Hi John, It ‘s good to know your head is  better.We appeciate so much your visit.The classes are so deep , helpful and encouraging.I know it helped and encourage so much all the churches you’ve had been.We hope you can come back some day. We wish this trip could encourage Liz. We really want her […]

Hi John, It ‘s good to know your head is  better.We appeciate so much your visit.The classes are so deep , helpful and encouraging.I know it helped and encourage so much all the churches you’ve had been.We hope you can come back some day. We wish this trip could encourage Liz. We really want her […]

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On a recent visit to Rio de Jainero, John Oakes gave a talk on the question, “Who Is My Brother?”  Notes are included below Who Is My Brother? Editor’s Note:  The author of this outline is John Oakes, but in giving this talk he acknowledged that the inspiration for this outline comes quite directly from […]

Teaching Trip to Brazil by John and Elizabeth Oakes 8/15-8/26/08 Report on Teaching Trip to BrazilAugust 15-26, 2008 Rio de Jainero Aug 16-18              It took my daughter Liz and I 24 hours to travel from San Diego to Dallas, to Sao Paulo, switching airports in order to fly to Rio de Jainero.  We are pretty […]

John Oakes  June 20-July 14, 2008   Report on Missionary Visit John Oakes  June/July 2008 London and Scotland  June 20-30 This is my fourth visit to the UK, so by now I have many established friendships with which to be reacquainted.  My wife Jan and I traveled first to London.  We visited the South region […]

On Saturday June 7, 2008 a ground-breaking debate was held between Dr. Douglas Jacoby, Imam Shabir Ally and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.  Below is a review of that debate with commentary by Dr. John Oakes   Review of the Debate Judaism, Christianity, Islam:  Which is the True Legacy of Abraham? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: author, scholar, TV […]

There has been a lot of hype in the Christian community surrounding the recently released movie Expelled.  Conservative Christians are thrilled to finally have a movie which tells the truth about how the Christian view of origins is treated by the intellectual elite in this country.  On the other hand, those excoriated by this movie […]

Dear John, I would like to send you a mail to say thank you for changing my life 20 years ago. I was a 1st year student in UCSD when you delivered a lecture on "Does God Exist?" on the campus in 1988. I was a Biochemistry major back then and logic (evidence) was very […]

John: Last year, a co-worker gave me this Newsweek article to read, Can God Love Darwin, Too? (Sep 17, 2007 Issue).  I have shared a few of Doug’s CD sets with him and I guess he expected me to be resistant to evolution because of my religious convictions. He was quite surprised to learn that […]

Dear John, As you are aware that here in Malawi we are thirsty about being taught and hearing the word of God. I read that you were in South Africa, but some of us were unable to come and attend. Can’t you make a program to come to Malawi to teach us also as you […]

Dear Dr. John Oakes, This note is simply to express my heartfelt thanks to you for making that incredible teaching trip to Douala-Cameroon last month. The truth is that disciples in Cameroon were greatly impacted by the deeper insights in to the Scriptures that came out of everything you taught and shared. The young Church […]

John, I just wanted to thank you for the absolutely EYE OPENING study of the Book of Hebrews on Saturday at the conference. I always enjoy hearing you speak and could sit for HOURS listening to your awe-inspiring perspectives. I was the one who asked the question about the one thing that could cause a […]

Dear John: Recently my Dad passed away and I made a trip to Guatemala for his funeral. During that trip I visited an Aunt. When I went into the room she had prepared for me, there was your book Reasons For Belief. I immediately started to "devour" it because that is an area that intrigues […]

In my mental list of evidences for Christianity, there are few things more powerful than the book of Isaiah. In my mental list of evidences for Christianity, there are few things more powerful than the book of Isaiah. I vividly remember discovering its messianic prophecies as a sophomore while flipping through a Bible in my […]

My son Ben and I left for Hong Kong on Jan 2. Hong Kong is a very modern and VERY crowded city of about seven million. My son Ben and I left for Hong Kong on Jan 2. Hong Kong is a very modern and VERY crowded city of about seven million. It is a […]

