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The Defense of the Faith—Abridged Edition is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this book, a revision and abridgment of an earlier work, Van Til seeks to discover the most biblical and effective way to present Christ to unsaved people. He writes in the introduction, “First, the main contents of the gospel of grace is briefly set forth in terms of theology (Chapter 1). Then this same gospel is set forth in terms of philosophy (Chapters 2–4). Finally, this gospel is...

principles and ideals! Truly, with Augustine, our prayer should ever be for humility and more humility. Even so, necessity is laid upon us. The gospel must be heard without compromise. The whole world lies in darkness. Modern philosophers follow one another about in circles within the hollow of a sphere that they have built about themselves. They will never question their common assumption of human autonomy. Therefore those who know that they were themselves in that state but have been taken out
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