Category Archives: Apologetics

A New Day for Apologetics

Source: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/july/14.29.html People young and old are flocking to hear — and be changed by — winsome arguments for the Christian faith. by Troy Anderson Despite all the recent attacks on faith ?or, perhaps, because of them? these are definitely the best of times for Christian apologists such as Lee Strobel, William Lane Craig, Ben [...]
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Interview with Screwtape Letters

A great picture of Max McLean on stage is here: http://www.fpatheatre.com/screwtape/
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Essential Apologetics – Dan Wallace on the Biblical Manuscripts (MP3)

This is an excellent MP3 lecture dealing with the ca. 5,700 manuscripts that we have underlying our Bibles. Very funny, and very interesting! Dan Wallace Biblical Manuscripts.mp3
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Why do we not have the death penalty?

OPINION So a 39 year old father of two is knifed to death in Auckland. The killer will be caught, his DNA matched to confirm that he is indeed the killer, and millions will be spent on a court case and 15 or so years of meals and accommodation and rehab in prison. In the [...]
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William Lane Craig vs. Francisco J. Ayala – Is Intelligent Design Viable?

Apologetics 315 has a bunch of stuff about this debate online, including the MP3 which is over 2 hours long and includes questions and answers from the floor. Moderator of the debate, Dr. Bradley Monton has kindly put up a review of the debate on his website here. I was really hoping for some knock-down [...]
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How Could God Command Genocide in the Old Testament?

How Could God Command Genocide in the Old Testament? is the question under discussion on Justin Taylor’s blog. Certainly something worth reading imo.
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Saddleback Apologetics Conference

The MP3s are up and ready to listen (or you can watch) Here are the names of the speakers:  Dinesh D’Souza, Norman Geisler, William Lane Craig, Greg Koukl, Darrell Bock, and JP Moreland. What a fantastic lineup!!! Here is the page: http://saddleback.com/mediacenter/services/currentseries.aspx?site=yDi0V4EwP58=&s=OsqcpA0SUkE= http://apologetics315.blogspot.com/ should have the MP3s linked pretty soon…..
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From William Lane Craig’s Latest Newsletter (Sept 2009)

The following is cut and pasted (emphasis added) from Bill Craig’s latest newsletter. Lots of exciting stuff happening around the world.  I am especially interested in On Guard which sounds like a must-have item! Meanwhile, I continue work on a couple of book projects. Chad Meister and my book God Is Great, God Is Good, [...]
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MP3: Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All

by James W. Sire Dr. Sire begins his talk by asserting that the mechanism of belief is inescapable in life. In addition, the question of why we believe what we do has been of ultimate importance for all people, at all times, and in all places. Arguing that we must learn to make the fine [...]
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Helping students think about apologetics

This is on www.BeThinking.org in the UK… http://www.bethinking.org/what-is-apologetics/helping-students-think-about-apologetics.htm It begins: “Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.” – Euripides I’ve no idea what Euripides really meant by that, but I know we all do have questions. University in particular is a time to ask questions and to find answers, and that goes for our personal and [...]
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The State of Religion in NZ

Monday, 25 May 2009, 10:46 am Article: Salient A snippet from the full article: The historical discipline of Apologism is built around the concept of truth and how it relates to religious belief. Trevor Mandar, described as one of New Zealand’s foremost Christian Apologists, runs seminars to help Christians give a clear reason for their [...]
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William Lane Craig talks about Hitchens Debate

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The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

By Dr. Peter Gentry, Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Grab the MP3 lecture here.
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Theology Program on iTunes

The entire curriculum of The Theology Program is now for free on iTunes as well as all the electives. Here is some of the material: Introduction to Apologetics & Apologetic Methods with Robert Bowman; Christian Philosophy with Paul Copan. All on MP3 via iTunes!
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Racism and Christianity

I have a friend who describes herself as a “disinterested agnostic”. For several years I have tried to understand where she is coming in terms of her worldview. She is quite reluctant to talk to me about these things, which is perhaps understandable. She has been known to make some rather strong assertions regarding morality [...]
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Frank Turek comments on the Hitchens-Turek Debate

On Tuesday night, I debated atheist Christopher Hitchens, author of God is not Great:  How Religion Poisons Everything, at Virginia Commonwealth University. The topic was, “Does God Exist?” Thanks be to God (and to you for your prayers) because I don’t think the debate could have gone much better. There were several atheists who approached [...]
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A Hitch in Hitchens: Observations From the Turek-Hitchens Debate

Here are some observations from a Hitchens fan who was at the debate. Sounds like Turek won the debate, but Hitchens was not in great form (unwell perhaps?). Enjoy. http://rudyhenkel.livejournal.com/2726.html Anyone know where the MP3s are?
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Debate between Frank Turek and Christopher Hitchens at VCU

This should be really exciting for those who like a lively debate! Frank is from this site: http://www.crossexamined.org/ Check it out. Frank is “in ya face!” and so is Christopher Hitchens — so this should be a fun debate. See a short video of Frank on his website above.
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Apologetics Study Bible

Watch the video here. General Editor: Ted Cabal Associate Editors: Chad Owen Brand, E. Ray Clendenen, Paul Copan, and J. P. Moreland Contributors: Charles Colson, John Frame, Norman L. Geisler, Al Mohler, Ravi Zacharias, and dozens more Broadman & Holman Publishing Group | 1999, 2007 Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | [...]
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Dr. James White on Apologetic Methodology

You might find this useful. This is James White’s 3 part series on consistent apologetic methodology. He does it in light of specific apologetics debates, which makes it more useful too. http://www.aomin.org/podcasts/20080722fta.mp3 http://www.aomin.org/podcasts/20080724fta.mp3 http://www.aomin.org/podcasts/20080729fta.mp3 Homepage is www.aomin.org.
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