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Defending Your Faith

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1. Introduction

Introduction

2. Why Apologetics?

Why Apologetics?

3. Pre-Evangelism

Pre-Evangelism

4. Four Steps Backward

Four Steps Backward

5. Law of Contradiction

Law of Contradiction

6. Law of Causality

Law of Causality

7. Reliability of Sense Perception

Reliability of Sense Perception

8. Analogical Language (Part 1)

Analogical Language (Part 1)

9. Analogical Language (Part 2)

Analogical Language (Part 2)

10. Contradiction and Paradox

Contradiction and Paradox

Mystery

12. Natural Theology (Part 1)

Natural Theology (Part 1)

13. Natural Theology (Part 2)

Natural Theology (Part 2)

14. Aquinas vs. Kant

Aquinas vs. Kant

15. The Case for God

The Case for God

16. Four Possibilities

Four Possibilities

17. The Illusion of Descartes

The Illusion of Descartes

18. Self-Creation (Part 1)

Self-Creation (Part 1)

19. Self-Creation (Part 2)

Self-Creation (Part 2)

20. Self-Existence

Self-Existence

21. Necessary Being

Necessary Being

22. God of the Bible vs. God of Philosophy

God of the Bible vs. God of Philosophy

23. Kant's Moral Argument

Kant's Moral Argument

24. Vanity of Vanity

Vanity of Vanity

25. The Psychology of Atheism

The Psychology of Atheism

26. The Bible and Apologetics (Part 1)

The Bible and Apologetics (Part 1)

27. The Bible and Apologetics (Part 2)

The Bible and Apologetics (Part 2)

28. The Bible and Apologetics (Part 3)

The Bible and Apologetics (Part 3)

29. The Bible and Apologetics (Part 4)

The Bible and Apologetics (Part 4)

30. The Bible and Apologetics (Part 5)

The Bible and Apologetics (Part 5)

31. The Deity of Christ

The Deity of Christ

32. Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers

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Vanity of Vanity

"Without Christ, without hope," this statement is one that we draw from the writer of Ecclesiastes' verse, "Vanity of vanity—all is vanity." In this portion of the series Dr. Sproul talks about the meaning behind this Old Testament verse, mainly—that if there is no God, then, of course, what we encounter is futility of futility.

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