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In this collection of (mostly) never before published essays, Dr. Anthony Horvath tackles a wide range of topics of a philosophical, theological, apologetical, and, for the first time, polemical, nature.
The title essay, “The Golden Rule of Epistemology and Implications Thereof” makes the contention that only the Christian worldview is consistent with reason and rationality, and traces how the search for a cogent system that explains the reasonableness of reason led him from his excursion into atheism back into theism. Edwin Abbott’s Flatland is prominently featured.
Why Does a Good and All-Powerful God Allow Suffering?
Horvath argues that the argument against the existence of God from evil and suffering fails, if only for the reason that Christians are as acquainted with evil and suffering as anyone else, and the whole point of God’s incarnating into our world is to deal with evil and suffering, or, in a word, death.
When Apologetics is Not Welcome in Your Church
This piece was previously submitted to the Apologia315 website and appears largely as it was first published.
In Defense of Lutheran Baptism
Though content to operate well within the context of ‘Mere Christianity,’ it so happens that Horvath has strong views on baptism, and in particular as Lutherans tend to understand it. This is the first essay publicly made available of a ‘polemical’ sort, although the emphasis is on presenting the Lutheran view on its own merits, rather than attacking or belittling other perspectives.
Why Do Christians Oppose Homosexuality When Even Jesus Didn’t?
Horvath does not accept the premise of the question. 🙂 This essay is a revised version of a work that originally appeared on his blog.
Faith, the Proof of the Unseen (by George MacDonald)
This sermon by the famed George MacDonald, an influence on C.S. Lewis and many others, is included without comment. The reader is invited to consider why it is included in this collection.
