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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Crossway Books; Rev Sub edition (October 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0891077642
  • ISBN-13: 978-0891077640
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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139 of 159 people found the following review helpful
Mind Food
By Kendal B. Hunter on April 9, 2002
Format: Paperback
This book is good, solid mind food. People perceive, and it is sad to say that they perceive with good reason, that Christianity is mere mind-fluff, and that what is holding back Christianity is the Christians.
This book is a discussion of what is behind Christianity, and provides a philosophical framework in which to defend Christianity. It is written at the college level, since it is intended to be an apologetics resource for college students. I marvel at the way that Dr. Craig brought together so many ideas from so many resources in this book. It found that I used almost every facet of my undergraduate education in understanding the ideas and evidences he used. Most helpful was my survey of philosophy and my hard science classes.
This book is divided along six headings: Faith, Man, God, Creation, Sacred Scripture, and Christ. Each chapter is in turn divided along several sub-headings: the Historical Background of the question, an Assessment of the question as it currently stands, and a Practical Application, where Dr. Craig discusses how "the rubber meets the road" is discussing this issue with those curious about Christianity.
This is not a bash book, nor is it a survey on "how to hate," but rather it is geared to a thoughtful and ponderous evaluation of many evidences of the truthfulness of Christianity. For example, in Chapter 2, Craig discusses the existential absurdity of life without God. He raises the question of where we get absolute values, and how life becomes meaningful if we are merely a cosmic accident or a galactic hiccup. This is the one question that the atheist, or "atheist-arguing-agnosticism" cannot answer: if there are no moral absolutes, then why not torture babies for sheer pleasure. After all, it has been done before.
Then in Chapter 3, Dr.Read more ›
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102 of 117 people found the following review helpful
Strong, Methodical Apologetic
By J. F Foster on February 25, 2002
Format: Paperback
William Lane Craig is well known inside scholarly circles. Christian scholars regard him as one of the elite. And atheist scholars, along with prominent atheist websites, feel compelled to pay a great deal of attention to the writings and debates of Craig, in my view, because he has demonstrated himself to be one of the sharpest pins to regularly burst the atheism balloon. There is no serious debate about Craig's scholarly credentials and abilities, and Reasonable Faith makes that abundantly clear.
Reasonable Faith is a methodical, meticulous, sometimes impassioned defense of the existence of the Biblically based Christian God. In this book, Craig not only challenges the views of various atheist scholars (whether they reside in science, mathematical or history disciplines) but also challenges the views of deism and 'liberal Christianity'. I felt that the book represented a very logical and easy follow stairway from the issues of faith and reason, to the inescapable reasonableness of the resurrection of Jesus. In between, Craig conducts a quality appraisal of the Godless worldview and where it leads, and an outstanding analysis on the existence of God where he takes on the views of Hawking and others. Craig Blomberg contributes a very good chapter on the reliability of the New Testament, with Craig concluding with a good chapter on the self understanding of Christ and a masterful chapter on the resurrection. Each chapter provides a very compelling chronology of how the debates revolving around these topics have evolved over time, giving the reader a good sense of how thinkers on multiple sides of the issues have formed their various positions. Craig then does an assessment of this chronology in each chapter. I found this approach to be very strong and persuasive.Read more ›
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53 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Craig is one of sharpest minds around
By E. Johnson on August 22, 2001
Format: Paperback
Having been introduced to Dr. Craig via the video debate that he did with Frank Zindler in 1993 (I have seen the video a dozen times as I have shown this to numerous apologetics classes), I knew that this was a very skilled scholar of Christian truth and apologetics. "Reasonable Faith did not disappoint. From the issues of the existence of God to the resurrection, Dr. Craig deals with a number of important topics that definitely belong in a book like this. He makes the point for his book in the introduction, "Christianity is being attacked from all sides as irrational or outmoded, and millions of students, our future generation of leaders, have absorbed this viewpoint" (xiii). He is absoultely correct in saying that we need to use our minds to fully know and appreciate the God who has revealed Himself to us through His Word.
The first chapter, Faith and Reason, was well done as he took a historical look at how previous believers have wrestled with how much reason is needed to have true faith. (Hence, the title of the book.) Without the Holy Spirit, no one would ever become a Christian, he says, and I fully agree. Good things were written here, and I truly appreciated his assessment section as he put everything together. Another thing I liked about this chapter (and the other chapters as well) is that Dr. Craig wrote a short conclusion that gives an application for the believer. This not only serves as a wonderful summary but is certainly very useful for the lay reader.
After showing the absurdity of the idea that there is no God in chapter 2, Dr. Craig went to one of his specialities in the third chapter regarding the existence of God. This was a long and sometimes too deep chapter that would probably lose many readers.Read more ›
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Dr. Craig never disappoints!

Published 12 days ago by STEVEN P OLIM
Five Stars

Excellent book!

Published 4 months ago by B. David Orr, Sr.
Shorter WL Craig: "If you try to believe real hard, then you'll...

I was recommended this book as one of those books that would turn me into a Christian, and overturn my evil atheistic ways. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Calladus
THE FAMED APOLOGIST PRESENTS THE "POSITIVE" EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY

William Lane Craig (b. 1949) is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Steven H Propp
Craig destroys his own Case for Faith

Craig's own quotes demonstrate his dearth of reason. He has claimed, repeatedly, that the internal witness of the holy spirit is enough to quench any evidence that opposes his... Read more

Published on March 7, 2011 by Winston D. Jen
Same Old Apologetics

Evangelical Christians are always telling me things like read such and such book and you will have to give up your Atheism. Read more

Published on May 21, 2009 by Nathaniel D. Selby
Required Reading!

This book is one of the best apologetic primers out there. However, I would highly recommend you seek out the audio version of the book as a companion to or instead of the book. Read more

Published on June 17, 2007 by Maryland Man
This is Excellent

This volume is a tough read. I used it in a research I was doing on the historicity of Christ, esp. his resurrection. It is tough in some places, but the rereading helps. Read more

Published on April 10, 2007 by revtcr
A defense of the Christian faith

Craig does a brilliant job in defending the Christian faith. He focuses upon the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Testimonium sanctum spiritus internum. Read more

Published on January 26, 2007 by Andreas Johan Saugstad
Pretty good, though not as inclusive as it could be

This is William Lane Craig's general apologetic work. Craig's mastery of the English language and his one of a kind ability to make hard concepts graspable, without watering them... Read more

Published on August 9, 2006 by John D. Lentz Jr.

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