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W HY I A M
A
C HRISTIAN
LEADING
THINKERS
EXPLAIN
WHY THEY
BELIEVE
N ORMAN L. G EISLER
AND P AUL K. H OFFMAN ,
EDITORS
PDF by ANGEL (realnost-2005@yandex.ru)
© 2001 by Norman L. Geisler and Paul K. Hoffman
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Why I am a Christian / Norman L. Geisler, Paul K. Hoffman, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0–8010-1210–4
1. Apologetics. I. Geisler, Norman L. II. Hoffman, Paul K., 1955–
BT1103.W49 2001
239—dc21
2001025170
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C ONTENTS
Introduction
Norman L. Geisler and Paul K. Hoffman
P ART 1 W HY I B ELIEVE IN T RUTH
1. Why I Am Not a Moral Relativist
Francis J. Beckwith
2. Why I Believe Truth Is Real and Knowable
Norman L. Geisler
P ART 2 W HY I B ELIEVE IN G OD
3. Why I Am Not an Atheist
J. Budziszewski
4. Why I Believe God Exists
William Lane Craig
5. Why I Believe the God of the Bible Is the One True God
Norman L. Geisler
P ART 3 W HY I B ELIEVE IN M IRACLES
6. Why I Believe in the Possibility of Miracles
R. Douglas Geivett
7. Why I Believe the Miracles of Jesus Actually Happened
Gary R. Habermas
8. Why I Believe in the Miracle of Divine Creation
Hugh Ross
P ART 4 W HY I B ELIEVE THE B IBLE I S THE W ORD OF
G OD
9. Why I Believe the New Testament Is Historically Reliable
Gary R. Habermas
10. Why I Believe the Bible Is Scientifically Reliable
Walter Bradley
11. Why I Believe the Bible Alone Is the Word of God
Winfried Corduan
P ART 5 W HY I B ELIEVE J ESUS I S THE M ESSIAH AND
S ON OF G OD
12. Why I Believe Jesus Is the Promised Messiah
Barry R. Leventhal
13. Why I Believe Jesus Is the Son of God
Peter Kreeft
P ART 6 W HY I H AVE C HOSEN TO F OLLOW C HRIST
14. Why I Still Believe in Christ, in Spite of Evil and Suffering
John S. Feinberg
15. Why I Have Made Jesus Christ Lord of My Life
J. P. Moreland
16. Why I Believe Jesus Christ Is the Ultimate Source for Meaning
Ravi Zacharias
Afterword
Josh McDowell
List of Contributors
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