Notes to Making Your
Faith Your Own
Chapter 1: Somewhere Between Belief & Disbelief
1 Gary R. Habermas, Dealing with Doubt (Chicago: Moody Press, 1990), p.13.
2 Os Guinness, In Two Minds: The Dilemma of Doubt and How to Resolve It (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1976), pp. 108-9.
3 Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987). p. 381.
4 Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1977), p. 39.
5 C.S. Lewis, "Reflections on the Psalms," in The Inspirational Writings of C.S. Lewis (New York: Inspirational, 1994), p. 145.
Chapter 2: Grappling with Doubt
1 Os Guinness, In Two Minds: The Dilemma of Doubt and How to Resolve It (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1976), p. 112.
2 Clark Pinnock, A Case for Faith, quoted in Gary E. Parker, The Gift of Doubt: From Crisis to Authentic Faith (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990), p. 86.
3 Paul Little, Know Why You Believe (Colorado Springs: Victor/ Chariot, 1987), p. 19.
4 Rufus Jones, The Radiant Life, quoted in Parker, Gift of Doubt, pp. 71-72.
5 C.S. Lewis, "Religion: Reality or Substitute," in Christian Reflections, ed. Walter Hooper (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1967), p. 41.
6 Parker, Gift of Doubt, p. 30.
7 Francis Bacon, in the New Dictionary of Thoughts, comp. Tyron Edwards and others (n.p.: Standard, 1965), p. 153.
8 G. Baily, in New Dictionary of Thoughts, comp. Edwards and others, p. 154.
Chapter 3: Thoughts on Thinking
1 Brian D. McLaren, Finding Faith: A Self-Discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999), p. 51.
2 David Kelley, The Art of Reasoning (New York: W.W. Norton, 1988), p. 5.
3 Ibid., p.1
4 Clark Pinnock, A Case for Faith, quoted in Gary E. Parker, The Gift of Doubt: From Crisis to Authentic Faith (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990), p. 86.
5 McLaren, Finding Faith, p. 58
6 Parker, Gift of Doubt, pp. 73-74
7 Pablo Picasso, quoted in Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988), p. 148.
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8 Francis A. Schaeffer, The God Who Is There (Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1968), p. 55.
Chapter 4: The Brushstrokes of God
1 Mortimer Adler, Great Books of the Western World, ed. Robert Maynard Hutchins (Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 952), 2:543.
2 Isaac Newton, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687), quoted in Paul Davies, The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 201.
3 Albert Einstein in Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr. Einstein, quoted in Paul Little, Know Why You Believe (Colorado Springs: Victor/Chariot, 1987), p. 24.
4 Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (New York: P.F. Collier and Son, 1937), p. 181.
5 Patrick Glynn, God: The Evidence — The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World (Rocklin, Calif.: Prima, 1997), p. 19.
6 Paul Davies, The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 16.
7 Glynn, God, p. 24.
8 Richard Morris, The Fate of the Universe, quoted in Fred Heeren, Show Me God: What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God (Wheeling, Ill.: Searchlight, 1995), p. 182.
9 Fred Hoyle, The Intelligent Universe: A New View of Creation and Evolution (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984), pp. 11-12.
10 Paul Davies, God and the New Physics (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983), p. 174.
11 Heeren, Show Me God, pp. 209-19.
12 John Polkinghorne, Belief in God in an Age of Science (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1998), p. 10.
13 Robert T. Rood and James S. Trefil, Are We Alone? The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Civilizations, quoted in Heeren, Show Me God, p. 220.
14 William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith, Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. 4-35.
15 Davies, Mind of God, p. 74.
16 C.D. Broad, "Kant's Mathematical Antinomies," quoted in William Lane Craig, "Finitude of the Past and God's Existence," in Craig and Smith, Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology, p. 85.
17 Robert Jastrow, God and the Astronomers (New York: W.W. Norton, 1978), p. 113-14.
18 George Barna, The Second Coming of the Church (Nashville: Word, 1998), p. 67.
19 C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), p. 35.
Chapter 5: Mirrors of Our Maker
1 Eugene Ionesco, in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, in Microsoft Bookshelf Reference Library 1998 (Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft, 1997).
2 Paul Davies, The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 20.
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3 John D. Barrow, Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation, quoted in Davies, Mind of God, p. 149.
4 John Polkinghorne, Belief in God in an Age of Science (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1998), p. 4.
5 Ibid., p. 18-19.
6 C.S. Lewis, Miracles: How God Intervenes in Nature and Human Affairs (New York: Macmillan, 1960), p. 18.
7 John C. Eccles, "The Evolution of Purpose," in Evidence of Purposes: Scientists Discover the Creator, ed. John Marks Templeton (New York: Continuum, 1994), pp. 128-29.
