This book gives Christians greater confidence in their beliefs and tools to defend their faith in dialogue with postmodern man. It exposes the uncertainty of non-Christian thought, analyzes some of the best arguments of Christian apologists, and suggests answers to the most difficult questions we face.
How usefully do distinctly Stoic ideas illuminate the meaning of first and second century texts? This book suggests that early Christians—the authors of New Testament and noncanonical writings, including some early apologies—were often more influenced by Stoicism than by Middle Platonism. This insight sheds an entirely new light on the relationship between philosophy and religion at the bir…
The aim of this guide is to help readers grasp Schaeffer's essential ideas through a study of his "trilogy" ; The God Who is There, Escape from Reason and He is Not Silent.
Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society.…
The Tutankhamen exhibition draws unprecedented crowds around the world; archaeology classes at the universities are subscribed to overflowing; Margaret Mead is a household name; and Roots becomes an instant bestseller. All this testifies to the overwhelming desire we all have to know about our pasts, about the civilizations that formed us, and about the cultures that our ancestors created. Un…
Just pretending offers parents and teachers an exciting journey through the imaginative world of young children. Inside you'll find techiniques to encourage and enhance a child's imaginative play at home and in pre-school settings, along with hundreds of anecdotes of children at play. You'll also discover how imaginative play helps children: develop social skills, express creativity, acquire k…
James W. Sire explains the basics of Christians theism, deism, naturalism, nihilism, existentialism, Eastern pantheistic monism, New Age philosophy and postmodernism. This new edition includes updates throughout. But most significantly, it reflects refinements in Sire's definition and thinking about the nature of worldviews themselves, which are taken up in greater detail in the companion volum…
Mengikuti perkembangan diskusi dan penelitian terbaru, semesta pemikiran, yang telah dipakai luas dalam beragam perkuliahan, memberikan penjabaran yang ringkas dan jelas tentang dasar-dasar berbagai wawasan dunia yang paling berpengaruh saat ini, mulai dari theisme Kristen, sampai pemikiran zaman baru dan postmodernisme. Setiap wawasan dunia diuji dengan tujuh pertanyaan paling mendasar: Apakah…
Filsuf James K. A. Smith membentuk kembali proyek pendidikan Kristen di Mendambakan Kerajaan. Jilid ini adalah yang pertama dari seri buku tiga-jilid yang pada akhirnya akan menyediakan theologi budaya yang komprehensif. Seluruh serinya akan membahas masalah penting dalam ontologi, antropologi, epistemologi, dan filsafat politik. Mendamakan Kerajaan memfokuskan pendidikan di sekitar tema liturg…
What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why has there been so much controversy over free will throughout church history? "Willing To Believe" is a major work on the Protestant doctrines of man's total depravity and God's effectual grace. R.C. Sproul traces the free-will controversy from its formal beginning in the fifth century, when Augustine took up the pen agai…