Defending your faith :

Sproul, R. C. 1939-

Defending your faith : an introduction to apologetics / R.C. Sproul. - Wheaton, IL : Crossway Books, c2003. - 206 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction.
Section 1 - The Apologetic Task.
.The Task of Apologetics --
.Apologetics and Saving Faith. Section 2 - Essential Principles of Knowledge
The Basic Tools of Knowing --
The Law of Non-Contradiction --
Contradiction, Paradox, and Mystery --
The Law of Causality --
Hume's Critique of Causality and the Basic Reliability of Sense Perception --
Logical Positivism and Its Ghosts Today - Analogical Use of Language. Section 3 - Natural Reason and Faith.
Natural Theology and Science --
Aquinas and Kant. Section 4 - The Case for God's Existence.
Four Possibilities --
Self-Creation --
Chance Creation --
Self-Existence --
Self-Existent Universe. Section 5 - God and the Philosophers.
The God of the Philosophers and the God of the Bible --
Kant's Moral Argument --
The Nihilists --
The Psychology of Atheism. Section 6 - The Case for Biblical Authority.
The Authority of the Bible --
Jesus' Teaching Regarding Scripture --
The Trustworthiness of the Teaching of Jesus --
The Testimony of the Holy Spirit.
Conclusion.

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