02051cam a22003494a 4500 13174959 AU-EpEBC 20130529115600.0 030424s2003 ilu b 001 0 eng 2003009625 1581345194 DLC DLC DLC NEMB pcc 239/SPR EW Sproul, R. C. (Robert Charles), 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. Apologetics. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003009625.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2003009625-d.html ddc 6246 6246 0 0 ddc 0 0 18 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2007-08-30 The Book Depository 24.95 4 1 239/SPR 05647 2018-05-31 00:00:00 2018-03-22 1 55.00 2007-08-30 AM