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The peter kreeft bundle contains all of the philosopher, theologian, and apologists resources. Here is a book to help you understand your faith more fully and to explain it to others more winningly. He is a regular contributor to several christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of over 55 books including handbook of christian apologetics, christianity for modern pagans, and. Handbook of christian apologetics by peter kreeft, 1994, intervarsity press edition, hardback in english. One of the big highlights of last weekends defending the faith conference was meeting dr. Take this free online course on aquinas with peter kreeft. How salvation works and why faith alone is not enough 144. He is a regular contributor to several christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of over 63 books, including.
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Kreeft calls it the magna carta of philosophy, a timeless classic that is a portable classroom. He is a regular contributor to several christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of over 55 books including handbook of christian apologetics, christianity for modern pagans, and fundamentals of the faith. Philosopher and prolific writer peter kreeft is up to the challenge in this work of popular apologetics aimed at both teens and adults. But living in faith is not possible unless there is action on our part. Peter kreeft has 2 books on goodreads with 61934 ratings. Kreeft offers a marvelous way of using platos apology both to introduce the whole scope of philosopher and to evoke a personal response. Books by peter kreeft author of handbook of christian.
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