Apologetics Outline Series Unit 2: Historical Apologetics Lessons

For our Tuesday series at church we have been going over a series on apologetics.  Unit 1 are lessons on Worldview, Unit 2 here is on historical apologetics and I’m currently going over unit three on Messianic Prophecy.

I thought I put together a table of content of unit two below.

Here are the links to the outlines below:

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Presuppositional Apologetics tackling other religions and cults: Bibliography of Books and chapters of Books

For my Presuppositional apologetics series I didn’t want to make it too long and I wish in the future to add more on critiquing other religions and cults from a Presuppositional Apologetics perspective.

I know sometimes some people feel Presuppositional Apologetics often deal more with atheism than the major religions.

I do want to provide a bibliography for others and also for my own reference in the future on Presuppositional Apologetics taking on other religions and cults.

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Early August 2022 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are the links related to Presuppositional Apologetics gathered between August 1st-7th, 2022.

1.) Cave to the Cross Apologetics’  Facts Don’t Change Hearts – Ep.187 – Against All Opposition – Foundational Faith

2.) Bible Contradiction? Who may offer sacrifices to God?

3.) Apologists need to know who Cornelius Van Til was?

4.) Apologetics Session 12: Old Testament argument for the New Testament

5.) Using Scientism to Defend the Truth

6.) Review: The Question of Canon

7.) New Testament Origins: Five Misconceptions

8.) Rooted In Revelation Podcast: Redeeming Our Thinking About History

9.) Always Ready: Chap. 10 & 11 Common Ground & Point of Contact

10.) Compatibilism and it’s Critics Part 2: A Book Review of “Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism” by Tim Stratton

11.) Apologists Rock: Top 6 Embarrassing Atheist Moments | Richard Dawkins, Greg Bahnsen, James White, Jeff Durbin, Friel

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend OR that of Another REBLOG HERE

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Apologetics Outline Series Unit 1: Worldview Lessons

For our Tuesday series at church we have been going over a series on apologetics.  Unit 1 are lessons on Worldview is done and currently I’m going over Unit 2 on historical apologetics.

I thought I put together in a table of content the first unit.

Here are the links to the outlines below:

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Apologetics Session 8: Evil and the problem of Atheism

Establish the need: Why is this session important? We often hear discussion about God and the problem of evil.  However we must not downplay or neglect the issue of evil and the problem of atheism.

Purpose: In this session we shall discuss four points to help us think about evil and the problem of atheism to realize that in wrestling with the problem of evil there is a problem with atheism.

• All worldviews have the burden of proof of explaining how evil exists
• Atheism undermine the existence of evil: What atheist have to say
• If God is the basis for determining good and evil then there is no problem of evil
  God uses evil to bring about good

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Apologetics Session 7: Atheism and the problem of Morality

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Establish the need: Can people have morality without God?

Purpose: We will look at three points concerning the problem of ethics in an atheist worldview.

1. Review
2. What is the nature of morality?
3. What is the origin of morality?

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Apologetics Session 6: Atheism: Empiricism and Materialism

Establish the need: What do you do when someone say they don’t believe in God because they never seen God? There is an assumption of empiricism in that objection and that needs to be dealt with.

Purpose: We will look at four focus to help us think about worldview in apologetics

1. Reminder of how to refute worldviews
2. Definitions with the atheist worldview
3. Problem with Empiricism
4. Problem with Materialism

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Apologetics Session 5: Thinking about Worldview in Apologetics

Establish the need: What is a worldview? And what does it matter?

Purpose: We will look at four focus to help us think about worldview in apologetics

• What is a Worldview
• Everyone has a worldview
• Worldviews are circular
• Refuting and Defending Worldviews

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Apologetics Session 4: Bible’s view of unbelief

Establish the need: What does God think about unbelief?

Purpose: We will look at four truths to have a biblical view of how God sees unbelief.

