The Christian worldview proposes answers to the most enduring human questions. But are those answers reliable? In this systematic text, Douglas Groothuis makes a comprehensive apologetic case for Christian theism — proceeding from a defense of objective truth to a presentation of the key arguments for God from natural theology to a case for the credibility of Jesus, the incarnation and the resurrection. Throughout, Groothuis considers alternative views and how they fare intellectually. ~ Product Description "Groothuis is a leading evangelical thinker and Christian Apologetics is a monumental result of decades of study and reflection. Breathtaking in scope, clear in style, this book is now the go-to text in the field. I know of nothing like it, and I enthusiastically recommend it to all who want to learn to give an answer for the hope that is within them." ~ J. P. Moreland

Table of Contents

• • Acknowledgments

  Part I: Apologetic Preliminaries

  • 1 Introduction: Hope, Despair and Knowing Reality
  • 2 The Biblical Basis for Apologetics
  • 3 Apologetic Method: Evaluating Worldviews
  • 4 The Christian Worldview
  • 5 Distortions of the Christian Worldview—or the God I Don’t Believe In
  • 6 Truth Defined and Defended
  • 7 Why Truth Matters Most: Searching for Truth in Postmodern Times
  • 8 Faith, Risk and Rationality: The Prudential Incentives to Christian Faith

  Part II: The Case for Christian Theism

  • 9 In Defense of Theistic Arguments
  • 10 The Ontological Argument
  • 11 Cosmological Arguments: A Cause for the Cosmos
  • 12 The Design Argument: Cosmic Fine-Tuning
  • 13 Origins, Design and Darwinism
  • 14 Evidence for Intelligent Design
  • 15 The Moral Argument for God
  • 16 The Argument from Religious Experience
  • 17 The Uniqueness of Humanity: Consciousness and Cognition
  • 18 Deposed Royalty: Pascal’s Anthropological Argument
  • 19 Jesus of Nazareth: How Historians Can Know Him and Why It Matters by Craig L. Bloomberg
  • 20 The Claims, Credentials and Achievements of Jesus Christ
  • 21 Defending the Incarnation
  • 22 The Resurrection of Jesus

  Part III: Objections to Christian Theism

  • 23 Religious Pluralism: Many Religions, One Truth
  • 24 Apologetics and the Challenge of Islam
  • 25 The Problem of Evil: Dead Ends and the Christian Answer
  • 26 Conclusion: Take It to the Streets
  • Appendix 1 Hell on Trial
  • Appendix 2 Apologetic Issues in the Old Testament By Richard S. Hess
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • Scripture Index