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Defending your faith : an introduction to apologetics / R.C. Sproul.

By: Publication details: Wheaton, IL : Crossway Books, c2003.Description: 206 p. ; pbk ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1581345194
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 239/SPR
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Contents:
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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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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