Review of Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief by John M. Frame

In chapter 5, Apologetics as Proof: Theistic arguments, John Frame presents traditional arguments for the existence of God with a Van Tillian conclusion: nothing is intelligible unless God exists, and God must be nothing less than the Trinitarian, sovereign, transcendent, and immanent absolute personality of the Scripture.

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Review of Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief by John M. Frame

In chapter three, Apologetics as Proof: Some Methodological Considerations, and the next three chapters, John M. Frame discusses one, proof, of the three aspects of apologetics that he discusses in chapter one:

1. Apologetics as proof: presenting a rational basis for faith or “proving Christianity to be true.”

2. Apologetics as defense: answering the objections of unbelief.

3. Apologetics as offense: attacking the foolishness of unbelieving thought.

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Review of Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief by John M. Frame

In chapter two, The Message of the Apologist, Frame states that “the apologist’s message, ultimately, is nothing less than the whole of Scripture, applied to the need of his hearers.” Frame summarizes the message of Scripture from two perspectives. The first is Christianity as a philosophy, and second, Christianity as good news.

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