The Worldview & Apologetics Reader that you will receive this week is missing several entries and some of the copies that Kinkos made did not turn out well. Also, they are missing the table of contents. To solve this problem I will be posting the entries, the poor copies and Table of Contents on this site. Below is the Table of contents. The other materials will be posted in the next couple of days under the titles "replacing poor copies in Reader," and "articles to add to your reader" and print out to put in reader. Close to 1,000 pages it is my prayer that it will serve as a wonderful reference source throughout your college years and beyond.
APOLOGETICS
Worldview Scriptures Understanding the Times
Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God
The Problem of Evil
From the Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft
The Resurrection of Jesus
From the book De Christo by William Lane Craig
Introduction - Evidence for Christianity
The Uniqueness of the Bible
How We Got the Bible
In the New Testament Historically Reliable?
In the Old Testament Historically Reliable?
Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ
Excerpts from the book Evidence for Christianity by Josh McDowell
How Can We Know the Bible is the Word of God? by Norman L. Geisler
Alleged Error in Bible
Excerpt from the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics Edited by Norman L. Geisler
Charts on Approaches to Reconciling Discrepancies in Scripture
Charts of Christian Theology edited and published by H. Wayne House
Is Jesus the Only Way to God? By Rick Rood
From the Compact Guide to World Religions Edited by Dean Halverson
Christ and Civilization
Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him
Healing the Sick
Inspiring the World’s Greatest Art
The Sins of the Church
A Cruel World
Excerpts from the book What if Jesus had Never Been Born? by D. James Kennedy
God is not Dead Yet by William Lane Craig
From Christianity Today, July 2008
The God of Gaps by David Berlinski
Critical Essay originally published in Commentary April 2008
Survival of the Fakest by Jonathan Wells
Article originally appeared in The American Spectator – December 2000 / January 2001
APOLOGETICS (Continued)
Remembering the Secular Age by Michael Novak
Critical Essay originally published in First Things July 2007
The Scientific Controversy Over the Cambrian Explosion
Article from Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute
Evolution vs. Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga
The Dawkins Confusion by Alvin Plantiga
New Athiests Are Not Great by Tony Snow
The Great Debate by Douglas Groothuis
Answering the Athiests by Stan Guthrie
Darwin’s Graveyards by Edward T. Oakes
What’s New? by Jonathan Wells
The Dick Staub Interview: William Dembski’s Revolution
The Dick Staub Interview: Ravi Zacharias’s Wonderful World
Article from www.christianitytoday.com
ISLAM and TERRORISM
Islam and the Crusades– Introduction
Why the Crusades Were Called
The Crusades: Myth and Reality
What the Crusades Accomplished, And What they Didn’t
What if the Crusades Had Never Happened?
The Jihad Continues
The Crusade We Must Fight Today
From The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) by Robert Spencer
Terrorists in Their Own Words by James Phillips and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D
Article from the Backgrounder, published by the Heritage Foundation
Why Iraq was Inevitable by Arther Herman
Hezbollah’s Terrorist Threat to the European Union by James Phillips
Iran’s Evil Game: Arms Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis by Peter Brooks
Iran Emboldened: Tehran Seeks to Dominate Middle East Politics by Peter Brooks
Iraq Five Years On: The Coalition is Winning the War Against Al-Qaeda by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
War is Expensive, But Defeat Costs More, by Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
Articles from the Heritage Foundation, www.heritage.org
The Holy War that Isn’t, Preface & Introduction
Selection from Jihad in the West by Paul Fregosi
A Biblical Perspective on War by John MacArthur, Jr.
Position Paper from www.biblebb.com
Are We Winning the War on Terror by Max Boot
Article from www.galegroup.com, originally published in Commentary July 2008
Europe’s Stark Options by Daniel Pipes
Article from www.danielpipes.org, originally published in National Interest March 2007
Why Victory in Iraq Matters by Pete Hegseth
Article from Vets for Freedom, Friday, August 15, 2008
COMMUNISM
Witness by Whittaker Chambers
Foreward in the Form of a Letter to my Children (What it means to be a Communist)
The Crimes of Communism by Stephane Courtois
Quote from Lenin, “With the clarity and brilliance of genius…”
V.I. Lenin, Selected Works Vol. II, Part 2, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow 1952
Page 542 and Page 544
Selections from the Manifesto of the Communist Party
Pages 20, 21, 66, 67, 96
Inside the Chinese Communist Mind
From Beating the Unbeatable Foe, by Dr. Fred Schwarz, pages 407-465
Prof. Bowers discussions with Mikhail Gorbachev and Prof. Bowers debate in China
With Mo Xiusong’s Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Congress
Cold Friday by Whittaker Chambers
The Direct Glance, pg. 67-88 (Danger of Materialism to us)
Professor’s notes regarding various statistics and quotations
POSTMODERNISM
From the Modern to the Postmodern
Excerpt from the book Postmodern Thought by Gene Edward Veith, Jr.
Some Instructive quotes by Postmodernists
Comprehensive Problems with Postmodernism
Problems with Postmodernism
Selections & Collection of Quotations by Prof. Clark Bowers
CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT
Quotes on the Importance of Truth and Values to the Maintenance of Civilizations
Compiled by Clark Bowers
Why Religion Matters Even More: Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability by Patrick Fagan
Faith and the American Founding: Illustrating Religion’s Influence by Michael Novak
What’s Great About America by Dinesh D’Souza
Independence Forever: Why America Celebrates the Fourth of July by Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Myths About American Religion by Robert Wuthnow, Ph.D.
Why America Is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice by Juliana G. Pilon, Ph.D.