8 Bertrand Russell, "A Free Man's Worship," quoted in John Hick, Arguments for the Existences of God (New York: Herder & Herder, 1971), pp. 61-62.
9 Bertrand Russell, "Human Society in Ethics and Politics," quoted in Hick, Arguments, p. 61.
10 C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), p. 35.
11 Augustine, The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Springdale, Penn.: Whitaker House, 1996), p. 11.
Chapter 6: Reliable, Relative or Ridiculous
1 Brian D. McLaren, Finding Faith: A Self-Discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999), p. 232.
2 See. R. T. Beckwith, "The Canon of the Old Testament," in The Origin of the Bible, ed. Philip Wesley Comfort (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1992).
3 Josephus, Against Apion, quoted in Gleason L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (Chicago: Moody Press, 1994). pp. 78-80.
4 Milton Fisher, "The Canon of the New Testament," in The Origin of the Bible, ed. Philip Wesley Comfort (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1992), p. 73
5 R. K. Harrison, "Old Testament and New Testament Apocrypha," in The Origin of the Bible, ed. Philip Wesley Comfort (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1992), p. 93.
6 Josephus, Against Apion, quoted in Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense, comp. Bill Wilson (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), p. 36.
7 See Archer, Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp. 67-73.
8 Randal Price, Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, 1996), p. 145.
9 Archer, Survey of Old Testament Introduction, p. 29.
10 Philip Wesley Comfort, "Texts and Manuscripts of the New Testament," in The Origin of the Bible, ed. Philip Wesley Comfort (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1992), p. 182.
11 See Randel McCraw Helms, Who Wrote the Gospels? (Altadena, Calif.: Millennium, 1997).
Chapter 7: Grave Issues
1 John Romer, Testament: The Bible and History (New York: Henry Holt, 1988), p. 166.
2 Michael Collins and Matthew A. Price, The Story of Christianity: A Celebration of 2,000 Years of Faith (New York: DK, 1999), p. 7.
3 Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars, quoted in Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense, comp. Bill Wilson (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), p. 200.
4 Cornelius Tacitus, Annals, quoted in Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready
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Defense, comp. Bill Wilson (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), p. 198.
5 Eusebius, Epistles, quoted in J. Stevenson, A New Eusebius (London: SPCK, 1987), p. 19.
6 The New Testament Dating Game," Time, March 21, 1977, p. 95.
7 Paul L. Maier, First Easter, quoted in Josh McDowell, The Resurrection Factor (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), p. 27.
8 Romer, Testament, p. 171.
9 Clark H. Pinnock, Biblical Revelation (Chicago: Moody Press, 1971), p. 48.
10 Craig Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1987), p. 66.
11 Romer, Testament, p. 178.
Chapter 8: Stones & Scrolls
1 Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Stones, Scripts and Scholars," quoted in Josh McDowell, The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1999), p. 92
2 Norm Geisler and Ron Brooks, When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook of Christian Evidences (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1996), pp. 179-80.
3 Randall Price, The Stones Cry Out (Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, 1997), p. 332.
4 Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), p. 217.
5 W.F. Albright, The Archaeology of Palestine, quoted in McDowell, The New Evidence, p. 61.
6 Price, Stones Cry Out, p. 83.
7 See Bryant G. Wood, " 'Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho?' A New Look at the Archaeological Evidence," Biblical Archaeological Review 16, no. 2 (March/April 1990): 44-59.
8 Ibid., p.152.
9 A.N. Sherwin-White, Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament, quoted in Geisler and Brooks, When Skeptics Ask, p. 202.
10 Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense, comp. Bill Wilson (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), pp. 199-200.
11 Millar Burrows, "How Archaeology Helps the Student of the Bible," quoted in McDowell, The New Evidence, p. 100.
12 Norman Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999), p. 52.
Chapter 9: What Profit in Prophets
1 According to J. Barton Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1973), p. 681.
2 Norman L. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999), p. 613.
3 Philip Myers, General Histories for College and High Schools, quoted in Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense, comp. Bill Wilson (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993), p. 61.
4 Randall Price, Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, 1996), p. 162.
5 Ibid.
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6 Gleason L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, (Chicago: Moody Press, 1994), pp. 430-36.
7 Ibid., p.445.
8 Michel de Nostradamus, Centuries, quoted in James Randi, The Mask of Nostradamus (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990), p,. 244.
9 Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia, p. 615.
10 Henry M. Morris with Henry M. Morris III, Many Infallible Proofs: Evidences for the Christian Faith (Green Forest, Ark.: Master Books, 1996), p. 190.
