The new evidence that demands a verdict
"Evidence I & II-The classic defense of the faith: Now fully updated to answer the questions challenging evangelical faith today. The New Evidence maintains its classic defense of the faith yet addresses new issues. The New Evidence is destined to equip believers with a ready defense for the next decade and beyond."--Publisher description
Print Book, English, 1999
[Rev., updated, and expanded] View all formats and editions
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1999
Apologetic writings
liii, 760 pages ; 25 cm
9780785242192, 9780785243632, 9781850785521, 0785242198, 0785243631, 185078552X
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User's guide
Explanation of general format
He changed my life
Introduction
Part one : The case for the Bible. The uniqueness of the Bible
How we got the Bible
Is the New Testament historically reliable?
Is the Old Testament historically reliable?
Part two : The case for Jesus. Jesus, a man of history
If Jesus wasn't God, he deserves an Oscar
Significance of deity : the trilemma : Lord, liar, or lunatic?
Support of deity : Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ
Support of deity : the resurrection : hoax or history?
Support of deity : the great proposition
Part three : The case for and against Christianity. Is the Bible from God?
The presupposition of anti-supernaturalism
Archaeology and biblical criticism
Introduction to the documentary hypothesis
Introduction to biblical criticism
Introduction to the Pentateuch
Development of the documentary hypothesis
Ground rules
Documentary presuppositions
Consequences of radical higher criticism
Evidence for Mosaic authorship
The phenomenon of divine names
The repetition of accounts and alleged contradictions
Incongruities
Internal diversity
Conclusion to the documentary hypothesis
Introduction to New Testament form criticism
Historical skepticism
Jesus under fire
Conclusion to form criticism
Modern theology and biblical criticism / C.S. Lewis
Part four : Truth or consequences. Personal note from the author
The nature of truth
The knowability of truth
Answering postmodernism
Answering skepticism
Answering agnosticism
Answering mysticism
Certainty vs. certitude
Defending miracles
Is history knowable?
Biographical sketches of selected authors
The four spiritual laws
"Evidence that demands a verdict, volumes 1 & 2, now together in one volume."