Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on October 19, 2021| 27 Comments »
Point: Sometimes when one engage in apologetics the issue of an unbeliever or alleged believer say they don’t like a Biblical doctrine because it isn’t “nice.” What they go on to say is they want doctrines that are sweet, “loving” and makes them feel good inside. How do you respond?
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on September 6, 2021| 31 Comments »
Point: Sometimes when one engage in apologetics the issue of alleged Bible contradiction comes up. I just recently refuted an alleged contradiction; see my “Was Enoch the sixth or the seventh from Adam?” There are times when those who assert that there are contradictory verses in the Bible fail to a word in the context of authorial intent. But if one fail to recognize authorial intent, then a word in someone’s sentence can be taken out of context to mean something else so then a skeptic can easily assume there’s a Bible contradiction when there are none. Are there any examples of this error to get the point across to a skeptic of their foolish methodology and mistake?
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on August 3, 2021| 21 Comments »
Point: Presuppositional apologetics is really a worldview apologetics that among other things, analyzes the foundational beliefs of those who challenge the BIblical worldview. In other words, Presuppositionalists engages in an internal critique against an opponent’s presuppositions to show how they cannot provide the “solid foundation” to make human experiences intelligible and meaningful. Sometimes people might not understand what the presuppositionalists is doing so an illustration is in order.
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on July 12, 2021| 33 Comments »
Point: Presuppositional apologetics is really a worldview apologetics that among other things, analyzes the foundational beliefs of those who challenge the Christian worldview. In other words, Presuppositionalists engages in an internal critique against an opponent’s presuppositions to show how they cannot provide the “solid foundation” to make human experiences intelligible and meaningful. Sometimes people might not understand what the presuppositionalists is doing so an illustration is in order.
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on May 10, 2021| 27 Comments »
Point: How often do you hear people say that Christianity can’t be true because they have already tried religion and their old religion has been disproven so therefore Christianity can’t be true. We must realize that this type of argument against Christianity though one hear it often during evangelism nevertheless it does not have that much weight as it might seem initially.
Posted in Apologetic Links, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged Apologetic Links, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on February 18, 2021| 29 Comments »
Over some years I’ve been slowly writing down illustrations that I thought might be helpful for sermons or evangelism that has apologetics’ thrusts.
Here’s 60 of them arranged topically. Which one was your favorite?
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, Christianity, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, Theology on September 7, 2019| 24 Comments »
Point: I had to write down this analogy that I discussed in a podcast at Biblical Beginnings that is going to come out next week. Sometimes when one engage in evangelism and apologetics the issue of alleged Bible contradiction comes up and the example given of a Bible contradiction really isn’t a Bible contradiction. What I found helpful is to ask the skeptic to define what is a contradiction as the foundation for the direction of any further discussion of whether or not there’s a Bible contradiction. Here’s the definition I give for “contradiction:”
A contradiction occurs when two or more claims conflict with one another so that they cannot simultaneously be true in the same sense and at the same time. To put it another way, a Bible contradiction exists when there are claims within the Bible that are mutually exclusive in the same sense and at the same time.
Are there illustrations to help us think more critically and accurately of when there’s a contradiction and when there’s an apparent contradiction (that is, they really are not a contradiction)?
Posted in Apologetic Links, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged Apologetic Links, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on December 18, 2018| 46 Comments »
Over some years I’ve been slowly writing down illustrations that I thought might be helpful for sermons or evangelism that has apologetics’ thrusts.
Here’s 50 of them arranged topically. Which one was your favorite?
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presupositionalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on September 14, 2018| 25 Comments »
Point: Have you ever faced the objection to Christianity that there are too many religions out there, how can it be that Christianity is the one that is true? Or maybe it is phrased as “I can’t believe in any religion (including Christianity) because there’s too many other contradiction religions out there…” How should Christians answer?
Posted in apologetics illustrations, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged apologetics illustrations, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presupositionalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on August 11, 2018| 21 Comments »
Point: Some Christians engage in apologetics in a piecemeal fashion. They give evidence here and there. They refute an objection here and there. They might not realize the importance of Presuppositional apologetics (as taught by Cornelius Van Til) with its emphasis of going beyond the individual sparring of the skeptics’ objection and instead pursue refutations of the opponent’s worldview at the level of presuppositions. How can you illustrate the importance of refuting an opponent’s worldview?
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, presuppositionalism, Presuppostional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on June 29, 2018| 29 Comments »
Point: When someone comes to you with an attack on the Bible where they say there is a Bible contradiction and they provide you with an example sometimes Christians can respond in a knee-jerk fashion of giving a haphazard answer where they are “winging it” in order to quickly defend the faith. But sometimes the solution might not be adequate in that both the Christian defender and the skeptic attacker haven’t dealt with the passage properly. How can you illustrate the importance of refuting an alleged Bible contradiction in a way that motivate Christians to go deeper?
Posted in apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on February 9, 2018| 21 Comments »
Point: Some Christians engage in apologetics in a piecemeal fashion. They give evidence here and there. They refute an objection here and there. They might not realize the importance of Presuppositional apologetics with its emphasis of going beyond the individual sparring of the skeptics’ objection and instead pursue refutations of the opponent’s worldview at the level of presuppositions. How can you illustrate the importance of refuting an opponent’s worldview?
Posted in Apologetic Links, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Messianic prophecy, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged Apologetic Links, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, apologetics tactics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presupposiitonalism, presuppositional apologetics, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on December 26, 2017| 21 Comments »
This is a recent four part series on Apologetics from the implication of Jesus’ own apologetics in Luke 20, which is an underrated chapter in the Bible that has implication for how we do apologetics.
This series is available in MP3 and also on Youtube (sound only). Two of the sessions have additional PDF documents as well which is also linked below. Also if you want to start with the most practical one of these messages start with session 2.
Check it out below:
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged ants, Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, apologetics methodology, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on December 12, 2017| 19 Comments »
Point: Some Christians engage in apologetics in a piecemeal fashion. They give evidence here and there. They refute an objection here and there. They might not realize the importance of Presuppositional apologetics with its emphasis of going beyond the individual point and pursuing refutations at the level of presuppositions.
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, Pilgrims, presuppositional apologetics, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Theology on November 26, 2017| 27 Comments »
Point: Sometimes when one engage in apologetics the issue of alleged Bible contradiction comes up and the example given of a Bible contradiction really isn’t a Bible contradiction but an instance where one account gives lesser detail than another account. Think for instance of those who raise the question “How many men were possessed with demons at the country of the Gadarenes?” Are there examples we can give in other areas outside of the Bible of how such a tactic to claim there’s a Bible contradiction is problematic?
