Colin Brown (1) (1932–)

This work offers a comprehensive and well-balanced philosophical and theological defense of miracles from a Christian perspective. A standout feature in chapter 4 is Brown's rigorous critique of David Hume’s landmark 1748 essay 'Of Miracles,' effectively challenging the skeptical framework established in his "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding."

Out of all the theological study tools I have, this four volume set is the most useful in depth and sound for precise explanation of terms, how these terms were used in Greek and cutting away so much superfluous opinions and editorials we have associated with many beliefs held. In other words, if you want to get to what the original authors were driving at, this is a great scalpel.

The author shows that it is indeed legitimate to affirm, and possible to validate, the historical basis of Christianity, including the miracles recorded in the Bible.

A quick history of Western philosophy and its relationship to Christianity. I'm not interested in philosophy, but I now know a little bit more about it, or at least about some philosophers. It's fairly stodgy and the author's obsessed with calling everything a "Procrustean bed" (seriously, it's in about twenty times). I don't feel like I got that much out of it, to be honest.