written precisely for people who do not under stand such words but who want to understand the Christian faith. Many Christians think that the task of understanding the Bible and Christian doctrine is beyond them, a task reserved for specialists who know Hebrew and Greek and love to throw around "million-dollar words. As a result, the ordinary person feels left out and hopelessly dependent on the erudition of scholars.

CHRISTIANITY 101 has been written to bridge the gap between biblical scholarship and people who yearn to understand the Christian faith. It presents eight basic doctrines of Christianity-The Bible, God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Human Beings, Redemption, The Church, and The Last Things-in clear, simple language that gives the seasoned Christian a fresh understanding of the Bible and its teachings and enables the new Christian to become familiar with Christian doctrine. Bilezikian does not shape his analysis of these doctrines in the worn-out, rationalistic categories of older systematic theologies, but in vibrant, dynamic language that communicates to the modern age.