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Why Good Arguments Often Fail | James W. Sire

by Matt McCarnan on June 8th, 2007

Why Good Arguments Often FailJames W. Sire. Why Good Arguments Often Fail: Making a More Persuasive Case for Christ. IVP, 2006. 205 pp.

This is a book about the way Christians can most effectively present a case for Christ. In short, it deals with the art of persuasion, the art of making the most credible witness to the truth of the Christian faith.

It is not so much a book filled with good arguments as one that examines the pitfalls facing Christians who wish not merely to assert the truth of the Christian faith but do so with the greatest likelihood of success. I say likelihood because there are no surefire, knock-down arguments for anything a Christian believes. In fact, there are no surefire, knock-down arguments for anything anyone believes, even one who claims to believe nothing at all.

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