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Apologetic Primer Explains How Reason Supports Christianity's Claims
From the classroom to mainstream media, Christians regularly find their fundamental beliefs discounted by opponents who consider faith to be incompatible with reason. Faith is viewed as subjective, emotional, and a crutch for those who find the real world too hard. The late R. C. Sproul, however, claims faith reveals just how rational Christianity truly is.Ā
This book surveys the history and fundamentals of apologetics to demonstrate how reason and scientific inquiry actually support Christianity's claimsāthus equipping believers to defend the existence of God and the Bible's authority. The defense of the faith is not a luxury or an intellectual vanity. It is a task appointed by God to give reason to your eternal hope as you bear witness before the world.
- A Logical and Biblical Defense:Ā Sets forth the basic truth claims of Christianity to show the rationality of the Christian faith
- Comprehensive:Ā Deals with arguments from philosophy, science, reason, logic, and history
- Ideal for New and Seasoned Believers Alike:Ā Helps Christians know what they believe and why they believe it
- Great Resource for Individual, Small Group, or Classroom Study
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Newsletter Signup
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Section i The Apologetic Task
- 1 The Task of Apologetics
- 2 Apologetics and Saving Faith
- Section ii The Four Essential Principles of Knowledge
- 3 Introducing the Four Principles
- 4 The Law of Noncontradiction
- 5 Contradiction, Paradox, and Mystery
- 6 The Law of Causality
- 7 Humeās Critique of Causality and the Basic Reliability of Sense Perception
- 8 Logical Positivism and Its Ghosts Today: Analogical Use of Language
- Section iii Natural Reason and Faith
- 9 Natural Theology and Science
- 10 Aquinas and Kant
- Section iv The Case for Godās Existence: Four Possibilities
- 11 Illusion
- 12 Self-Creation
- 13 Creation by Chance
- 14 A Self-Existent Being
- 15 A Self-Existent Universe
- Section v God and the Philosophers
- 16 The God of the Philosophers and the God of the Bible
- 17 Kantās Moral Argument
- 18 The Nihilists
- 19 The Psychology of Atheism
- Section vi The Case for Biblical Authority
- 20 The Authority of the Bible
- 21 Jesusās Teaching About Scripture
- 22 The Trustworthiness of the Teaching of Jesus
- 23 The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
- Conclusion
- Notes
- General Index
- Scripture Index