Perhaps the most powerful argument for the existence of God is the moral argument. Christian apologist Dr. William Lane Craig says this argument resonates with people more than any other. The following article covers the importance of this argument and the impact it has had on people coming to believe in God.
Every Christian Should Begin to Master the Moral Argument Today by Erik Manning
I agree with the article that every Christian should master this argument and so I want to provide some resources to help with this. Some good free resources to learn about this argument can be found at the following websites:
William Lane Craig’s Reasonable Faith website
MandM (Matt & Madeleine Flannagan) website
Frank Turek’s CrossExamined website
Some helpful books on the moral argument are the following:
Beginner
- On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision by William Lane Craig
- Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
- Did God Really Command Genocide?: Coming to Terms with the Justice of God by Paul Copan, Matt Flannagan
- The Morals of the Story: Good News About a Good God by David Baggett and Marybeth Baggett
Advanced
- Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig
- The Moral Argument: A History by David Baggett, Jerry Walls
- Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality by David Baggett, Jerry L. Walls
- God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning by David Baggett, Jerry L. Walls
- God and Moral Obligation by C. Stephen Evans
- Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics by Robert Merrihew Adams
- Divine Commands and Moral Requirements by Philip L. Quinn
- Divine Love Theory: How the Trinity is the Source and Foundation of Morality by Adam Johnson
- God's Call: Moral Realism, God's Commands, and Human Autonomy by John E. Hare
- The Moral Gap: Kantian Ethics, Human Limits, and God's Assistance: Kantian Ethics, Human Limits and God's Assistance by John E. Hare
- A Debate on God and Morality: What is the Best Account of Objective Moral Values and Duties? by William Lane Craig, Erik J. Wielenberg
- Is Goodness without God Good Enough?: A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics by Nathan L. King, Robert K. Garcia
- The Morality Wars: The Ongoing Debate Over The Origin Of Human Goodness by Louise Mabille, Henk Stoker
Finally, below are some upcoming conferences that will focus on the moral argument. I highly recommend attending them if you can.
Academic Conference on the Moral Argument for God – March 2-3 at Houston Christian University
God and Ethics Conference – March 4th at Houston Christian University