A New Nation and Religious Freedom A United States Senator, at a highly publicized confirmation hearing, made this rather heated comment about a colleague who had publically professed his Christian faith and belief in its core tenants: “I would simply say, Mr. Chairman, that this nominee is really not someone who this country is supposed… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Case-Making 101
Defending Your Faith 101: The importance of knowledge in history
A Pastor of a popular local Church was asked by some of the members for a Christian Apologetics’ class. The response was pretty shocking. The Pastor told them that such a class was not needed because defending the faith and interpreting the Bible was for theologians, not everyday Christians. He assured them that the teachings… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: Understanding Christianity’s Roots
In his new book, “The American Spirit,” David McCullough observes, “We are raising a generation of young Americans who are by and large historically illiterate.” And in her Wall Street Journal review of the book, Peggy Noonan recounts McCullough’s description of “a bright Missouri college student who thanked him for coming to the campus, because,… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: All Christians need to get basic training!
…we have been too unwilling for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong. We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said—about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy.” -Prime Minister David Cameron Over the past two weeks we have looked at reasons for the urgency to… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: Why we all need to be trained in Christian Apologetics – Take the test
Why we need Christian Apologetics in our culture today: Once upon a time the United States could call itself a Christian Nation. However, if you’ve had much experience in public education, particularly higher education and the political landscape in general, you are probably in tune to the fact that we are in a post-Christian era… Continue Reading
Forensic Faith 101: Convincing Communication
“There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God – admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.” – William Wilberforce This week we are focusing on the fourth and final chapter of J. Warner… Continue Reading
Forensic Faith 101: Intense Investigation
“Here then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God’s Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our… Continue Reading
Forensic Faith 101: Targeted Training
I am going to start this post today with a prayer request: Please join me in praying for our brother Nabeel Qureshi. Those of you who know who he is please up your prayers for his pain to be relieved, for him and and family to know the peace of God that passes all understanding,… Continue Reading
Forensic Faith 101: Distinctive Duty
This month I am teaching from J. Warner Wallace’s book Forensic Faith. This is what Dr. Craig Hazen, founder and director of the Graduate Program in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, has said: “This book connects. It is one the of most accessible books addressing the foundational issues in [Christian] apologetics I have ever seen. Superb material that… Continue Reading
Forensic Faith 101: Do you have an accidental or evidential faith?
Why am I a Christian and not a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or Atheist? If I answer “because that is what I grew up with,” or “because I had an experience,” or “because I just feel that it is true” then I have an accidental faith. The problem with an accidental faith is that it is… Continue Reading