Power Point on Christianity and World Religions (theology and world view)
Power Point: Christianity and World Religions (and World View) 3.89 Mb
World View Apologetics: Ethical Answers in an Unethical World (Power Point)
Ethical Answers in an Unethical World Power Point: What is Truth? World View Apologetics 7.49 Mb What is Truth? Subtitle: World View Apologetics John 18:37-38 Jesus: ?I came to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.? Pilate: ?What is truth?? Now that is a good question. […]
Power Point: The Bible: From God or Man?
Power Point: The Bible, From God or Man? 3.06 Mb The Bible: From God or Man? Note: The notes below are not detailed. Most useful will be the Power Point. To open the Power Point, scroll to the bottom and click on the appropriate link. Quote to get us started: DelosB. […]
Genocide and the Old Testament
Genocide and the Old Testament There is one question which comes up repeatedly, both as I travel and teach for Christian groups and at the web site. The question takes different forms, but in general it goes something like this: If God is such a loving God, how can we explain the fact that […]
The Problem of Pain and Suffering Part III
Note: This is part three in a series on the problem of pain and suffering. The others are available at the site. Part III Suffering: A Human Problem. Human pain and suffering raises an apologetic problem. How can the idea of a loving and powerful God be consistent with the existence of evil, […]
The Problem of Pain and Suffering:? Part II
The Problem of Pain and Suffering Part II John Oakes 11/1/06 In the previous essay I proposed a two-pronged strategy to considering the problem of pain and suffering. The existence of evil and of suffering is both an apologetic problem and a human problem. In the first part, I tackled the apologetic issue. […]
The Problem of Pain and Suffering, Part I
The Problem of Pain and Suffering John Oakes 9/27/06 This past summer I traveled to the UKon a teaching trip. I was asked to speak on the problem of pain and suffering. When I received the request my first thought was to wonder why they thought I might be qualified to speak on this […]
Cosmic Origins?? (Matt Longhorn)
Cosmic Origins The significance of the Big Bang for Theism Matt Longhorn, Reading, UK (philosophical_1@hotmail.com) September 21, 2006 The story of our understanding of the universe has been charted well in the agnostic author Robert Jastrow?s – God and the Astronomers. Jastrow traces the Big Bang theory back to mathematical calculations by […]
The Problem of Pain and Suffering: An outline
THE PROBLEM OF PAIN AND SUFFERING I An apologetic/intellectual problem. II A human problem. I Pain and Suffering: an apologetic problem. Agnostic says: God is completely good and all-powerful. Given the pain and suffering in the world, this cannot be true. He could be either: A. All-powerful, but certainly not completely […]
Are the Gospels Reliable?
ARE THE GOSPELS RELIABLE? By John Oakes A number of questions have come to the web site from people who question the validity of the gospel accounts. Groups such as the Jesus Seminar have sought to find the ?genuine? sayings and acts of Jesus among what they consider to be the chaff added by believers […]
The Intelligent Design Debate
? THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN DEBATE From Kansasto Dover, Pennsylvaniato BaylorUniversitya debate has been raging across the United Statesover whether or not the theory of intelligent design should be taught in schools. Recently, televangelist Pat Robertson said of the voters in Dover, Pennsylvaniawho turned out a pro-ID school board, ?If there is a disaster in […]
A Refutation of Acharya S. by Mike Likona
A Refutation of Acharya S’s book, The Christ Conspiracy By Mike Licona Copyright ? 2001, TruthQuest Publishers All Rights Reserved. No reproduction of any kind permissible without the expressed written consent of the publisher. Acharya S is a skeptic with an interest in mythology who has written a book entitled The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest […]
The Ultimate Evidence: Christian Lives and the Consistency of the Bible
If anyone chooses to do God?s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. Jesus Christ of Nazareth 9 Evidence in Christian Lives Thus far, we have considered what seems like an overwhelming amount of evidence, the sum of which makes belief […]
Astronomical Evidence for God.
