: The first step uses philosophical arguments (such as the cosmological or teleological arguments) to prove that God exists.
: Comprehensive outlines summarizing the book's chapters, including "Natural Theology and Fideism," can be found through various ministry blogs and PDF repositories The Three-Part Guide to Sproul's Classical Method classical apologetics sproul pdf version
Establishing the existence of God through natural theology and philosophical proofs. : The first step uses philosophical arguments (such
This is the idea that the universe brought itself into being out of nothing. Sproul pointed out that for something to create itself, it would have to exist before it existed. This violates the law of non-contradiction and is a logical absurdity. Total nothingness cannot produce something. including "Natural Theology and Fideism