Chapter 10: Testing the Track Record
1 William Wilberforce, quoted in Luis Palau, God Is Relevant: Finding Strength and Peace in Today's World (New York: Doubleday, 1997), p. 176.
2 D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994), p. 206.
3 C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), pp. 175-83.
4 Paul Johnson, "A Historian Looks at Jesus," quoted in Kennedy and Newcombe, What If Jesus, p. 223.
5 Kennedy and Newcombe, What If Jesus, p. 205.
6 Ibid., pp. 10-14.
7 Ibid., pp. 40-56.
8 Tim LaHaye, Jesus — Who Is He? (Sisters, Ore.: Multnomah Press, 1996), p. 17.
9 Kennedy and Newcombe, What If Jesus, pp. 18-22.
10 Craig S. Keener, Paul, Women and Wives (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1992), p. 6.
11 H.F.R. Catherwood, The Christian in Industrial Society, quoted in Daniel H. Osmond, "A Physiologist Looks at Purpose and Meaning in Life," in Evidence of Purposes, ed. John Marks Templeton (New York: Continuum, 1994), p. 137.
12 Some names have been changed in order to protect the privacy of the individuals.
13 William Dyrness, Christian Apologetics in a World Community (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1983), pp. 65-66.
Chapter 11: God Beyond the Telescope
1 Francis Bacon, quoted in D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994), p. 97.
2 D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, What If The Bible Had Never Been Written? (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998), p. 106.
3 Ibid., pp. 104.
4 Ibid., pp. 107.
5 Isaac Newton, quoted in Kennedy and Newcombe, What If Jesus, p. 100.
6 Ibid., pp. 99.
7 National Academy of Science Committee on Science and Creationism, Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1984), p. 6.
8 George Gaylord Simpson, quoted in Philip E. Johnson, Darwin on Trial, 2nd ed. (Downers
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Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1983), p. 116.
9 Francis Bacon, quoted in Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, How Now Shall We Live? (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, House, 1999), p. 69.
10 Micheal Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (Bethesda, Md.: Adler & Adler, 1986), p. 86.
11 Carl Sagan, quoted in Paul Little, Know Why You Believe (Colorado Springs: Victor/Chariot, 1987), p. 95.
12 C.S. Lewis, Miracles: How God Intervenes in Nature and Human Affairs (New York: Macmillan, 1960), p. 68.
13 Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), p. 213.
14 Lewis, Miracles, p. 48.
15 C. Stephen Evans, The Quest for Faith, quoted in Ronald Nash, Faith and Reason: Searching for a Rational Faith (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1988), p. 206.
16 Lewis, Miracles, p. 167.
17 Blaise Pascal, quoted in Kennedy and Newcombe, What If The Bible Had Never Been Written?, p. 99.
18 Norman L. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999), p. 691.
Chapter 12: Contending with a Tragic World
1 C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: Macmillan, 1962), p. 28.
2 Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), p. 126.
3 Lewis, The Problem of Pain, p. 77-79.
4 Francis A. Schaeffer, Genesis in Space and Time (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1972), p. 100.
5 Lewis, The Problem of Pain, p. 76.
6 Kreeft and Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics, p. 135.
7 Lewis, The Problem of Pain, p. 71.
8 Ibid., p. 93.
9 Ronald Nash, Faith and Reason: Searching for a Rational Faith (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1988), p. 205.
10 Joni Eareckson Tada, Heaven: Your Real Home (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1988), p. 9.
11 Nash, Faith and Reason, p. 205.
12 Nels F.S. Ferre, Evil and the Christian Faith (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947), p. ix.
Chapter 13: Reflections on Religions
1 Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), p. 342-43.
2 Brian D. McLaren, Finding Faith: A Self-Discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999), p. 148-49.
3 Paul Little, Know Why You Believe (Colorado Springs: Victor/ Chariot, 1984), p. 126.
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4 James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, 3rd ed (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997), p. 195.
5 Joseph Smith Jr., The History of the Church of Latter-day Saints, quoted in Norman Geisler and Ron Brooks, When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook of Christian Evidences (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1996), p. 54.
6 Kausitaki Upanishad, quoted in Jacob Neusner, ed., Evil and Suffering (Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim, 1998), p. 17.
7 Norman L. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1999), p. 191.
8 N.J. Dawood, trans., The Koran, Translated with Notes (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 292.
9 G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday/Image, 1955), pp. 86-87.
Chapter 14:
1 Os Guinness, In Two Minds: The Dilemma of Doubt and How to Resolve It (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1976), p. 109.
2 Ibid., p. 154.
3 Hannah Whitall Smith, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (1870; reprint Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, 1966), p. 57.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid., p. 55.
6 C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), p. 124.
