01932cam a22003014a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000150009304000240010804200080013208200120014010000440015224500750019626000430027130000280031450400530034250501100039550503230050550500920082850501460092050501670106650502120123365000170144585600770146285600910153913174959AU-EpEBC20130529115600.0030424s2003    ilu      b    001 0 eng    a  2003009625  a1581345194  aDLCcDLCdDLCdNEMB  apcc00a239/SPR1 aSproul, R. C.q(Robert Charles),d1939-10aDefending your faith :ban introduction to apologetics /cR.C. Sproul.  aWheaton, IL :bCrossway Books,cc2003.  a206 p. ;bpbk ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.  aIntroduction.
Section 1 - The Apologetic Task.
.The Task of Apologetics --
.Apologetics and Saving Faith.  aSection 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.  aSection 3 - Natural Reason and Faith.
Natural Theology and Science --
Aquinas and Kant.  aSection 4 - The Case for God's Existence.
Four Possibilities --
Self-Creation --
Chance Creation --
Self-Existence --
Self-Existent Universe.  aSection 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.  aSection 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. 0aApologetics.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003009625.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2003009625-d.html