Contents:
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction: Who Needs Faith? 9
Part One: Internal Evidence for God
1. The Desperate Dilemma 19
2. Solving the Dilemma 35
Part Two: External Evidence for God
3. The Origin of the Universe 43
4. The Organization of the Universe 57
Part Three: Evidence from Predictive Prophecy
5. What Will Jesus’ Death Accomplish? (Isaiah 53) 71
6. How Will Jesus Die? (Psalm 22) 85
7. When Will Jesus Die? (Daniel 9) 97
8. Objections to Prophecy 111
Part Four: Evidence from History
9. Truth (Can We Know History?) 129
10. Timeframe (How Early are the Documents?) 135
11. Transmission (Do We Read What They Wrote?) 143
12. Texts (Which “Gospels” are Authentic?) 151
13. Trivial Details (Is Their History Accurate?) 159
14. The Friendly Testimonies 167
15. The Hostile Testimonies 173
16. Trustworthy Witnesses (Can We Trust the Disciples?) 187
Part Five: Making up Your Mind