The most famous atheist in the world today is almost certainly Richard Dawkins (see the review of his book in the "What’s New" section). Up until three years ago, the honor probably went to Antony Flew. That is, until he publicly announced that he has become convinced of the Anthropic Argument and of the existence […]

Point Loma Nazarene College Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the Genome Project and author of “The Language of God,” gave a public lecture at Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego on 4/11/2008. The talk was titled “The Language of God: A Believer Looks at the Human Genome.” I was privileged to attend a dinner […]

Question:   It says in Deut12:21 "…you may slaughter from your cattle and your flocks that the Creator has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it in your cities…".  The question is:  This verse explicitly says that animal slaughter shall be done in the manner "as I have commanded you", […]

Click below to open or download a power point presentation which is pictures from the mission/teaching trips of John Oakes  

Hi J.Oakes,   Thanks for the email. We were touched by your concern and "tears" for our welfare and that of our children as ministry staff. We cannot forget that. Thanks for the inspirational classes as well. Hope you will make Lagosthis year either during AFRICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE or later in the year. Titi, Philip […]

ARS Evidence for Christianity Newsletter Letters to the Editors September 2006   John, I’m at AIM in Athens(Online course) and I just wanted to say "thanks" for the lesson today. It was very inspirational and it fueled my desire to study more so that I can get some evangelistic "Evidence" classes going when I get […]

Who are the Gnostics?   ?For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.?  If he had not given himself away before this, the writer of Judas makes it clear what his philosophical perspective is when he put these words into the mouth of Jesus.  This is a clear statement of the Gnostic idea.  It […]

Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: RE: Da Vinci code book   Thanks my brother – another great resource is the one put out by John Oakes’ wife in the form of the newsletter from last month – I just finished the Da Vinci code book last night, and it was fun to […]

Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: RE: Da Vinci code book   Thanks my brother – another great resource is the one put out by John Oakes’ wife in the form of the newsletter from last month – I just finished the Da Vinci code book last night, and it was fun to […]

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Question: Mark 16:16 says that signs would be with those who believe and John says that we can do greater work then Jesus Christ. What are these greater works? Answer: Although I can certainly see how one might make the connection, I would be cautious about using Mark 16:16 to interpret John 14:12. Let me […]

ARS Evidence For Christianity Newsletter Letters to the editor Sun 4/9/2006 12:41 AM   Letter to the editor   Greetings to you all.   May God continue to bless you for your love for us all.  The site is very helpful.  I ?lead our church in Warri, Nigeria.  Please can you help me with the […]

Brown makes a number of other equally unsubstantiated claims, but probably the most outrageous is that Jesus had sexual relations with Mary Magdalene which led to her giving birth to a son.  He claims the ?Holy Grail? which Christian mystics searched for the past two thousand years was actually the secret that Mary Magdalene had […]

I was rereading your article on the ID debate after reading through an interesting article found at the link below   http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/0 0002583/  It made me reconsider your statement: "There is no experiment one can even conceive of which can test the design hypothesis. What could one do in a laboratory to test whether a system […]

Letters to the Editor, December Edition Is Christmas A Christian Holiday? When people claim a late date for NT writings, another great question for them is why there is no mention of the Jewish Temple being destroyed, the ritual sacrifices with it, and the scattering of the Jews. To most people who understand the Jewish […]

                Consider a second example of a criticism of the Qur’an which was raised by a questioner.  This involves what the Qur’an appears to say about the nature of earth’s mountains and their purpose.  Examples include Suras 16:15,21:31,31:10,78:6- 7.  Sura 16:15 says, "And He has cast great mountains in the earth lest it might be […]

AIM WEST COAST Registration Form Apply by downloading, completing form, then emailing it to:  joakes01@san.rr.c om.  Or print and complete the following form and mail it to AIM WEST, 1074 7 Cariuto CourtSan Diego, CA92124.  Include:  $50 fee.  Make checks or money orders to Apologetics Research Society.  Memo: For AIM WEST   1. Full name (as […]

