These are fundamental questions that any thinking person wants answers to. These are questions that philosophy addresses. And the answers we give to these kinds of questions serve as the foundation stones for constructing any kind of worldview.
Now updated and expanded in this second edition, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig offers a comprehensive introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspective. In their broad sweep they seek to introduce readers to the principal subdisciplines of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, ethics, and philosophy of religion. They do so with characteristic clarity and incisiveness. Arguments are clearly outlined, and rival theories are presented with fairness and accuracy.
Philosophy, they contend, aids Christians in the tasks of apologetics, polemics, and systematic theology. It reflects our having been made in the image of God, helps us to extend biblical teaching into areas not expressly addressed in Scripture, facilitates the spiritual discipline of study, enhances the boldness and self-image of the Christian community, and is requisite to the essential task of integrating faith and learning.
Here is a lively and thorough introduction to philosophy for all who want to know reality. This second edition now includes including enhanced arguments, updated bibliographies, and new chapters on atonement and the mind-body problem.
Spring '24 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
SIT 2023 Recommended SIT textbook for Philosophy for Faith session taught by Dr. Jonathan Strand.
Spring '23 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Spring '21 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Spring '20 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Spring '19 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
From time to time we all face life's big questions . . .
What is real?
How do we know what we know?
What is right?
Who or what am I?
How should we view science and its claims?
And as we wrestle with these issues, we may even find ourselves thinking, Perhaps what I need is a good dose of philosophy. It's a shame philosophy is so difficult.
Garrett DeWeese and J. P. Moreland understand this frustration and in this book offer help to make philosophy at least slightly less difficult. In straightforward language with everyday examples, they explain the basics needed to understand philosophical concepts and thus bring clarity to discussions of life's big questions.
Spring '26
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Philosophy course taught by Dr. Jonathan Strand.
Spring '25
Required FLBC textbook for Apologetics, Ethics, & Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Jason Gudim and Dr. Wade Mobley.
Required FLBC textbook for Introduction to Philosophy course taught by Dr. Jonathan Strand.
Spring '24 Required FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
SIT 2023 Recommended SIT textbook for Philosophy for Faith session taught by Dr. Jonathan Strand.
Spring '23 Required FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Spring '21 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Spring '20 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Fall '19 Required FLS textbook for Basic Principles of Theology/ Doctrine of Word course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.
Spring '19 Recommended FLBC textbook for Apologetics and Christian Thought course taught by Dr. Wade Mobley.
Fall '18 Required FLS textbook for Expository Preaching II course taught by Pr. Steve Mundfrom, Professor of Systematic Theology.
