A World of Difference (Reasons to Believe): Putting Christian Truth-Claims to the Worldview Test

by Kenneth Richard Samples

Overview

Recent Barna research indicates that less than one in ten evangelical Christians hold a biblical worldview. A World of Difference seeks to change this disturbing fact by educating readers on how the Christian perspective is uniquely reasonable, verifiable, and liveable.
Author Kenneth Richard Samples faced a profound test of his own belief system during a personal life-and-death crisis. In A World of Difference, he uses nine distinct tests to compare the Christian worldview with current religious and philosophical competitors, including Islam, postmodernism, naturalism, and pantheistic monism. Samples tackles tough issues through this in-depth study of Christianity's history, creed, and philosophical basis. An excellent resource for readers who want their view of life and the world to make sense.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441200754
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Series:	Reasons to Believe
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
Sales rank:	757,245
File size:	924 KB

About the Author

Kenneth Richard Samples is vice president of philosophical and theological apologetics with Reasons To Believe, the premier science-religion think tank. A Christian apologetics professor at Biola University, Samples also answers tough faith questions in his book Without at Doubt. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Joan, and their three children.
Kenneth Richard Samples is a senior research scholar with Reasons To Believe, the premier science-faith integration ministry. An adjunct instructor of apologetics at Biola University, Samples is the author of Without a Doubt, A World of Difference, and 7 Truths That Changed the World. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Joan, and their three children.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables     9
Acknowledgments     10
Introduction: Culture Clash     12
Developing a Worldview Perspective
Shades of Reality     19
Testable Truth     31
Logic 101 and Christian Truth-Claims     39
Straight Thinking     55
Exploring the Christian Worldview
A Christian Vision of Truth, Knowledge, and History     73
A Soldier's Creed     87
God's Written Word-Scripture     107
The Historic Christian View of God     129
God's World-Creation and Providence     153
The Historic Christian View of Man     171
The Historic Christian View of Moral Values     189
Evaluating Worldview Competitors
Naturalism: A Secular Worldview Challenge     201
Postmodernism: A Skeptical Worldview Perspective     219
Pantheistic Monism: An Eastern Mystical Viewpoint     233
Islam: A Radical Monotheistic Challenge     247
Testing the Christian Theistic Worldview     265
Worldview Charts     277
Notes     280
Selected Bibliography     301
Scripture Index     305
General Index     310