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The Superiority of Christianity
Resources
For
The
Next
Reformation!
The
Superiority of Christianity
What's So
Great About Christianity?
by
Dinesh
D'Souza
Is Christianity obsolete? Can an
intelligent, educated person really
believe the Bible?
Or are atheists correct? Does science disprove
Christianity, debunk it as a force for good, and discredit it as a
guide to morality?
In his groundbreaking book, What's So
Great About Christianity,
bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza tackles these
questions and challenges atheists on their own secular turf.
Approaching
atheism with the skeptical eye usually reserved for religion, D'Souza
uses the latest scientific (among other) evidence to show why
Christianity makes sense, why the atheists' arguments are wrong, and
why there really is something great about Christianity. What's So
Great About Christianity explains:
Why Christianity explains what modern
science tells us about the universe and our origins—better than atheism
does
How Christianity created the framework for
modern
science, so that Christianity and science are reconcilable, but atheism
and science may not be
Why the alleged sins of Christianity—the
Crusades, the Inquisition, the Galileo affair—are vastly overblown
Why atheist regimes are responsible for the
greatest mass murders of history
Why evolution does not threaten Christian
belief, but actually supports the “argument from design”
Why atheists fear the Big Bang theory and
the
“anthropic principle” of the universe, which are keystones of modern
astronomy and physics
How Christianity explains consciousness and
free will, which atheists have to deny
By revealing the superiority of Christianity,
D'Souza raises the culture war debate to a whole new level. What's
So Great About Christianity
proves that Christianity and science are not at odds with each other;
that atheism is philosophically, factually, and demographically
bankrupt; and that a resurgent Christianity is the real wave of the
future—and atheism a trend of the past.
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The Age of
Revelation:
The Age of Reason Shewen to be an Age of
Infidelity
by
Elias
Boudinot
While
Thomas
Paine's
Age of Reason
gets a great deal of press from skeptics, misinformed separationists,
and atheists of every stripe, almost no one mentions Elias Boudinot's
book-length response. Paine is considered to be an American Founding
Father, and yet, unlike Paine, Boudinot actually served in a civil
capacity in the United States that included work on the Constitution.
Paine's only elective office was in France. Boudinot is a true American
Founding Father. Paine had no role in the founding conventions of
America and their documents.
With the publication and dissemination of Paine's work, Boudinot feared
what we are experiencing today in America. “I confess,” he wrote, “that
I was much mortified to find, the whole force of this vain man's genius
and art, pointed at the youth of America, and her unlearned citizens.”
Even though there are tens of thousands of churches and tens of
millions of Christians, it seems that the skepticism of Paine has the
upper hand. The prevalence of skepticism is more the inaction of
Christians than the accomplishment of skeptics. Boudinot knew that he
could no longer wait for someone else to respond.
Boudinot waited some time before deciding to respond to Paine's Age of Reason.
His measured rejoinder to Paine's work is contemplative and, contrary
to Paine's treatise, a work of sound scholarship. A great deal of
thought and humility went into the well argued reply. It was Boudinot's
opinion that if The
Age of Reason had not been written by the popular author of Common Sense,
the 1776 pamphlet that argued that America was justified in breaking
away from the British monarchy, the book would not have been given much
of a hearing.
Boudinot shows that Paine did not
uncover anything new under the sun. Modern-day atheists have only
repackaged Paine for an audience that is not familiar with Elias
Boudinot's The Age of Revelation
which is a remarkable work of scholarship for that time. Boudinot
quotes sources from nearly every field of knowledge. He seems to be
acquainted with several languages, including Latin and Greek. He has a
broad knowledge of the Bible and a keen sense of logical analysis. His
work shows what an educated layman can do when spurred on by the need
to answer a once-respected writer who abused his popularity to rail
against a religious system that he either did not fully understand or
had no wish to understand.
