Classical apologetics : a rational defense of the Christian faith and a critique of presuppositional apologetics /
R. C. Sproul, John Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley.
- Grand Rapids, MI : Academic Books, Zondervan Publishing House, c1984.
- x, 264 p. ; 21 cm.
Section I: Classical natural theology: an overview of problem and method -- the crisis of secularism -- the task of apologetics -- Natural theology and fideism -- The biblical evidence confirming natural theology -- Toward the reconstruction of natural theology: the question of method -- Section II Classical apologetics: the theistic proofs, the deity of Christ, and the infallibility of scripture -- 6 The incomprehensibility of God and the ontological argument -- The cosmological teleological arguments -- Supernatural revelation and miracles -- The spirit, the word, and the church -- Section III: A classical critique of presuppositional apologetics -- An outline of presuppositional apologetics -- General apologetic tradition on reason and faith: Augustine, Luther, and Calvin -- The starting point: primacy of the intellect and autonomy -- The noetic influence of sin -- The attack on the theistic proofs -- The attack on Christian evidences -- the self-attesting God -- The internal testimony of the Holy Spirit -- presuppositionalism and verification -- Analogical thinking -- Circular reasoning