Mid-December 2018 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are the links gathered from the Internet between December 8th-14th, 2018 concerning the topic of Presuppositional apologetics.

(While it is not in this week’s round up I do want to share Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2018 since we are in the month of December)

 

1.) Fascinating New Evidence for the Gospels via Richard Bauckham 2) Proof for God; 3) Atheism is Impossible

2.) Apologetics Sermon Illustration #50: Messianic Prophecy And A Red Carpet Premiere

3.) Reproduction machines

4.) David Bahnsen on Greg Bahnsen

5.) Gerrymandering naturalism

6.) FRANCIS SCHAEFFER ANALYZES ART AND CULTURE Part 245 Carl Frederick Featured artist is John Baldessari

7.) Want to Give a Book for Christmas? Here’s My Top Ten List for Books on the Authority of Scripture

 

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

 

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Apologetics Sermon Illustration #50: Messianic Prophecy And A Red Carpet Premiere

GO TO PART 49

Point: Predictive prophecies are important in God’s attestation from His Word that Jesus is the Messiah. How could we further illustrate the importance of Messianic prophecies?

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In Defense of Christianity Lectures: Foundational Principles for Engaging an Unbelieving World

This is a five part video lecture series featuring the Rev. Dr. Alan D. Strange teaching on Presuppositional Apologetics. This conference was sponsored by Resurrection Presbyterian Church in Oshkosh, WI. The conference took place on October 20th-21st, 2018.

In the first session Dr. Strange evaluate the unbeliever’s claim to be neutral regarding their interpretation of reality and demonstrate that this is a myth since no worldview is neutral.  The second session looks at how a biblical approach to unbelief requires an exploration of the presuppositions that lie underneath unbelievers’ interpretation of reality.  Session three looks at the resurrection of Jesus Christ and its apologetics’ value while session four looks at the problem of evil and how in order to attempt to refute Christianity with it, unbelievers still have to rest on Christian worldview.  Finally session five is on the Gospel.

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Apologetics Done Right: Jeff Durbin

Here’s a talk by Pastor Jeff Durbin in some kind of camp in Canada.  He’s speaking on the topic of Presuppositional Apologetics.  The message is 1 hours and 36 minutes long.  This might be helpful if you are not familiar with Presuppositional Apologetics as taught by those such as Cornelius Van Til, Greg Bahnsen and John Frame.

Here’s the videos:

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Late November 2018 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are the links related to Presuppositional apologetics gathered between November 22nd-30th, 2018.

1.) Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2018

2.) God Alone Provides the Necessary Environment for Science

3.) Understanding Bahnsen… Again

4.) Authority Matters

5.) Discussion Guide: The Ultimate Proof of Creation Appendix A, B and C

6.) The ethics of evangelism

7.) What About The Flying Spaghetti Monster & Other gods? Defeating Raging New Atheists

8.) AronRa’s Deconversion Story

9.) FRANCIS SCHAEFFER ANALYZES ART AND CULTURE The Beatles and James Joyce (Featured artist is Jethro Tull guitarist Jeffrey Hammond)

 

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

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Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2018

This is our blog’s ninth year in which we post our recommendations of books as Christmas gifts on the subject of Presuppositional apologetics or the Christian worldview.

Below are links to the recommendations from previous years, and if you are new to the whole thing with Presuppositional apologetics and want something introductory I highly recommend the listing from 2014 which we highlighted in bold:

• Christmas wish list in Presuppositional Christian Apologetics (2010)
• Christmas Gift Book Lists on Christian Worldview and Apologetics Discipleship 2011 (2011)
• More Christmas Gift Book Lists on Christian Worldview and Apologetics Discipleship (2012)
• More Christmas wish list in Presuppositional Christian Apologetics (2013) (2013)
• Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2014
• Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2015
• Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2016
• Christmas Recommended Books on Presuppositional Apologetics for 2017

This year list’s of recommended books on Presuppositional apologetics is divided into introductory and intermediate level. Each work will have a link to my fuller review and also links to where one can purchase the book.

Here’s this year’s recommendations:

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Discussion Guide: The Ultimate Proof of Creation Appendix A, B and C

the following questions might be helpful for individuals and small groups to facilitate discussions and learning based upon the apologetics’ book “Ultimate Proof of Creation” by Jason Lisle.  It is a book that teaches Presuppositional apologetics that engages apologetics at the level of worldview.  Cornelius Van Til was instrumental in beginning this form of apologetics and others have developed and applied it.

For discussion questions for previous chapters click on the following:

Introduction and Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10 and Conclusion

The questions in this post will be for appendix A, B and C of the book.  Each question is followed by page numbers in parenthesis where the answer can be found.

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