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Publisher: Paternoster
ISBN-10: 1932805346
ISBN-13: 9781932805345
Published: May 2006
Size: 6 x 9
Format: Paperback
Carton qty: 14
Category: Theology, Theology & Doctrine, Apologetics
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Ever since the apostle Paul addressed the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens, relating the Christian worldview to a non- Christian world has been a challenge. And despite Peter's charge to be "ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you" (1 Peter 3:15), most Christian laypeople have left apologetics—the defense of the faith—to the ecclesiastical "pros."
Faith Has Its Reasons is a study of four different models of how apologetics should be done, an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, and a proposal for integrating the best insights of each.
Kenneth Boa and Robert Bowman have assembled a wealth of information about what Christians believe and how to present that faith to an unbelieving world. Remarkable both in its depth of content and ease of accessibility, Faith Has Its Reasons gives Christian laypeople the tools to address such critical questions as:
- Why is belief in God rational despite the prevalence of evil in the world?
- What facts support the church's testimony that Jesus rose from the dead?
- Can we be certain Christianity is true?
- How can our faith in Christ be based on something more secure than our own understanding without descending into an irrational emotionalism?
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"Ken Boa is one of the most gifted writers and scholars in the Christian world. This is a brilliantly done apologetics reference. The title tells it all—our faith is not an unreasonable faith."
Charles W. Colson
Prison Fellowship, Washington, DC
"I know of no better analysis of Christian apologetic systems than Faith Has Its Reasons. It is comprehensive and rigorous, yet eminently readable. However, the book's greatest virtue is its ability to locate the importance of apologetics in the life of the church as well as in the personal faith of the individual believer."
Francis J. Beckwith
Author of David Hume's Arguments Against Miracles
"Applying the principle of 'unity in diversity' to apologetic systems, this book integrates the best insights of each approach. In challenging readers to maximize the stunning reasons for faith in concert with the magnetic power of transformed hearts, Faith Has Its Reasons charts the right course for the future of apologetics."
David K. Clark
Author of Dialogical Apologetics
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Dr. Kenneth D. Boa is the president of Reflections Ministries. He has authored numerous books including Conformed to His Image, 20 Compelling Evidences that God Exists, Face to Face, and Augustine to Freud, and is a contributing editor to The Open Bible and The Leadership Bible, and the consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible. Dr. Boa earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, a PhD from New York University, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Robert M. Bowman, Jr., is the president of the Center for Biblical Apologetics, based in Hemet, California. He is the author of six other books, including Why You Should Believe in the Trinity, and coauthor with Kenneth D. Boa of the Gold Medallion winner An Unchanging Faith in a Changing World. Rob teaches in the Graduate Program in Christian Apologetics at Biola University and holds a Master's degree in biblical studies and theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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