ATHENS INSTITUTE OF MINISTRY AIM WEST COURSE DESCRIPTION & READING ASSIGNMENTS   CHURCH HISTORY As one wise person said, ?Those who ignore the lessons of history are bound to repeat them.?  There is so much to learn from two millennia of church history?a valuable course indeed.  Includes sections on; the early church, Patristics, Restoration Movement, […]

BOOKS ON APOLOGETICS  Book titles which are highlighted are linked to a book review or to a place to buy the book. GENERAL APOLOGETICS Reasons for Belief:  A Handbook of Christian Evidence, by John M. Oakes, PhD (GCI Books, 2001) The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999) Know […]

What was the birthplace of the prophet Daniel?               That is a good question!  Because I wrote the book, "Daniel, Prophet to the Nations" I have had to research this question somewhat carefully.  The best I can tell, the Bible gives absolutely no direct information as to the lineage of Daniel, or where he […]

Where in the Bible does it say that the disciples will sit at the right hand of Jesus?             The answer is that the Bible says that they will NOT necessarily sit at his right hand.  The relevant passage is in Matthew 20:20-23 in which James and John, "the sons of Zebedee" asked Jesus to […]

? Why was 1 John 4:1-3 written?  Which people does he refer to who did not believe Jesus came in the flesh?  If this was written in the first century, why would anyone not believe that he came in the flesh with so many eye-witnesses still alive?  Is it because they could not understand or […]

? I know Joshepus was considered a Jewish historian or should I say a historian?  Who were some others and were they different than the "writings of the fathers?"         Josephus was a Jewish historian of the late first century AD.  He began his career as a partisan zealot for the Jews rebelling against Rome.  […]

 Note:  This is a very long question about Behe and Intelligent design.  The question is a few pages down (look for the indented material) I study medicine, and I am in the second year this year. I am a lot interested on questions about creation/evolution. I am a Christian and take seriously me faith in […]

 Note: this is a very long question.  The answer is way down the page!!!  Beyond the basic Christian labeling/dismissal which you demonstrate.  My own reasons for doubting God’s existence are based on the very same premise I am accused of suppressing, that is truth.  My chief dissatisfaction with Christianity and Christians as a whole is their […]

? By reading the Old and New Testament what can I learn?         This is such a broad question it is hard to begin.  Let me answer your question by making one suggestion.  I would suggest that if you read both the New Testament and the Old Testament carefully, you will find that they have […]

? What happened to King Belshazzar in the book of Daniel?             The book of Daniel relates that on the very night of the idolatrous feast at which the writing appeared on the wall, Belshazzar was killed and Darius the Mede took over Babylon (Daniel 5:30).  It is not at all surprising that the former […]

? Every one knows the story of Noah and his ark.  Some believe it, some don’t, but that is irrelevant. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first written story ever found. This epic describes how Gilgamesh took two of each animal plus his family into an ark to avoid a world wide flood sent by […]

Therefore I urge you, brothers, in view of God?s mercy to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God?which is your spiritual worship.  Romans 12:1   Old Testament Ritual Sacrifice Points to New Testament Sacrifice One evening a chicken and a pig were having a deep  discussion about  breakfast the next day […]

??????????????????????????????? Evidence For Design In The Universe from Limits for the Universe by Hugh Ross, Ph.D. in Astronomy 1 ??????????????? Gravitational coupling constant??????????????? ??????????????????????????????? If larger:??????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? No stars less than 1.4 solar masses, hence short stellar lifespans???????????????????????????????????????????????   ???????????????  ??????????????? ??????????????????????????????? If smaller:??????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? No stars more than 0.8 solar masses, hence no heavy […]

DESIGN   To those willing to see it that way, the physical universe and the wonders of life surely cry out that there is a creator.  Truly, the words of Romans  1:20 are confirmed by the virtually every aspect of the physical world.  AFor since the creation of the world God=s invisible qualitiesChis eternal power […]