Tabletalk Magazine, August 2008: The New Atheism

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 2008

Overview

The August 2008 issue of Tabletalk magazine examines some of the basic precepts of the “new” atheism, encouraging readers with succinct answers to certain criticisms and exhorting them to be prepared to face these challenges as they are disseminated at home and abroad.

Contents

• "Faith and Reason" by R. C. Sproul
• "God’s Dupes?" by Ravi K. Zacharias
• "Has Science Got Rid of God?" by John Blanchard
• "The True Face of Evil" by David A. Robertson
• "United in Truth and Love" by Robert Rothwell
• "For the Record" by Joel R. Beeke
• "The Generous Landowner" by Jerry Bridges
• "True Greatness" by Tom Ascol
• "The Joy of the Lord" by Greg Barolet
• "Pastor’s Perspective" by Philip G. Ryken
• "Pro Ecclesia: For the Church" by Carl R. Trueman
• "Generation to Generation" by Steven J. Lawson
• "Tolle Lege: Take Up and Read" by Keith A. Mathison
• "Seek Ye First" by R. C. Sproul Jr.
• "Truth and Consequences" by Gene Edward Veith

Top Highlights

“There is not one such fossil for which one might make a watertight argument.’ On the other hand, if God created fully formed and separate kinds, we should expect to find the remains of countless fully formed specimens, all without any apparent ancestors—and that is exactly what we do find.” (Page 15)

“The reality is that the emptiness that results from the loss of the transcendent is stark and devastating, philosophically and existentially. Indeed, the denial of an objective moral law, based on the compulsion to deny the existence of God, results ultimately in the denial of evil itself.” (Page 11)

“C.S. Lewis came to a very different conclusion: ‘No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that ‘In the beginning God made heaven and earth.’ ’” (Page 17)

“they promise a world of new hope and unlimited horizons once we have shed this delusion of God.” (Page 11)

“objective moral values do exist. Therefore, God must exist.” (Page 12)

Praise for the Print Edition

Tabletalk has been a key ingredient in the diet of Christians conscious of their spiritual vitality.

—Michael S. Horton

Month by month, Tabletalk represents an oasis in a desert of false spirituality, mindless Christianity, and vapid conviction. Tabletalk represents theological rigor, biblical Christianity, and authentic Christian devotion. It is an antidote to the world of superficial Christianity. Read it and grow.

—R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Tabletalk has been a wonderful resource in my own daily walk with the Lord.

—Ravi Zacharias

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, August 2008: The New Atheism
• Executive Editor: R. C. Sproul
• Editor: Burk Parsons
• Series: Tabletalk
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Publication Date: August 2008
• Pages: 83

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.