Astronomical Evidences for the God of the Bible by Hugh Ross, Ph.D. Dr. Hugh Ross earned a BS in physics from the University of British Columbia and an MS and PhD in astronomy from the University of Toronto. For several years he continued his research on quasars and galaxies as a post-doctoral fellow at the […]
Origin of Life and Irreducible Complexity. A great article!!
Note: I do not know the author of this excellent article. It was found at http:/ /mywebpages.comcast.net/mkent595/Originoflife.html Origin Of Life (and irreducible complexity) notes Origin of Life – 1 "Any theory with a probability of being correct that is larger than one part in 1040,000 must be judged superior to […]
The Miracle of Creation: The Anthropic Principle and Design.
THE MIRACLE OF CREATION In this book, we will principally consider the miracles performed by Jesus Christ during his approximately three year ministry on the earth. We will ask questions about the evidence that these miracles actually happened. We will make the effort to consider what is implied on a physical, scientific level […]
Michael Flew: World Famed Atheist Now Believes in God.
Christianity Today, April 2005 Thinking Straighter Why the world’s most famous atheist now believes in God. by James A. Beverley | posted 04/08/2005 09:00 a.m. Antony Flew, one of the world’s leading philosophers, has changed his mind about God. And he has agnostics worried. Some are mystified and others are angry. Typical of many responses […]
Checkable Bible Accuracy (Science Facts)
Checkable Biblical Accuracy In each of the following cases, the Biblical writer had an opportunity to either state the widely held erroneous belief of his day, or to state a factually true description. In each case what was stated was true, demonstrating knowledge beyond the writer’s ability and thus necessarily from God. FACT AS STATED […]
A PRECAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT MISQUOTING SCIENTISTS
A PRECAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT MISQUOTING SCIENTISTS Charles Darwin wrote, To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd […]
Power Point: Apologetics Without Apologies (March, 2005, San Antonio)
Power Point: Apologetics Without Apology 951.00 Kb Notes to accompany Apologetics Without Apologies Apologetics: Explaining and defending the reasons for belief in God and in the Bible. Jonathan Swift: ??It is impossible to reason a person out of a thing which they were not reasoned into in the first place.?? Epistemology: […]
GREAT SCIENTISTS WHO WERE ALSO CREATIONISTS by Timothy R. Stout
Abstract: Many major fields of science were founded by Bible-believing Christians. A number of these are listed and discussed. Newton, Faraday, Kelvin, and Maxwell, who are among the greatest physicists in history, were all Bible-believing Christians. Many of the major fields of science were founded by Christians. This information was taken from the book Men […]
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GOD by Howard M. Loree, Ph.D.
The following article is a transcript from a live presentation given by Dr. Howard Loree (PhD, Medical Engineering – Harvard / MIT) June 30, 1998 Howard M. Loree II, Ph.D. http://www.CEECGOD.com hmloree@ix.netcom.com Who I am: Background and training in applied science, both theoretical and experimental, and in design. Firmly grounded in the scientific method: objective […]
WHY THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ATHEIST NOW BELIEVES IN GOD by James A. Beverly
Home > Christianity? Today Magazine > Faith & Thought > Theology Christianity Today, April 2005 Thinking Straighter Why the world’s most? famous atheist now believes in God. by James A. Beverley | posted 04/08/2005 09:00 a.m. Antony Flew, one of the? world’s leading philosophers, has changed his mind about God. And he has? agnostics worried. […]
WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? by John N. Clayton
We live in an age of incredible technological growth. I can remember when my school system brought me the first small computer that I had ever seen. It was a Commodore and the only language that it knew was BASIC. I learned the language and wrote my own programs for my students because there was […]
THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN SUFFERING by John N. Clayton
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest […]
ATHEISTS MAKE "CHANCE vs. DESIGN" PRIMARY ISSUE by John N. Clayton
Over the past several years, there has been an aggressive attack made on those who believe in God by a broad coalition of organizations. Not only have openly atheistic groups made this attack, but it has also been made by groups like the National Center for Science Education and a variety of skeptic societies. The […]
