In Introduction to My Philosophical Life’s Work, I explain why I have worked privately as a Christian philosopher, I explain what I have written as a result of this philosophical work (except for the books Against Fictionalism and Against Biblicalism which I have written since writing this Introduction), and I explain how the books which are available for download on this website (except for Against Fictionalism and Against Biblicalism) relate to what I have previously written.
In The Way to Eternal Goodness: Thinking about God Biblically, I consider the biblical statements which assume that God is the cause of the universe and that Jesus is God. I argue that all humans who want to obey God will be raised from death and will receive new eternal bodies. They will then be perfectly qualified to enter the new society which will exist in the new eternal universe which will appear when this present temporary universe disappears. I also consider in detail both the laws which God gave to the people of Israel but which Jesus annulled and the commands which Jesus and his appointed messengers gave to those who believe in Jesus.
In Miracles and Written Records: Knowing God Historically, I argue that observationally based statements about miracles provide historical evidence about God. Then, having considered how it is possible to agree that a statement regarding a past event is observationally based, I consider whether the statements in the Old Testament about the miracle at the Red Sea and the statements in the New Testament about the miracles of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus are observationally based.
In The Cause of All Things: Thinking about Nature Biblically, I consider the biblical statements which affirm the basic assumption that God has caused nature in the context of the biblical statements about particular natural things.
In the two volumes of Stability and Lawful Change: Understanding Nature Scientifically, I assume, firstly, that God has caused stability and lawful change, secondly, that it is possible for hypotheses about stability and lawful change to be empirically tested, and thirdly, that, by understanding how particular hypotheses about stability and lawful change were first empirically tested, all Christians may come to have the same understanding that these hypotheses have been empirically tested. In Volume One: Observations and Experiments, I describe the observations and experiments which first empirically tested a number of fundamental empirically tested hypotheses. In Volume Two: Mathematics and Scientific Proofs, I give the scientific proofs necessary to understand how these observations and experiments empirically tested these hypotheses and I give the mathematics necessary to understand these scientific proofs.
In The Laws for Goodness: Thinking about Human Life Biblically, I consider the basic biblical laws which say what humans must do in order for this world to be a good world. Then I consider the biblical laws which presuppose that humans have not obeyed these basic biblical laws but which have the purpose that this world may be as good as possible, given that humans have not obeyed these basic biblical laws.
In Nature and Human Culture: Imagining the Laws for Goodness, I assume, firstly, that God caused humans so that they would receive good from the physical universe and from the biosphere, and secondly, that God caused humans so that they might give good to one another by causing good which other humans would receive. I imagine what humans might have done so that they would receive good from the physical universe, from the biosphere, and from one another. Then, given that humans have not always done this, I imagine what humans may still do so that life for humans may be as good as possible.
The main part of my philosophical work thus consists of two books about God, two books about nature, and two books about the laws for goodness. One book in each pair of books considers what the Bible says and the other book in each pair of books is based on experience and imagination.
Regarding the two books about God, The Way to Eternal Goodness considers what the Bible says about God and Miracles and Written Records considers what may be said about God which is based on historical evidence regarding miracles and on imagination that God has done these miracles.
Regarding the two books about nature, The Cause of All Things considers what the Bible says about nature and natural things and Stability and Lawful Change considers what may be said about nature which is based on empirical evidence regarding natural things and on imagination regarding the stability and lawful change which explains this evidence.
Regarding the two books about the laws for goodness, The Laws for Goodness considers what the Bible says about these laws and Nature and Human Culture considers what may be said on the basis of human experience of goodness and on the basis of imagination of what humans might have done so that life would have been good for all humans.
Although I have found it necessary to write two books about God, two books about nature, and two books about the laws for goodness, I assume that there will come a time when there will be sufficient agreement among Christians that it will be possible for a Christian philosopher to write one book about God, one book about nature, and one book about the laws for goodness.
Since finalising the main part of my philosophical work, I have written two books which explicitly address what seem to me to be the two deepest disagreements between Christians.
In Against Fictionalism I address the question of whether or not there is a being who has caused miracles by arguing that at least some of the statements about miracles in the Bible are observationally based. This book is a revision of the key parts of Miracles and Written Records. The latter book also has parts which consist of revisions of my earlier books, A Basic Introduction to the Bible and A Basic Chronology of the Bible. These earlier books were written to provide a basis for the argument which is presented separately in Against Fictionalism.
In Against Biblicalism I assume that God exists and I address the question of whether or not God is the origin of the Bible by arguing that there are no statements in the Bible which state or assume that the Bible originated from God.