Dr. Brad Harrub 4-night Bible & Science Seminar

Dr. Brad Harrub will be conducting a 4 night Bible & Science Seminar at the Riverdale School hall starting on Sun. 20 April, Mon. 21, Tue. 22, Wed. 23 at 6pm.

Each night there will be two 25 minute lessons with a 10 minute break in between. The final lesson will be followed by a question and answer session in which Brad will field questions from the floor.

This proved especially popular last year.

Brad is a well qualified, highly entertaining and engaging speaker. He holds a Ph.D in Neurobiology and Anatomy earned from the University of Tennessee and publishes/co-edits his own Christian apologetics magazine "Think."

I would greatly appreciate it if you would promote Brad’s visit at the next apologetics meeting and amongst any other contacts that you feel might be interested. For more information people can contact me at: 355-4580 or e-mail: nathrachp@xnet.co.nz

Christian Evidences Camp @ Foxton Beach

HOSTED BY THE PALMERSTON NORTH CHURCH OF CHRIST

WHERE? FOXTON BEACH BOYS BRIGADE, FOXTON BEACH.

WHEN? SAT. 19TH APRIL TO WED. 23RD APRIL (FIRST WEEK OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)

WHAT? CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES CAMP designed to quip Christians of all ages with the cutting edge scientific discoveries. While everyone is invited to come, we are especially aiming our lessons at our youth and young adults/intermediate/college/university). Families are most welcome. There will be special classes for all ages from cradle roll to adults. During the day there will be various sports activities and other fun events organised.

ACCOMODATION: Although the camp sleeps 70 indoors, there is plenty of space for tents and caravans. You may also like to consider other options such as a beach bach or even a local motel.

DAY CAMPPERS:  Simply pay for your meals.  Breakfast and lunch cost $5, while tea costs $10.

WHO? BRAD HARRUB & DEWAYNE BRYANT. Two of the leading scientists in the church today. Both men are well qualified, exciting and and experienced speakers. Other special classes for children will be conducted by members of the Palmerston North church of Christ.

COST? $60 PER PERSON. We are trying to keep costs down to an absolute minimum as we want as many people to attend as possible. This covers food and accomodation. 2x 30 people dorms are available and there is plenty of space for tents.

RSVP. Please let us know if before 1 April. There is a limit of 70 people in the dorms and a total of 120 (tent space) so the sooner you let me know the better chance you will have of getting a cabin. There are also three family cabins available which I will give out on a first in first served basis. We are also opening up the camp to members of the public as we believe this is something all people can benefit by.

CONTACT: Nathan Paki, 355-4580 or e-mail: nathrachp@xnet.co.nz

Check Brad out here: http://focuspress.org/

MIT Jewish History Course

21H.914 Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times

Course Description

This course explores how our views of Jewish history have been formed and how this history can explain the survival of the Jews as an ethnic/religious group into the present day. Special attention is given to the partial and fragmentary nature of our information about the past, and the difficulties inherent in decoding statements about the past that were written with a religious agenda in mind. It also considers complex events in Jewish history — from early history as portrayed in the Bible to recent history, including the Holocaust.

John Frame: Apologetics, History of Philosophy, Christian Thought courses for MP3 players

Thanks to those who write to us, especially Rob M from Memphis!

Greetings: I wanted to write a short note to thank you for the excellent resources available on your site.  You’ve aggregated some great articles and other materials and have become a really good clearinghouse for students of apologetics.

May I commend to you another resource? I’m about to graduate from Reformed Theological Seminary’s Virtual Campus, and many of their lectures are online and available from Itunes via a link you can reach here:

http://itunes.rts.edu/

Of particular interest for your site will be the complete John Frame apologetics course and also his History of Philosophy and Christian Thought course, also complete and free here.

Please do continue to keep up your web site.  It’s very helpful not only for your fellow Kiwis, but for those of us in other parts of the world as well.

