A living legend in Christian apologetics, Montgomery is said to be the scholar who bore the "intellectual heavy lifting" that undergirded the conservative renewal of the Southern Baptist Convention. Here, contributors who have been influenced by him---including J.I. Packer, Ravi Zacharias, and John Ankerberg---address current issues using Montgomery's style of apologetics. 800 pages in softcover.

Product Information

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Title: Tough-Minded Christianity: Legacy of John Warwick Montgomery - eBook
By: Edited by William Dembski & Thomas Schirrmacher
Format: DRM Free ePub
Vendor: B&H Academic

Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780805463842
ISBN-13: 9780805463842
Stock No: WW16296EB

Publisher's Description

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Tough Minded Christianity is a collection of essays about the great work of John Warwick Montgomery (1931), a living legend in the field of Christian apologetics who has earned eleven degrees in philosophy, theology, law, and librarianship, debated historic atheists including Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and influenced the work of bestselling authors such as Josh McDowell.

Contributors to this volume include J. I. Packer, Ravi Zacharias, John Ankerberg, Erwin Lutzer, Vernon Grounds, Gary Habermas, and among others Paige Patterson who writes in the foreword that John Warwick Montgomery did the "intellectual heavy lifting" that undergirded the conservative renewal of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Author Bio

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William A. Dembski is research professor in Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. A mathematician and philosopher, he is also a senior fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. Dembski has appeared in discussions about intelligent design on the BBC, NPR, PBS, CNN, FOX News, ABC Nightline and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Thomas Schirrmacher is rector of the Martin Bucer Seminar, a theological seminary seated in Bonn, Germany with several campuses throughout Europe. An expert in ethics, world religions, and international development, he is also president of Giving Hands, an international relief organization. Schirrmacher has authored and edited more than seventy books translated into fourteen languages.