The One: In Defense of God

by J. Dan Gill

This is an extraordinary book! As a Christian pastor, J. Dan Gill confronts the great issues regarding God and faith in our time. From atheism and agnosticism to eastern religions and New Age; from religious pluralism and popular philosophies to a Christianity which itself is no longer rooted in the simple faith of the one true God of the Bible — all of these are met head on. Written from a pastor’s heart, this is a book which every Christian and non-Christian alike should read.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 20, 2016

Reviews

[Jim Strasma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seems like a nice fellow, with good intentions, but my Philosophy of Religion prof in seminary would have torn him to shreds with no effort at all. Sadly, no one not already convinced of God's existence or benevolence is likely to be convinced by an argument that mostly amounts to "because this old book here says so."

As a Christian with personal experience of God, I don't NEED to be convinced, but to keep reading beyond 12%, I'd have needed SOME reason to do so, and did not find one.

An example of a argument that could and should have been made, but wasn't, is that science, by its own rules, is unable to test or verify anything outside space and time. Thus, any theory about what preceded or triggered Creation is, by definition, a statement of faith.