I am Put Here for the Defense of the Gospel: Dr. Norman L. Geisler: A Festschrift in His Honor
I Am Put Here for the Defense of the Gospel: Dr. Norman L. Geisler:
A Festschrift in His Honor
Edited by Terry L. Miethe
Pickwick Publishers | 2016
480 pages
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Contents
Preface by Ravi Zacharias · xi
Introduction by Terry L. Miethe · xiii
Tributes to Norman L. Geisler
Thanks for the Memories by William E. Nix · xxi
A Tribute to Norman L. Geisler by Patty Tunnicliffe · xxiii
A Personal Story by John Ankerberg · xxvii
Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Personal Reflections on a Favorite Professor
by Timothy Paul Erdel · xxix
A Tribute to Dr. Norman L. Geisler by Mark M. Hanna · xxxii
Personal Experience with Norm by Grant C. Richison · xxxiv
Biographical Reflections about Norm Geisler by Winfried Corduan · xxxv
Norma Turbulenta: “Stormin’ Norman” by Donald T. Williams · xxxvii
Apologetics
chapter 1: Using Apologetics in Contemporary Evangelism by David Geisler · 1
chapter 2: Distinctive Elements of a Judaeo-Christian Worldview by William E. Nix · 22
chapter 3: Our Faith Seeks Their Understanding: Evangelistic-Apologetics & Effective Communication by Ramesh Richard · 57
Biblical Studies
chapter 4: Beware the Impact of Historical Critical Ideologies on Current Evangelical New Testament Studies by F. David Farnell · 76
chapter 5: Building Babel: Genesis 11:1–9 by Thomas Howe · 99
chapter 6: The Task of Bible Exposition by Elliott Johnson · 122
chapter 7: God’s Ultimate Purpose for Creation by Grant C. Richison · 135
chapter 8: Text Versus Word: C. S. Lewis’s View of Inspiration and the Inerrancy of Scripture by Donald T. Williams · 152
Philosophy
chapter 9: Some Features of Finite Being in St. Thomas Aquinas by Winfried Corduan · 169
chapter 10: Unamuno and Quine: A Meta-Philosophical Parable Concerning Faith, Reason, and Truth by Timothy Paul Erdel · 192
chapter 11: Open Theism, Analogy, and Religious Language by Joseph M. Holden · 204
chapter 12: Defending the Handmaid: How Theology Needs Philosophy by Richard G. Howe · 233
chapter 13: Aristotle: God & The Life of Contemplation, or What is Philosophy & Why is it Important? by Terry L. Miethe · 257
chapter 14: The Enlightenment, John Locke & Scottish Common Sense Realism by Terry L. Miethe · 281
Ethics
chapter 15: Big Data, Big Brother, and Transhumanism by J. Kerby Anderson · 297
chapter 16: Using Expository Preaching to Address Ethical Issues in Our Day by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. · 307
chapter 17: Moral Absolutes and Moral Worth: A Proposal for Christian Ethics Inspired by Norman Geisler by Richard A. Knopp · 317
chapter 18: A Christian Response to Homosexuality by Patty Tunnicliffe · 346
Other Religions & Cults
chapter 19: Why They Blow Themselves Up: Understanding Islamic Suicide Bombers from a Christian Perspective by John Christian · 370
chapter 20: A Theological and Apologetical Assessment of Positive Confession Theology by Ron Rhodes · 382
Norman L. Geisler’s Impact
chapter 21: The Impact of Norman Geisler on Christian Higher Education by Wayne Detzler · 400
chapter 22: A Detroit Yankee in King Cotton’s Court: Love Expressed in the Thought and Writings of Norman Geisler by Paige Patterson · 417
Tabula Gratulatoria: Testimonials to Dr. Geisler’s Impact on our Time · 427
“Geislerisms” · 431
About Norman L. Geisler · 433
