Kingdom Triangle & In Search of a Confident Faith

JP Moreland teams-up with Klaus Issler in a new book that helps to expand the work of Kingdom Triangle.

In Search of a Confident Faith: Overcoming Barriers to Trusting in God was born out of the desire to correct gross misunderstandings of the nature of faith, to explain why there is such an arrangement between us and God/His Word, and provide specific, practical guidelines for developing/strengthening one's faith in the months ahead. The book gives a readable, accessible, solid biblical and philosophical treatment of faith, and it focuses on dealing with generalized doubt, specific doubts, emotional hindrances, the supernatural, and guidance.

In Search of a Confident Faith intersects with Kingdom Triangle in two ways. First, it has an an emphasis on God's special intervention in our lives as an aid to growth in God-confidence, and it thereby applies and expands Kingdom Triangle. Second, its emphasis on the role of the intellect in cultivating God-confidence is an expansion of the Kingdom-Triangle emphasis on the life of the mind.

Moreland says, "Klaus and I are very expectant about this book and, as far as we can tell, there is nothing like it out there. So it should be a fresh, refreshing read for our brothers and sisters."

More about the book and about Klaus Issler can be found at www.klausissler.com

Jolly Blogger on Kingdom Triangle

David Wayne's Jollyblogger consider's Moreland's discussion on the "empty self" in Kingdom Triangle and detects it's further significance for discerning "spiritual narcissists."

Read David's post here.

Kingdom Triangle Featured at Bobby Sparks Blog

We are grateful for Bobby Sparks to share an excerpt of Kingdom Traingle at his blog.

He an excellent example of someone who is thoroughly evangelical and smart to recognize the indwelling power and presence of the Spirit in our midst.

College Student Blogger Gets Kingdom Triangle

Curtis, a college student blogger (here), understands the significance of JP's Kingdom Triangle:

Good book. Especially encouraging to hear from man with his mind to be really implore his readers (who tend to come from more cessassionist backgrounds) to search out the supernatural especially with regards to the greater gifts...

It's also especially helpful to bring balance because sometimes peoples' pendulum's on these things goes too far one way or the other. I know mine did when first exposed the more spiritual side of things coming from my background where we did not talk about the Holy Spirit..

Moreland Addresses Kingdom Triangle Themes to Apologetics Students

La Mirada, CA - Every year, graduate students in apologetics come from around the country in order to congregate at Biola University. These graduate students do not fit your typical profile: many of them are full-time career professionals with families, often established in their life vocations, but wanting to enrich their life by graduate work in Christian apologetics.

With these students, JP lectured on the meaning and importance of the reality of the Kingdom of God for apologetics work:

I defined the Kingdom as the realm within which God's will is carried out (the laws of nature and the hearts of those yielded to the King). I argued that the purpose of history is to bring honor to God by the progressive formation of a voluntary community of people, under the King, who exhibit the relations that obtain among the members of the Trinity and who co-labor with God forever to produce goodness, truth and beauty. I claimed that this is the meaning of our own individual lives. I then drew out the power aspect of the Kingdom and talked about healing prayer. Many came to me with the report that they had already read Kingdom Triangle with great benefit. Several students got copies. I am observing that the book is having precisely the sort of transformational influence on readers I had hoped.

SoCal Apologetics Blogger On Kingdom Triangle

Kyrie Eleison blogs about the importance of the Christian mind in light of Kingdom Triangle.

Click here.

Recommended Summer Reading

For what remains of summer, here are three important book recommendations:

• William Lane Craig's third edition of Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (www.reasonablefaithtools.com). This is a masterful work - both as a model and introduction to - Christian apologetics.
• Craig Hazen's creative apologetic fiction, Five Sacred Crossings: A Novel Approach to a Reasonable Faith (see his interview here). Craig's book is a ground–breaking offering, able to both educate and entertain.
• My co-authored work (with Tim Muehlhoff), The God Conversations: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith. This is an important book for anyone who cares deeply about not only what we believe as Christians, but how we communicate the relevancy of our beliefs.