TY - BOOK AU - Sproul,R.C. TI - Defending your faith: an introduction to apologetics SN - 1581345194 U1 - 239/SPR PY - 2003/// CY - Wheaton, IL PB - Crossway Books KW - Apologetics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003009625.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2003009625-d.html ER -