A Moral Case Against Big Government: How Government Shapes the Character, Vision, and Virtue of Citizens by Ryan Messmore
The Mythical “Wall of Separation”: by Daniel L. Dreisbach
A Moral Case Against Big Government by Ryan Messmore
Articles from the Heritage Foundation, www.heritage.org
The Decline of a Nation by Kerby Anderson
Article from Probe Ministries, 1991
Chomsky’s Universe by Arch Puddington
Article from Commentary, October 2004
(Understanding Slavery)
Conquests and Cultures - Excerpts from the book by Thomas Sowell
Race and Culture – Excerpts from the book by Thomas Sowell
Criteria for Christian Appreciation of the Arts by Lance Box
Article from www.leaderu.com from April 22, 2000
Art and the Christian by Jerry Solomon and Jimmy Williams
The End of Art by Roger Kimball
Article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
Assessment: Music, Man and Society
Selections from the book, The Secret Power of Music
LITERATURE
Paradise Lost Excerpts from Book One by Milton
Dante’s Inferno – Selected excerpts
Soliloquy from “Hamlet” Poem by William Shakespeare
If Poem by Rudyard Kipling
The Spell of the Yukon Poem by Robert Service
Men that Don’t Fit In Poem by Robert Service
Crossing the Bar Poem by Alfred Tennyson
Stranger at the Gates - Book 17 of Homer: The Odyssey
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Selected pages from the book 1984 by George Orwell
The Theban Plays – Sophocles
Selected passages from King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone
The Trial and Death of Socrates - Excerpts from the Four Dialogues by Plato
The Memorial from the Pascal’s Testimony
Man’s Natural Condition
Reason Can Begin Again by Recognizing What It Can Never Know
The Wager
The Corruption of Human Nature
Excerpts from the book Penses [which means thoughts} by Blaise Pascal
Plato, The Parable of the Caves
Viktor Frankl, Experiences in a Concentration Camp
Blaise Pascal, Diversion
Goethe, Faust
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
Bertrand Russell, A Free Man’s Worship
Albert Camus, The Plague
C.S. Lewis, Some Thoughts
C.S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Parable of the Madman
Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
G.K. Chesterton, The Hag of the World
C.S. Lewis, What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ
The Gospel of Mark, A Man Through the Roof
Blaise Pascal, The Wager
The Apostle Paul, Saul Becomes Paul
Aldous L. Huxley, Ends and Means
Helmuth James von Moltke, Letters to Freya
Excerpts from the book, The Journey, A Time for Questions edited by Oz Guinness
The Encheiridion of Epictetus (a crippled slave in Rome)
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan - Excerpts from Parts the First
Excerpt from the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Excerpt from the play Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets
LITERATURE (continued)
Costly Grace – From The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Excerpt from the book Night by Elie Wiesel
Detachment from Gravity of Grace, by Simone Weil
Quotations by Edmund Burke
“Why has God created souls knowing they would sin…?” Alfred, Lord Tennyson
On the question of sin & suffering. Extract from a Letter, 1839 On In Memorium
The Sincere Convert - Sample page by Thomas Shepard, Founder of Harvard University
CHARTS, GRAPHS, and PUZZLES
Understanding the Times Worldview Chart
Prof. Bowers’ expanded Worldview Chart – 1995-2008
Timeline of Apologists and Notable Works – Twentieth Century
Timeline of Apologists and Notable Works – Nineteenth Century
Timeline of Apologists and Notable Works – Reformation/Renaissance/Enlightenment
Timeline of Apologists and Notable Works – Early Church / Patristic Era & Middle Ages
Guide to Interpretation of the Biblical Texts
Definitions of the Attributes of God
The Dimensions of the Imago Dei
Classic Arguments for the Existence of God
Evaluation of the Classic Arguments for the Existence of God
Charts of Christian Theology edited and published by H. Wayne House
Naturalism vs. Theism: Which Context Best Explains the Phenomena We Observe?
Which Resurrection Theory Best Fits the Facts?
The Problem of Miracles
Intelligent Design Theory
Tools of Philosophy
Laws of Logic and Objections
How Can Truth Be Known?
Two Models of Origins: Fiat Creation and Naturalistic Evolution
The Relationship between Creation Ex Nihilo and Evangelical Theology
Charts of Christian Evidences edited and published by H. Wayne House
Comparisons of World Religions
Seven Major Worldviews
Comparison of Foundational Religious Worldviews
Major World Religions in Order of Founding
Comparison of Beliefs Among Religions
Why We Think and Act the Way We Do in the World
The Postmodern Analytical Framework
World Religions
Worldview Chart
The Spectrum of Religions and Religious Beliefs
An Overview Comparison of Ethical Theism, Modernism, and Postmodernism
Imperial & Fuedal System – figure & explanation
Discussed Types of Adaptation
Types of Culture
Systems of Culture
The Problem of Defining Conservatism
The Four Great Truths
The Trilemma – Lord, Liar or Lunatic
Selected Important Old Testament Archaeological Finds
Selected Important New Testament Archaeological Finds
CHARTS, GRAPHS, and PUZZLES (continued)
The Person of Christ
Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled in Christ
Theories of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Charts of Christian Theology edited and published by H. Wayne House
Comparison of Foundational Religious Worldviews
Major World Religions in Order of Founding
Comparison of Beliefs Among Religions
Timeline of Christianity
Evil
Christianity
Comparison of Beliefs within Christianity
Christian Scriptures
Timeline of Islam
Islam
Comparison of Beliefs within Islam
Sunni Islam
Shi’ite Islam
Charts of Christian Evidences edited and published by H. Wayne House
Generations – Four Types of Generational Cycles
Answers to Supposed Discrepancies in Scripture
Puzzles
Woman in Vanity? Or Skull?
How many legs does this elephant have?
Horizontal Lines
Black Dot
Native American or Eskimo
Duck or Rabbit
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