Tim Keller — ‘The Reason for God’ book interviews

Tim Keller Podcasts

MP3: The Reason for God

MP3: MP3 Questions and Answers page

MP3: Parenting

Here is Tim Keller’s Church website

Here is some material from this webpage:

Dr. Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City) The most insightful and intellectually honest Bible teachers I’ve heard, deeply theological without a belittling tone to those with differing convictions. Gifted to speak in a winsome Gospel-centered way to Christians and non-Christians alike. Not afraid to read and use pop culture references. Read 14 reasons why I like Keller.

Featured in Newsweek, “The Smart Shepherd: A New York pastor who says he thinks too much wants to bring his Christian message to the world.” (2/18/08 issue; cf. Keller’s comments on this article and Ed Stetzer’s comments)::

With the publication this week of his first book, “The Reason for God,” Keller, who is 57, is in the midst of a dramatic change in direction. Once highly protective of his community’s grass-roots approach to growth—tell a friend, bring a friend—Keller is now pitching himself as a C. S. Lewis for the 21st century, a high-profile Christian apologist who can make orthodox belief not just palatable but necessary. … To put it bluntly, Keller wants to be the Rick Warren of global cities. “It’s hard to say this without sounding snobby…

Featured in the New York Times, “Clergy Again Shoulders Burdens of Consoling and Explaining” (9/11/06 memorial service; cache, sermon text) + “Preaching the Word and Quoting the Voice” (2/26/06; cached pdf; cf. disclaimer from kellered: “Redeemer does not aspire to fame. In fact, Redeemer did not want the article done but the journalist was going to do it whether or not Redeemer helped him to write it. … Redeemer is happy to fly under the radar…”)

Featured in the New York Magazine’s Influentials 2006 List (5/16/06):

Rev. Timothy Keller
Redeemer Presbyterian
Keller has become the most successful Christian Evangelist in the city by recognizing what marketers have known for decades: that young professionals and artists are “disproportionately influential” in creating the country’s culture and that you have to meet this coveted demographic on its own terms. With intellectual, brimstone-free sermons that manage to cite Woody Allen alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Keller draws some 5,000 young followers every Sunday.

Other Keller web pages:: Monergism.com — list of Tim Keller resources, and even a kitchy caricature + the lengthiest Keller bio to date + and Reformissionary’s Tim Keller Resources (via Steve McCoy). Plus, this Google Notebook has Everything I’ve found about Tim Keller >>

Cool stuff, stolen from here…

Cool stuff, stolen from here: http://apologetics315.blogspot.com/

Does God Exist? Greg Bahnsen vs. Gordon Stein

There are a lot of great theism/atheism debates out there. But this one is surely a classic.

For those not familiar with the transcendental argument for the existence of God or Greg Bahnsen, this should be a good introduction.

Here is the transcript of the debate.

Here is the debate on MP3: part 1, part 2, part 3.

Anthony Flew Says There is a God

World-famous atheist Anthony Flew’s recent book "There is a God" has caused quite a stir in the atheist community.

Hear more about his conversion to belief in God in a short MP3 by Probe Ministries.

This article/MP3 is by Michael Gleghorn. Definitely worth a listen. So much for the "weakness" of the design argument…

Christopher Hitchens vs. Mark D. Roberts Debate MP3

If you haven’t heard this debate, I encourage you to listen. Both sides are very cordial, but the exchange is quite lively.

Christopher Hitchens is author of God is Not Great.

Mark D. Roberts’ most recent book is Can We Trust the Gospels? — which, I might add, is an excellent book.

This debate took place on the Hugh Hewitt show and full transcripts are available.

The audio is compiled into one MP3 here.

Christianity vs. Scientific Naturalism Debate MP3

A debate between Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Garrett Hardin.

This was an interesting debate. Hardin’s answer to the question asking for the evidence for scientific naturalism was very telling.

I will leave this one open to your comments. Enjoy the MP3.