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IN ASSOCIATION
WITH
Dialectic
Stage Bible: Grades 7-9
Basic Study
Read through the entire Bible in three years (one chapter per day + one Psalm or chapter
of Proverbs), and study the truth of the Bible and of Christianity.
Extra Study
Besides doing the basic study listed above, those students that are interested in this
topic can use the resources listed here to study the truth of the Bible and of
Christianity in greater depth.
Basic Study
More Than a Carpenter (first year)
Josh McDowell
Josh McDowell was an agnostic who set
out to prove Christianity false and the resurrection of Jesus a myth. 700 hours of
research later, he became convinced that Jesus was a historical figure who actually lived,
that the only logical alternative to thinking intellectuals is to believe His claim of
diety as fact, and whose resurrection from the dead is a historical event provable by
historiocal and legal evidence. In More Than a Carpenter, McDowell discusses
Jesus’ unique claim to diety among historical religious leaders and moral teachers,
and the trilemma produced by that claim: that He was either lying, crazy, or who He said
He was; the difference between scientific evidence and historical-legal evidence; the
reliability of the Biblical records; the changed lives of the apostles and the evidence
their lives and martyrdoms adds to the authencity of Jesus, His claims, and His
resurrection; the authencity of the resurrection and its implications for Christianity
(“The resurrection takes the question, “Is Christianity valid?” out of the
realm of philosophy and makes it a question of history.”); the fulfillment of
prophecy in Jesus’ life; and the necessity of Jesus being the only way to God the
Father.
Many Infallible Proofs (second year)
Henry Morris
Dr. Morris writes, “The purpose
of this book is to survey in systematic and comprehensive fashion the “many
infallible proofs” of the unique truth and authority of biblical Christianity,
together with a refutation of its alleged fallacies and a reconciliation of its alleged
discrepancies. It will be seen that, not only is there no mistake or contradiction in the
Bible, but also there are innumerable evidences of its divine inspiration and authority.
Not only are there no legitimate objections to a true Christian theology, but rather there
are overwhelming evidences that Christianity is uniquely and completely true. As a matter
of fact, the entire subject of evidences is almost exclusively the domain of Christian
evidences. Other religions depend on subjective experience and blind faith, tradition and
opinion. Christianity stands or falls upon the objective reality of gigantic supernatural
events in history and the evidences that they really happened. This fact in itself is an
evidence of its truth.” This meaty book deserves a thorough parent-child joint
exploration in the dialectic stage to address personal questions as to the veracity of
God, the Bible, and Christianity. The book’s focus is evidence for the Christian
faith, as the subtitle suggests, and not how to present that evidence to skeptics.
Mere Christianity (third year)
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis’ classic work needs to
be thoughtfully chewed and digested, and read more than once. He uses impeccable logic,
and so his book is a solid example of intellect and logic applied to Christianity. His
arguments go beyond many common arguments, and we end up with atheism and Jesus was just a
good moral teacher being called “boy’s philosophies,” not fit for thinking
men, and being convinced of the truth of that statement. Lewis discusses the universal
human concept of right and wrong and what that says about the meaning of the universe,
what Christians believe (what he calls “mere” Christianity), centering on the
nature of God, the nature of evil, the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, what is meant
by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and why it is central to Christianity, and
the nature of a Christian’s new life in Christ; Christian behavior, as in Christian
morality and virtues, and Christian immorality and vices. That is not to say, what
Christians do that is good or bad, but what Christianity teaches about what is good and
bad that men do; and lastly, the doctrine of the Trinity.
Extra Study
The God Who is There
Francis Schaeffer
This book sets out to answer the
question, “Is there a God?” Schaeffer presents an encyclopedic account of the
answers to that question offered by western philosophers and theologians from the time of
Plato to the humanism of this century, and then gives us the only logical answer, one
which C. S. Lewis touched on in his classic, Mere Christianity. We know that there
is a God because He has revealed Himself. We wouldn’t be able to ask the question,
“Is there a God?” otherwise. Schaeffer then explores how we can know the real
and personal “God who is there.”
He is There and He is Not Silent
Francis Schaeffer
Schaeffer deals with the
fundamental spiritual questions: “What do we know?” and “How do we know
what we know?” He points to an infinite, personal God whom we can come to know
intimately. Schaeffer urges us to know what we believe and why, requiring us to think
through our beliefs in the process.
