APOLOGETICS Equipping in 2010: Defending Your Faith
2010 is a year of intensified focus on apologetics at 121. The main idea of ‘apologetics’ is being equipped to defend our faith, being better established in our Christian beliefs and able to persuasively answer objections people have to the Christian faith.
In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. 1 Peter 3:15
August 1: The Problem of Evil & the Existence of God
BASIC DESCRIPTION:
If there is a good and loving God, how can evil exist in the world? If God is all good and all powerful, why does He allow such pain and suffering?
Dr. Chad Meister will be our special guest speaker for this topic. Dr. Meister is Professor of Philosophy at Bethel College in Indiana. He speaks nationally on topics in religion and the Christian faith and has written or edited ten books, including the recent work co-edited with Dr. William Lane Craig, God is Great, God is Good (Christianity Today 2010 Evangelism & Apologetics Book of the Year).
- Dr. Chad Meister will speak in all three morning services.
- He will also lead an extended session in the afternoon from 3:00-6:00pm for those who want to go deeper with this topic.
- Childcare is available for the afternoon session for the first 75 children registered: 121 childcare
- For more about Chad Meister see his Bethel College Faculty Page or go to www.chadmeister.com
August 29: Science & Evolution
Basic description:
Does science contradict Scripture? Can I believe what the Bible says and believe in evolution? There are tough questions in our world that followers of Jesus Christ need to deal with and be ready to answer.
Kerby Anderson, National Director of Probe Ministries, will lead us through these fascinating and challenging topics to an understanding of what God’s Word says and how to navigate this topic in today’s world.
- Kerby Anderson will speak in all three morning services.
- He will also lead an extended session in the afternoon (time is TENTATIVELY set for 3:00-6:00pm) for those who want to go deeper with this topic.
- Childcare is available for the afternoon session for the first 75 children registered: 121 childcare
- For more about Kerby Anderson and Probe Ministries, go to: www.probe.org
Past events:
Worldviews (February 21)
Alex McFarland was with us for our students' DNOW weekend and introduced apologetics and worldviews.
- Audio is available here: Alex McFarland message
Tactics: Equipped to Give an Answer (May 2)
Greg Koukl, president and founder of Stand to Reason, equipped us in “tactics” in conversations. How can we have effective conversations with non-believers to share God's truth with gentleness and respect?
- Audio is available here: Sunday morning message , Equipped to Give an Answer (Columbo Tactics 1 & 2)
- For more about Greg Koukl go to the Stand to Reason ministry website:www.str.org
Can I Trust the Bible? (June 27)
Dr. Jeff Bingham from Dallas Theological Seminary provided a foundation for trusting in the Bible as God's inspired Word.
Audio is available here:
- Sunday morning message - The Authority of Scripture
- Afternoon session #1 - How did we get the Bible? (the question of the "Canon" of Scripture)
- Afternoon session #2 - Is the whole Bible God’s Word? (the questions of inspiration & inerrancy)
