The Mighty God

A Survey of the Theistic Arguments

Overview

The purpose of this book is to present the classic theistic arguments in a way that is both easy to comprehend and logically airtight. In our discussion of the cosmological, teleological, ontological, and moral arguments, we also seek to broaden them beyond their familiar boundaries. For example, we show from Paul's writings that the God hypothesis is not only the best explanation for the origin of the universe, but also for its moment-by-moment existence. We not only feast on the marvelous details of design that guarantee the survival of creatures on this planet, but also we find reflections of the Trinity in the basic structure of reality. Although we set aside the ontological argument as a valid deductive proof of God's existence, we show its great value in encouraging inductive reasoning that comes to the same conclusion. In our presentation of anthropocentric arguments, we strongly counter attempts to portray man's conscience and man's capacity for abstract thought as mere products of evolution. In our discussion of the moral argument, we refute the contention of evolutionists that moral codes exist only because they promote survival by strengthening social bonds.

Indeed, a discussion spread over many chapters demonstrates that the Darwinism beloved by modern intellectuals is self-serving nonsense. By building an irrefutable case that chance was powerless to make a living cell and by amassing evidence for a young earth whose history was disrupted by a global Flood, we demonstrate that the Bible furnishes a true account of origins.

We close the book by urging the reader to recognize and praise God's commitment to perfect truthfulness in His Word.

Outline

INTRODUCTION
1/ Apologetics

THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
    2/ The Question of Origins
    3/ Bertrand Russell’s Objection to the Argument
    4/ Paul’s Expansion of the Argument
    5/ The Theory of Multiple Universes

THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
    6/ The Natural World
    7/ Laws of Mathematics and Science
    8/ Reflections of the Trinity
    9/ The Problem of Evil

THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC ARGUMENTS
    10/ Man’s Higher Faculties
    11/ The Ontological Argument
    12/ The Moral Argument

THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
    13/ The Origin of Life
    14/ Mechanisms of Change
    15/ The Fossil Record
    16/ Flood Geology
    17/ Evidence of a Young Earth
    18/ The Myth of Extraterrestrial Life

FALSE RELIGIONS
19/ The Choices of Modern Intellectuals
20/ Theistic Evolution

Samples

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Availability

The Mighty God is available from Amazon.com as a paperback. Last revision was 7/27/23.