Evidences of the Christian Religion

Name: Evidences of the Christian Religion
Author: Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and the first professor of Princeton Theological Seminary. After serving as president of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, he shaped Princeton's warm, experiential Calvinism from 1812 until his death, training a generation of Presbyterian ministers. Our library holds his Thoughts on Religious Experience, Evidences of the Christian Religion, Outlines of Moral Science, and A Brief Compend of Bible Truth.

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First published: 1851
Category: Theology
Length: 74k words · about 5 hours
Chapters: 16

About this book

Archibald Alexander's defense of the truth and authority of Scripture, from the founding professor of Princeton Seminary. Alexander examines the authenticity and inspiration of the Bible and answers the objections of skeptics with calm, reasoned argument. A standard American work on the evidences of Christianity, written for students and thoughtful general readers alike.

Chapter I. The Right Use of Reason in Religion.
Chapter II. It Is Impossible to Banish All Religion from the World; and If It Were Possible, It Would Be the Greatest Calamity Which Could Befal the Human Race.
Chapter III. If Christianity Be Rejected, There Is No Other Religion Which Can Be Substituted in Its Place; at Least No Other Which Will at All Answer the Purpose for Which Religion Is Desirable.
Chapter IV. Revelation Necessary to Teach Us How to Worship God Acceptably—The Nature and Certainty of a Future State—And Especially, the Method by Which Sinners May Obtain Salvation. 🔒
Chapter V. There Is Nothing Improbable or Unreasonable in the Idea of a Revelation from God; and Consequently, Nothing Improbable or Unreasonable in Such a Manifest Divine Interposition, as May Be Necessary to Establish a Revelation. 🔒
Chapter VI. Miracles Are Capable of Proof from Testimony. 🔒
Chapter VII. The Miracles of the Gospel Are Credible. 🔒
Chapter VIII. The Bible Contains Predictions of Events, Which NO Human Sagacity Could Have Foreseen, and Which Have Been Exactly and Remarkably Accomplished. 🔒
Chapter IX. No Other Religion Possesses the Same Kind and Degree of Evidence as Christianity: and No Other Miracles Are as Well Attested, as Those Recorded in the Bible. 🔒
Chapter X. The Bible Contains Internal Evidence That Its Origin Is Divine. · Part 1 🔒
Chapter X. The Bible Contains Internal Evidence That Its Origin Is Divine. · Part 2 🔒
Chapter X. The Bible Contains Internal Evidence That Its Origin Is Divine. · Part 3 🔒
Chapter XI. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, were written by the Inspiration of God; and This Inspiration, However it May Be Distinguished, Was Plenary; That Is the Writers were under an Infallible Guidance, both as it Relates to the Ideas and Words: and Yet, the Acquired Knowledge, Habits, and Peculiar Dispositions of the Writers, were not Superseded. 🔒
Note A. An Appendix to Chapter VI. On the Proof of Miracles by Testimony. 🔒
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