Table of Contents

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