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The Folly of Unbelief: Philosophical Illustrations of the Futility of Unbelieving Thought (Amazon)

The Folly of Unbelief presents a clear and powerful illustration of the philosophical futility of unbelief. The Bible tells us that only the foolish reject Christ and His revelation. The Folly of Unbelief presents a philosophical illustration of this biblical truth. 

“If the only item in your apologetic arsenal is the question, "By what standard?", then frankly, you don't have an effective apologetic.

How, then, can we present a biblically faithful, but intellectually serious, apologetic methodology? Daniel Akande, an up-and-coming Van Tilian author, has written the enchiridion for all presuppositional apologists looking to step up their game.

Traversing issues ranging from universals and particulars to mathematical relations to moral and epistemic normativity, Akande deftly vindicates the Christian worldview as the only viable system of thought capable of securing the foundations for rational thought. The author exposes the folly of unbelief in its manifold forms: naturalism, deism, unitarianism, and polytheism—all of which slay reason on the altar of chance and impersonalism.”

Chris Matthews, Author at Lamb's Reign and editor of the Journal of Christian Reconstruction

"The Folly of Unbelief: Philosophical Illustrations of the Futility of Unbelieving Thought is the best introductory text for Van Tilians since William Dennison’s work “In Defense of the Eschaton: Essays in Reformed Apologetics” and Dr. Christopger Watkin’s “Thinking through Creation: Genesis 1 and 2 as Tools of Cultural Critique“. I recommend grabbing this and putting older less useful works down. It will become one of the standard texts for Van Tilians to turn to.”—-Vincent, Author at The Council

“Daniel Akande’s book provides an introductory level work on Apologetics. This book is written in such a manner that any Christian can pick up and understand without a lot of previous background in apologetics. Mr. Akande offers the reader a presentation of the basic foundational ideas behind the methodology of Presuppositional Apologetics. This book is highly recommended for any Christian to read as a way to help understand the role of every believer.”—Thomas Linton 



If Logic, then God (Amazon)

How can the difference of opinion between the Christian and the unbeliever be rationally resolved?

Amongst other things, in order to sustain a rational approach to the question of the existence of God, both parties must ensure that their ideas and arguments conform to logical standards.

But what if I told you that this requirement of logical argumentation serves as irrefutable evidence of the existence of God?

That's right! Logic itself proves the truth of Christianity!

IF LOGIC, THEN GOD is a concise and powerful presentation of the transcendental argument from logic. It argues that the very preconditions of rational thought - laws of logic, rules of inference, logical principles, etc. - all presuppose the truth of Christian Theism for their coherence and intelligibility. Therefore, to even argue against the Christian faith is a self-defeating endeavor.



The Best Argument for Christianity (Amazon)

The Bible presents us with a specific view of the world, man, and God. This view - the Christian religion - is a holistic outlook on the world.

Over the centuries, various great minds have attempted to defend this view from the criticisms of unbelievers, and present positive arguments for it. What these arguments have lacked, however, is specificity.

The Best Argument for Christianity presents a robust argument for a specifically Christian theism. Taking a holistic approach, Christianity is defended as a unit. Furthermore, the specifics of the Christian religion are argued to be the best and only explanation for various facts of our experience.

Christians must not be satisfied with arguing for some generic theism. The tenets and doctrines that define the Christian religion need not be sacrificed when we try to construct a philosophical argument for our faith. In The Best Argument for Christianity, it is explained:

  • why Christianity is unique
  • why all variations of unbelief, be they religious or non-religious, are united in their rejection of Christianity
  • how all non-Christian views posit an impersonalistic meta-narrative
  • why an impersonalistic meta-narrative fails to properly make sense of human experience

The Best Argument for Christianity is a philosophical vindication of the Christian-theistic Trinitarian metaphysic.


  I AM, therefore I think: Irrefutable Proof of God’s Existence (FREE)

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  1. randomozzydudeOctober 21, 2021 at 10:43 PM

    Hi Daniel. I've recently watch a couple of recent videos where you've discussed your latest book "The Folly of Unbelief..." I found the interview with Eli Ayala from Revealed Apologetics most interesting and I'd like to purchase a PDF version of your book. I can only find the Kindle version and hoping you can steer me to a website where I can download one? Looking forward to reading your book Daniel. God bless.

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