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Advanced Apologetics · Lesson 5 · 20 min

The moral argument

Walk the case from objective moral values to a personal moral lawgiver — and answer the standard naturalist responses.

Reading path

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  1. Read

    The moral argument: from objective moral values to a personal God

    Craig's premises; Euthyphro and the divine-nature response; Street, Wielenberg, contractarianism, error theory; Christ as moral lawgiver in person.

  2. Read

    The problem of evil

    Companion piece — the corresponding objection to objective moral grounding.

  3. Read

    Comparative monotheism: Trinity, Tawhid, unitarianism, and deism

    Why a Trinitarian God grounds love and morality more naturally than solitary monotheism.

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