College and seminary students can be equipped to understand and uphold the validity of the Christian faith. Avoiding the pitfalls of mere emotional arguments, it prepares students intellectually to withstand both the frontal attacks and subtle influences of other worldviews. The book is divided into three parts: surveying, verifying, and applying the unique claims of historical Christianity. 393 pages, softcover from Baker.
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Reviewed by Philip S. Roeda (Cook, Illinois), February 19, 2004
This book covers thoughts and philosophies in a couple of pages that the original author of these ideas took hundreds of pages to articulate and defend. Geisler also limits himself to a page or two debunking each theory. Understanding each theory was easier then comprehending the argument against. This despite my own disagreement with the original theory. Geisler’s argument I usually read a second time and on occasion a third time before getting some sort of a comprehension and moving on. In the preface, the purpose of this work is to prove Jesus is the Christ and the Bible is the word of God.
The first part of the book deals with methodology; The process in determining the truth through a prior knowledge or lack of knowledge before moving forward. One must know God’s attributes before one can make arguments about His existence. The discussion starts with agnosticism: The ability to know God and some of His attributes. The discusion continues in six different sections about Rationalism, Floeism, Experientialism, Evidentialism, Pragmatism and Combinationalism. These are six different arguments in how to determine truth.
The second part deals with six theories on who God is: Deism, Pantheism, Panentheism, Atheism, and Theism. Geisler calls these World views. Each has its defenders and Geisler discusses philosophers thoughts on each and makes an argument against those accept Theism. Which he defends. Which leads to the third part where he attempts to prove Christianity. By arguing for the existence for the Supernatural, the ability to know history, and the reliability of the Bible.
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