Category Archives: Apologetics

“Churches for Apologetics” petition

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"Churches for Apologetics" petition

We of the Christian Apologetics Alliance write to you today to thank you for all you are doing to equip the body of Christ in the midst of a faith crisis that is evident in the rise of the “Nones”–those who claim no … Continue reading

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Lee Strobel’s "The Case for Faith for Kids" summary with commentary

My boys have graduated from “kids” to “students” so I updated to the student edition of Lee Strobel’s “Case for…” series and wanted to get these notes down before I ship the “for kids” series off to their new owner. … Continue reading

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What I’ve been e-doing about the web…

I’ve been pretty busy neglecting this blog, so I thought I’d post some of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the web. On my personal blog: The true meaning of Christmas Blog index for Douglas Groothuis’ “Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch. 17: The Uniqueness of Humanity

Chapter 17 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics argues that being an embodied mind or soul is the best explanation for the ways humanity is unique:  consciousness, cognition and language.  Materialism cannot adequately explain first person access, incorrigibility, qualia, propositional attitudes, intentionality, truth or love.A substance … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.16: The Argument from Religious Experience

Chapter 16 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is on the argument from religious experience.  Several times he repeats that “religious experience claims need to be weighed  against other germane sources of evidence for or against a worldview (like Mormonism)…It should not be made to … Continue reading

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Christmas 2012 in Review: He Came to Us

Over at Christian Apologetics Alliance I had the pleasure of blogging my church’s Christmas sermon series, called “He Came to Us”.  There were four sermons in the series preached by Jim Applegate at Redeemer in Modesto, each sermon taking one … Continue reading

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Poll: What grounds objective moral truth?

Choose one option from this poll: God wills the good in accordance with his loving nature. The good is a construct of God, man or nature. Nothing, there are only constructs which do not obligate. In other words: What grounds … Continue reading

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The true meaning of Christmas

Christmas, whatever its true date, is when God became one of us, so that when the time came, he could demonstrate, by dying for us, that he loves us despite our works, whether they are good or sin–…demonstrate that his … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch.15: The Moral Argument

Chapter 15 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is on the Moral Argument, although it only briefly covers it in one of its sections.  It covers much more ground as a nice introduction to Ethics, without going into specific theories (consequentialism, et cetera).   Two … Continue reading

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