1. Creation attests that the Biblical God exists
2. The Word of God is self-evidencing
3. Christ is self-evidencing
4. God’s description of unbelievers

Review: Previous Lessons and how it connects with this session

• We have to defend the faith (session 1)
• We can’t be neutral (session 2).
• We have to have a biblical view of faith and reason (session 3)
• We also need to have a right view of unbelief.
  • Since we can’t be neutral we need to listen to God’s Word on this subject.
  • We need to hear God on whether He has given evidence of Himself and from there what is God’s evaluation of unbelief.

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Apologetics Session 3: Relationship of Faith and Reason

Establish the need: What is the relationship of faith and reason?

Purpose: We will look at four truths to have have a biblical view of faith and reason so that we can properly defend the faith.

1. God wants us to have faith
2. God wants us to reason
3. Wrong Views of relationship of faith and reason
4. The Right View of Faith and Reason

Review: Previous Lessons and how it connects with this session

• Session one introduce us to apologetics both with the definition and the duty Christians have to defend the faith–>So this week we want to look at the relationship between faith and reason because we cannot properly defend the faith if we have a wrong view of faith and reason.
• Of course there are different views with faith and reason. How should we proceed? The second session we covered there is no religious neutrality–>Therefore we need to hold to a biblical view of faith and reason.

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Question on Religious Neutrality and Apologetics in Acts 17

A dear brother whom I esteem name Craig last week brought up some thoughts for conversation based upon my Apologetics Session 2: No Neutrality post.  He wrote:

I’ve thought a lot of about non-neutrality–what it might be. I’m not sure what to think about Paul on Mars Hill/the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31). It seems to me he ‘compromised’ a bit, by engaging them at their level. And I’m not saying that was/is a bad thing.

He took their altar to THE UNKNOWN GOD and explained this as their mistaking this ‘unknown deity’ for the True God. Yet he is careful not to outright denigrate their belief system, though he does in a round-about way in his assertion that God does not dwell in human-made ‘temples’, and His nature cannot be reduced to mere silver or gold. In other words, his explanation for (and to counter their version of) THE UNKNOWN GOD does, by implication, apply to their altars to their other ‘deities’. Yet at the same time, he didn’t explicitly speak against their idols/’deities’.

So, was the Apostle completely ‘neutral’ in his speech/preaching here?

I thought I share my thoughts.

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Apologetics Session 2: No Neutrality

Session 1: Apologetics: What and Why

(Note: What follows below is an improved version from a previous outline)

Establish the need: Is Religious Neutrality Possible?

Purpose: We will look at four truths that in regards to ‘facts’ and all that man think and do, no one can approach any subject with neutrality towards God. This will of course shape our method of apologetics.

1. Characteristics of Religious Neutrality
2. Biblical doctrines does not allow for Religious Neutrality
3. Religious Neutrality is unethical in a biblical worldview
4. Religious Neutralty is philosophically impossible

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The Christian Tupac Apologist: Greg Bahnsen

A light humor post.

If you know know the reference to the rapper rapper name Tupac he has a lot of his songs released after his death.

My favorite apologist Greg Bahnsen is like Tupac as most of his books and audios were published and released after his death.

Bahnsen is like Tupac. Short life. Wrote a lot. Taught nonstop. Like a productive robot. More stuff came out after he got shot. Ok maybe not shot. But after his death, his content were still hot. New contents are still released and bought.

Here’s some of the books I recommend:

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Apologetics Session 1: Apologetics: What and Why

Establish the need: Do you know what is apologetics? And if you do know what it is, why is it important?

Purpose: In this introduction lesson we will answer the question of what is apologetics and why Christians are to engage in apologetics by considering four truths so that we would see the importance of this duty and also see the importance of this series.

• What is Apologetics?
• Why Apologetics?
• Two sides of Apologetics
• What apologetics is not

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Free Audiobook: By What Standard? An Analysis of the Philosophy of Cornelius Van Til

Last year I read and wrote a review of one of the early apologetics books that popularized the method of Presuppositional Apologetics that was taught by Cornelius Van Til here: Review: By What Standard? An Analysis of the Philosophy of Cornelius Van Til

Apparently the book is now available as an audiobook online! And its available for free!

It is divided by chapters too!  That’s helpful for listeners.

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