"The Thomas Paine of Common Sense and the Thomas Paine
of The Age of Reason must be
kept separate, both by time and philosophy. The later Paine cannot be
superimposed on the earlier Paine... When Thomas Paine comes up in a
discussion, ask if it's the early Paine or the later Paine. There is a
big difference, as Elias Boudinot made clear more than 200 years ago in
The Age of Revelation."
— Gary DeMar
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That You May
Prosper
by
Rev.
Ray
R.
Sutton
One
of
the
enduring
Latin
phrases
of
the
Protestant
Reformation
is
the
impressive
sounding ecclesia
semper
reformans, semper
reformanda.
In plain English, this means "the church is always reformed and always
reforming." This simple principle is one that is most often forgotten
in modern discussions about theology, where a surefire way to end a
disagreement is to pull out something written by Luther, Calvin, or
even Spurgeon, and show that they said much the same thing. Although
the
Reformers themselves were quite emphatic that they were not the final
word (hence the "always reforming"), contemporary Christianity seems to
be convinced that dead theologians should be the authoritative standard
of interpretation.
Please don't misunderstand me, I
am grateful for and rely heavily
upon the theological writings and expositions of Scripture by these and
countless other men who lived and died hundreds of years ago. On the
rare occasions that I find myself in disagreement with them, I tend to
count myself as the one who doesn't get it, not them. Differences in
theological interpretation will always be an issue for the Church, but
when groundbreaking discoveries in the biblical text are dismissed or
ignored because they were not found at least 200 years ago, we must
question whether theologians have any real interest in "reforming." If
21st century biblical scholarship remains enslaved to writings of the
16th and 17th century, how can any progress ever be made?
One such recent "discovery"
is Ray Sutton's five-point model of the covenant, which is extensively
detailed in his book, That You
May Prosper.
If you spend any amount of time in the Church, you will certainly hear
the word "covenant" thrown around quite a bit. Covenant is central to a
proper understanding of the biblical text. God makes covenants all
throughout the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the book of
Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the "mediator of a new covenant" (Heb.
9:15). Jesus himself tells his disciples at the Last Supper, "This cup
which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood" (Luke
22:20b). If covenant is so important to the Christian faith, then why
is it so difficult to get a clear answer from theologians about just
what a covenant is or isn't? The back-cover copy of That You May
Prosper
puts it this way: "To borrow from Will Roger's comment on the weather,
'Everyone talks about the covenant, but nobody does anything about
it'"... CONTINUE
READING
THIS
REVIEW
" That You May Prosper will
reshape
covenant
theology.
Better
put,
it
will actually define covenant
theology from this point forward. Sutton was given the opportunity of a
lifetime, of a millennium, of two millenia: to take what has to be one
of the four or five most important doctrines in the Bible and, for the
first time in Church history, to sort it out according to what the
Bible really says... And the Christian world will never be the same." —
Dr. Gary North
Hardback;
350
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Augustine of
Hippo
by
Simonetta
Carr
Outside
of
the
people
in
the
Bible,
Augustine
of
Hippo
is
the
most
influential
person in church history. Yet how many people know his
story? In this book, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the
life and ministry of Augustine. Readers will come to know Augustine's
personal struggles and the high value he came to place on the Bible and
truth.
Readers will also see the
difficult days in which Augustine
lived, learning about his disputes with false teachers and the
turbulent times during the fall of the Roman Empire. This volume is
vividly illustrated, simply written, and full of interesting facts. It
is written for young readers, but is sure to capture the interest of
the whole family.
"Few
figures in Western history are as important as Augustine. He is one of
the early church fathers to whom the Reformers rightly looked as an
inspiration for their theology and piety in many respects but he is
more than that. He is an old and dear friend. Simonetta Carr has
produced a clear, readable introduction to the life and work of this
great Christian and our old friend." — R.
Scott
Clark (Professor of Church
History and Historical Theology
at Westminster Seminary California)
Hardback;
64
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