39 Facts About Norman Geisler

Norman Leo Geisler was an American Christian systematic theologian, philosopher, and apologist.

Norman Geisler was the co-founder of two non-denominational evangelical seminaries.

Norman Geisler was the author, coauthor, or editor of over 90 books and hundreds of articles.

One of the primary architects of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, Geisler was well noted within the United States evangelical community for his stalwart defense of Biblical inerrancy.

Norman Geisler had additional graduate work at Wayne State University, the University of Detroit, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Norman Leo Geisler was born on July 21,1932, in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Norman Geisler attended a nondenominational, evangelical church from age nine; and converted into Christianity at age of eighteen.

Norman Geisler subsequently earned two bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, and a Doctorate.

Norman Geisler was later Chairman of Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary.

In 1981, Geisler testified in "the Scopes II trial".

Norman Geisler was formerly a president of the Evangelical Theological Society but left the ETS in 2003, after it did not expel Clark Pinnock, who advocated open theism.

Norman Geisler was a key figure in founding the Evangelical Philosophical Society.

Norman Geisler served as its first president as well as the first editor of its journal, which was then called the Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.

In 1997, Norman Geisler co-authored When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretation.

In 2008, Norman Geisler co-founded the Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Santa Ana, California.

Norman Geisler was married to Barbara Jean Cate for 64 years, and together they had six children: Ruth, David, Daniel, Rhoda, Paul, and Rachel.

Norman Geisler died of cerebral thrombosis at a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 1,2019,20 days before his 87th birthday.

Norman Geisler's funeral was held at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Norman Geisler is known first and foremost as a classical Christian apologist.

Norman Geisler addressed the debate over biblical miracles in multiple works, including Miracles and the Modern Mind, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, and Twelve Points Which Show Christianity is True.

Norman Geisler argues in Miracles and the Modern Mind that miracles are possible, credible, rational, not unscientific, identifiable, not mythological, historical, not antinatural, distinguishable, and actual.

Norman Geisler further argues miracles are essential to Christianity and are definable.

In Miracles and the Modern Mind, Norman Geisler takes the above criteria and presents the following argument:.

Norman Geisler was a conservative evangelical scholar who wrote a four-volume systematic theology which was later condensed into a 1,660 page one-volume tome.

Norman Geisler defended the full inerrancy of the Bible, being one of the co-founders and framers of the "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" and editor of the book Inerrancy.

Norman Geisler wrote the foreword to the book Explaining Biblical Inerrancy, a compilation of all of the Chicago Statements on Biblical Inerrancy, Biblical Hermeneutics, and Biblical Application, the official ICBI commentary on the first statement by R C Sproul, and the official ICBI commentary on the second statement by Norm Geisler.

Norman Geisler considered himself a "moderate Calvinist", as expressed in his book Chosen but Free and Systematic Theology, in One Volume.

Norman Geisler argued that his view of election strongly resembles that of Thomas Aquinas.

Norman Geisler spoke of election being "in according with" God's foreknowledge instead of being "based on" his foreknowledge, along with being unconditional for God, but conditional for man.

Norman Geisler thus believed that God effectually calls those whom he knows will respond to this call.

Norman Geisler distinguished his view of the perseverance of the saints from the extreme Calvinist view.

Norman Geisler believed that an elect person would not be lost even if they die in sin, he strongly protested against the view that one cannot be sure that he is one of the elect until he gets to heaven.

Unlike some Calvinists, Norman Geisler understood warnings in the New Testament such as that in Hebrews 10 as pertaining to a loss of eternal rewards, instead of speaking of false believers.

Norman Geisler believed in dispensational premillennialism, however he criticized progressive dispensationalism, ultradispensationalism and hyperdispensationalism.

Norman Geisler disagreed with the rejection of the human author's meaning in biblical exegesis taught by progressive dispensationalists, saying that although God knows more about the topic and sees more implications in any given text, the text cannot mean more than the human author intended.

Norman Geisler was a self-described evangelical Thomist as it pertained to his philosophical commitments.

Norman Geisler further evaluated Thomism in light of evangelical Christianity as well as the compatibility between the two in his work, Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal.

Norman Geisler wrote two significant books on ethics: Christian Ethics and The Christian Love Ethic.

Norman Geisler believed the American Revolution was not justified by the standards of either the Bible or just war theory.