Why and
What: A Brief Introduction to Christianity
Douglas Jones
This little booklet available on the internet begins by showing how
professing atheists, agnostics, animists, and eastern religionists all assume Biblical
truth in living their everyday lives, and then explores the logical ramifactions of that
assumption: that truth is absolute, and knowable, and is revealed in the Bible. Jones goes
on to discuss the rationality of faith, the Jewishness of Christianity, and the historical
events that Christianity is based on: the creation of a perfect world, human rebellion in
the Fall of Adam, and the redemptive work of Christ that is the solution to sin and which
will restore perfection to the world at some future time.
Know What You Believe
Paul Little
Paul Little’s classic uses
Scripture to explain what the Bible says about itself, God, Jesus Christ, Christ’s
death, man and sin, the Holy Spirit, the church, angels, Satan, and demons, salvation, and
things to come. You have to know what the Bible says about these topics before you can
answer questions about them, either to yourself or others. Some controversial points will
have to be thoughtfully considered, and either accepted or refuted. This experience is
good for whole families to do together; it requires backing one’s stand with
Scripture and solidifies faith; it teaches how to be Bereans.
Know Why You Believe
Paul Little
A thinking person asks questions, and
does not believe something without good reason. Paul Little’s classic uses 1 Peter
3:15 (“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a
defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and
fear,”) to explain why Christians believe what they do. He tackles the questions of
Is Christianity rational? Is there a God? Is Christ God? Did Christ rise from the dead? Is
the Bible God’s Word? Are the Bible documents reliable? Does archaeology help? Are
miracles possible? Do science and Scripture conflict? (This essay, while doing a decent
job in explaining some of the limitations of science, doesn’t take the logic far
enough in saying that theistic evolutionists et al have the same view of the authority of
Scripture as literal Creationists. His view and the one held by some of the authors of the
Creation Science books used in the dialectic stage would be good material to practice
logical discussion.) Why does God allow suffering and evil? Does Christianity differ from
other world religions? Is Christian experience valid? Some controversial points will have
to be thoughtfully considered, and either accepted or refuted. This experience is good for
whole families to do together; it requires backing one’s stand with Scripture and
solidifies faith; it teaches how to be Bereans.
Reasonable Faith
Dr. Jay Wile
Subtitled: The Scientific Case for
Christianity. Reasonable Faith is a concise, easy-to-read book that outlines the
scientific evidence which supports the Christian faith, beginning with the physical,
chemical and biological evidence for a designed world. On the foundation of the natural
sciences, it proceeds to the social and historical sciences to show that this Designer is
in fact the God of the Bible. Dr. Wile argues for the divine nature of the Bible by
detailing the extrabiblical evidence for the historicity of the miracles attributed to
God, Jesus Christ, and the apostles. The final arguments along this vein rest in the
Bible’s unparalleled accuracy at predicting the future and its knowledge of
scientific principles that were beyond the abilities of its authors. Dr. Wile spends the
last chapter discussing his own personal experiences as a scientist who is also a
Christian. His frank testimony speaks volumes for the discrimination against religious
belief that exists in the scientific community. Dr. Wile is the author of the excellent
high school science texts, from a creationist perspective, that CCH recommends in the
rhetoric stage. (To get to the shopping cart from the publisher’s page, modify the
internet address appearing in your browser from this: http://www.highschoolscience.com/books/rf/index.html
to this: http://www.highschoolscience.com.)
The Reasonableness of Christianity
John Locke
“Locke first deals
with the need for salvation and the content of the gospel preached by the apostles and
Jesus. He then proceeds to a very lengthy analysis of the gospels (as someone said:
“Locke has no mercy on the patience of his readers.”) Locke defends Christian
truth with the miracles and the resurrection of Jesus, His indirect declarations of
Messiahship and His fulfilment of the messianic prophecies. Locke then answers some
general objections (about the salvation of the unevangelized, etc.) In the last part of
the book Locke points at some insufficiencies in the general divine revelation in nature
(although Locke believed in the truth of such a revelation) and argues for the necessity
of special revelation.” --Reviewer. Modern apologists draw on the foundations laid by
the great apologetics of the past, such as this one.
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