Apologetics and Rhetoric:

Apologetics and Rhetoric:
Author: John Cameron Eves PhD DRS
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1973671077

Dr. Eves has given ministers and others who “preach the Word” an excellent book which can revitalize their preaching. His book gives practical pointers on how to give sermons that are biblically exegetical, presented with forceful logic, and given in effective style. This book will help both the preacher that has not had extensive education as well as the seminary grad who has been out for a few years and who may have quietly drifted into good patterns, but which with a little prodding could climb to the next level of effectiveness. Is your preaching in a rut, or do you sound the same Sunday after Sunday? Or perhaps you are already very effective for the Lord? In any case, this book may be just the tonic to give your preaching a new biblical fervor. I recommend this book as a “tune up” for all ministers who love the Lord and who seek to be as effective as they can be—touching the Bible and touching hearts through the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. ~ Col. Gary Cohen, ThD, LittD, DD

Fool's Talk

Fool's Talk
Author: Os Guinness
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830898506

Our world is changing dramatically, yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter approaches to evangelism and apologetics. In his magnum opus, Os Guinness presents the art and power of creative persuasion—the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. Discover afresh the persuasive power of Christian witness.

Cultural Apologetics

Cultural Apologetics
Author: Paul M. Gould
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310530504

Renewing the Christian voice, conscience, and imagination so that we can become compelling witnesses of the Gospel in today's culture. Christianity has an image problem. While the culture we inhabit presents us with an increasingly anti-Christian and disenchanted position, the church in the West has not helped its case by becoming anti-intellectual, fragmented, and out of touch with the relevancy of Jesus to all aspects of contemporary life. The muting of the Christian voice, its imagination, and its collective conscience have diminished the prospect of having a genuine missionary encounter with others today. Cultural apologetics attempts to demonstrate not only the truth of the Gospel but also its desirability by reestablishing Christianity as the answer that satisfies our three universal human longings—truth, goodness, and beauty. In Cultural Apologetics, philosopher and professor Paul Gould sets forth a fresh and uplifting model for cultural engagement—rooted in the biblical account of Paul's speech in Athens—which details practical steps for establishing Christianity as both true and beautiful, reasonable and satisfying. You'll be introduced to: The idea of cultural apologetics as distinct from traditional apologetics. The path from disenchantment with how we understand reality to re-enchantment with the reality of the spiritual nature of things. The practical tools of good cultural engagement: conscience, reason, and imagination. Equip yourself to see, and help others see, the world as it is through the lens of the Spirit—deeply beautiful, mysterious, and sacred. With creative insights, Cultural Apologetics prepares readers to share a vision of the Christian faith that is both plausible and desirable, offering clarity for those who have become disoriented in the haze of modern Western culture.

Barbarian or Greek?

Barbarian or Greek?
Author: Stamenka Antonova
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004306242

An examination of the charge of barbarism against the early Christians in the context of ancient rhetorical practices and mechanisms of othering, marginalization and persecution in the Roman Empire.

Unapologetic Apologetics

Unapologetic Apologetics
Author: William A. Dembski
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-01-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830815630

Edited by William A. Dembski and Jay Wesley Richards, this group of former Princeton Theological Seminary students brings apologetics back into the seminary debates as they expose the influence of naturalism in theological studies plus other philosophical tenets automatically assumed in much mainline theology.

Apologetics in 3D

Apologetics in 3D
Author: Peter S. Williams
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2021-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666702919

This collection of papers and other materials from English philosopher Peter S. Williams develops a holistic vision for Christian apologetics centered around a biblical understanding of spirituality. Grounded in two decades of practical experience, here is a vision of apologetics that's interested in communicating through beauty and goodness as well as logic and arguments.

Otherworldly John Dryden

Otherworldly John Dryden
Author: Jack M. Armistead
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2016-05-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317084845

Reminding readers of John Dryden’s persistent use of occult rhetoric, Jack M. Armistead argues that Dryden’s otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Rather, it manifests throughout his career in occult materials drawn from many traditions, including but going well beyond the standard classical and Christian ones. As Armistead shows, Dryden’s practice of juxtaposing pre- and post-scientific treatments of such occult topics as alchemy, astrology, and demonology pervades many of his poems and plays. In its engagement with works such as The Indian Queen, Annus Mirabilis, All for Love, and Absalom and Achitophel, among many others, Otherworldly John Dryden not only enhances our understanding of Dryden’s works, but also tracks the writer’s attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events.

Persuasive Artistry

Persuasive Artistry
Author: George Alexander Kennedy
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: