Handbook of Christian Apologetics
by Peter Kreeft · first published 1994
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Reasonable, concise, witty and wise, Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have written an informative and valuable guidebook for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Topics include: faith and reason the existence of God God's nature how we know God creation and evolution providence and free will miracles the problem of evil the Bible's historical reliability the divinity of Christ the resurrection life after death heaven and hell salvation Christianity and other religions objective truth Whether you are asking the questions yourself or want to respond to
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For anyone interested in rational arguments for believing in Christianity, I recommend the Handbook of Christian Apologetics[1] by Kreeft and Tacelli. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Christian-Apologetics-Peter-K...
on “How Long Have I Got Left?” ↗If it could be explained in a HN comment, I think there would be many more Christians in the world. That's why there are whole books written on the subject. The only one I still own is The Handbook of Christian Apologetics[1][2] so that's the only one I can recommend. But it does require some faith, just not blind or unreasoning faith, as most people seem to think. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Christian-Apologetics-Peter-K...
on “How Long Have I Got Left?” ↗…guessing you're going to give me some unverifiable testimony from people who died long ago and expect that to have a person question heaps of contrary empirical evidence. Read the related chapter in The Handbook of Christian Apologetics[1] for reasons why the Gospel stories are reliable eyewitness accounts. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Christian-Apologetics-Peter-K...
on “How Long Have I Got Left?” ↗…Jesus rose from the dead. 6. There were Roman guards at the tomb, again who would be put to death if they let the body be stolen. 7. How would a half-dead person move the boulder of the tomb? --- The Handbook of Christian Apologetics, by Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli The Swoon Theory eventually dovetails into a theory of conspiracy, by the disciples and authors of the texts in the Bible. This theory also is addressed by that…
on “Robert Boyle's Experimental Proof of the Possibility of the Resurrection” ↗…apologia to bolster the claim. [Source: theological degrees and was an evangelical apologist for 20 years. Books such as Louis Markos, Apologetics for the Twenty-First Century, Crossway, 2010; Peter Kreeft, Handbook of Christian Apologetics, IVP, 1994; and much of the rest of IVP's output.]
on “Can Evolution Have a ‘Higher Purpose’?” ↗…much about Mac, but I'm sure he was inspired by others, as was Kreeft. There's a lot more besides the one you read, e.g. http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-exi... I've read the Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Kreeft and it tries to make these philosophical topics more accessible to the average reader. There are numerous speakers and writers out there, and you may prefer one of them. For example, Tim Keller…
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