Apologetics

As Christians, we claim that our Bibles are God’s inspired word. Yet how did we get our Bible? God didn’t just drop those 66 books down from heaven to your local publisher. Are these ancient documents filled with error, giving us wrong information about Jesus? In today’s podcast  we are going to talk to Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, a professor at Southern Seminary about his book How We Got the Bible. I once had a seminary professor say to our class, “There are two doctrines that are always under attack by the devil – the doctrine of the cross and the…

I recently had the privilege of presenting several workshops at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville’s annual Pastor’s Conference. In particular, I was asked to speak on How Apologetics Can Strengthen Families and Youth. I chose to focus on what I believe are seven new realities from when I grew up. The Ubiquity of the Cell-Phone and the Arts. A Change in Values in Our Country. A New Minority Status. A Need for a Clear and Compelling Christian Sexual Ethic. We Need to Think Clearly about the Inoculation Theory. We Need to Think Clearly about our Goals. We Need to…

If the resurrection of Jesus Christ really happened, then it is the most important event in world history. It is the foundational rational proof that Jesus was who he said he was. Make sure you can articulate the six reasons that Christians know that this event really happened. What are they? 1. The evidence of the empty tomb. 2. The evidence of the appearances. 3. The evidence of the changed lives. 4. The evidence of Jesus’ predictions. 5. The evidence of the OT predictions. 6. The LACK of any compelling counterevidence. This is a great episode to listen with your tween…