God’s Not Dead: Evidence for God in An Age of Uncertainty

This is a solid introduction to Christian apologetics. When I started it, I was tempted to dismiss it as lightweight, but then I conceded that I’ve read a lot of apologetics. If you haven’t, this is a really good one to start on.

The chapters cover.

• The rationalism of faith
• The problem of good and evil (I think this is The Moral Argument)
• The Cosmological Argument (where did we come from?)
• The Teleological Argument (the world was designed)
• The meaning behind life
• Proof of Jesus and the resurrection
• Proof of scripture

It’s a solid introduction. Certainly, other books go deeper into individual areas, but this is a very readable introduction to them all.

I don’t agree with the author on his rejection of evolution. The author subscribes to a very pure version of creationism, which I just don’t think holds up. (He even calls out Frances Collins, who is the author of one of my favorite books: The Language of God.)

Also, the author is seemingly obsessed with Richard Dawkins. To be sure, Dawkins is probably the most visible atheist of our era, but the book often becomes just a packaged attack on Dawkins, which is a little tiring.

And the author falls into the trap of assuming their own victory. There are several statements about how atheist arguments are “dismantled” or “proven wrong,” when they really haven’t been. The author creatively frames some situations to “prove” victory, then goes a little overboard on the hyperbole.

But, again, it’s a solid apologetic. Absolutely worth reading.

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