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Apologetics

Transcendental Arguments

Dr. Bahnsen and Michael Butler co-teach a 1995 summer seminar on transcendental arguments. With clear and jargon-free analysis, this course critiques various traditional theistic proofs, unpacks the philosophical background of transcendental reasoning, defends Cornelius Van Til’s presuppositional apologetic over against his critics, and above all, equips the saints to prove the objective truth of God’s existence—apart from which one cannot reason, make sense of reasoning, or prove anything at all.

1 – Four Types of Proof (1 of 10)

2 – Van Til’s Why I Believe in God (2 of 10)

3 – Kant in Context (3 of 10)

4 – Contemporary Transcendental Arguments, Part 1 (4 of 10)

5 – Contemporary Transcendental Arguments, Part 2 (5 of 10)

6 – Summary of Transcendental Arguments, Part 1 (6 of 10)

7 – Summary of Transcendental Arguments, Part 2 (7 of 10)

8 – Apologetical Transcendental Argument (8 of 10)

9 – Back to Basics (9 of 10)

10 – Van Til’s Critics: Hoover, Dooyeweerd, Frame (10 of 10)

Challenge to Unbelief

In apologetics Christians are too often “on the defensive.” Dr. Bahnsen shows that believers need to take the offensive (without being offensive) against those who object to the truth of Christianity. He explains that this involves understanding their underlying worldviews and showing their intellectual futility while realizing that all unbelievers are secret believers who deceive themselves about their knowledge of God.

1 – Worldviews in Collision

2 – The Certainty of Christianity

3 – The Futility of Unbelief

4 – The Futility of Unbelief Part 2

5 – Self-Deception (Romans 1)

6 – Challenge to Unbelief Q & A

Taking it to the Streets

Apologetics is useless if it is only a great theory discussed by scholars. Dr. Bahnsen demonstrates how all believers-including you-are able to defend the faith “outside the classroom” in response to any person who challenges the truth of Scripture.

Worldviews in Collision, Part 1

Worldviews in Collision, Part 2

Atheists and Other Fools

Evolution—No More Monkey Business, Part 1

Evolution—No More Monkey Business, Part 2

How to Deal with your Obstinate Brother-in-law

The Myth of Neutrality and Christian Education

Q and A

Practical Apologetics

Another series of lectures delivered at a “Life Preparation Conference.” Dr. Bahnsen offered direct answers for specific apologetic problems, beginning with a very helpful “checklist of defects” to look for in the objections used by unbelievers.

1 – Arbitrariness (1 of 5)

2 – God, Culture, Precondition

3 – Evolution

4 – Evil, Mormonism (4 of 5)

5 – Islam (5 of 5)

Loving God With All Your Mind

The way we think-our patterns of reasoning-can fail to show love for God just as readily as the way we live outwardly. This series explains how we can better keep the first and great commandment-with our minds! Dr. Bahnsen shows how to detect and refute the underlying worldviews in terms of which unbelievers think, so that Christians can be more alert and effective in defending the faith.

1 – What Does It Mean? (1 of 6)

2 – How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 1

3 – How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 2

4 – How to Discern and Disarm Non-Christian Worldviews, Part 3

5 – Personal and Public Applications

6 – Questions and Answers

Peter’s Apologetic

Here are four great sermons (taken from Dr. Bahnsen’s series on 1 Peter) based on the key New Testament text which calls for all believers to defend the faith. Peter was only a fisherman, yet he could give a reasoned answer to any man who offered a challenge to the faith. So can you. These messages show you why and how you must do it.

1 – Christian Mind

2 – Reasoned Defense

3 – The Intellectual Challenge of the Gospel

4 – Humble Boldness

At War With the Word

These lectures by Dr. Bahnsen deal with the fundamental conflict between unbelieving worldviews and the Christian worldview.

1 – Worldviews in Collision, Part 1

2 – Worldviews in Collision, Part 2

The Place of Evidence in Apologetics

Presuppositionalists are often misrepresented as not believing in the use of factual evidence in apologetics. Nothing could be further from the truth. All facts are evidence of Christian theism, but do the “facts speak for themselves?” These lectures explain the proper use of evidence in defending the faith.

1 – The Place of Evidence in Apologetics, Part 1

2 – The Place of Evidence in Apologetics, Part 2

3 – The Place of Evidence in Apologetics, Part 3 – JFK

The Biblical Basis for Math

The Christian Worldview Answers How We Know The Truths Of Math, And Can Justify Them Both A priori & A posteriori

1 – The Biblical Basis for Math

The Apologetic Implications of Self-Deception

Based on Dr. Bahnsen’s doctoral dissertation, these lectures explore the important subject of self-deception and the nature of unbelief. How can the unbeliever both know and not know God? This is an important contribution to the field of apologetic study.

1 – The Apologetics Implications of Self-Deception, Part 1

2 – The Apologetics Implications of Self-Deception, Part 2

The Problem of Evil

In three separate lectures Dr. Bahnsen equips believers to confront and answer this favorite objection to Christian theism offered by unbelievers.

1 – Is the Problem of Evil Problematic?

2 – Is God Good?

3 – Defending the Faith

What Your Professors Won’t Tell You

Many in the academic profession hide behind the myth of neutrality. Dr. Bahnsen exposes this myth and demonstrates the impossibility of neutrality in our thinking.

1 – What Your Professors Won’t Tell You, Part 1

2 – What Your Professors Won’t Tell You, Part 2

A Reason for the Hope

Part of THE BASIC TRAINING SERIES, this is the best CD set for an introduction to apologetics-assumes no prior knowledge-taking believers to a deeper level of understanding in how to defend the faith.

1 – With Good Reason (1 of 3)

2 – The Facts Don’t Speak for Themselves

3 – Hasn’t God Made Foolish The Wisdom of This World?

What? Me Defend the Faith?

Yes, you not only can, you must defend the faith. Apologetics is for every believer and every believer can learn how to do the job well.

1 – Introduction

2 – Answering Fools Without Becoming One

3 – The Toothpaste Proof of God’s Existence

4 – Christianity in a League of its Own

The Aim of Apologetics

It is important to stay focused on what is important while defending the faith. Learn what the goals of apologetics are and how to accomplish these essential objectives.

1 – Aim of Apologetics

2 – Approach to Atheism

3 – How To Argue With Atheists

4 – How To Argue With Non-Atheists

Apologetics in the Work Place

Apologetics is not just for scholars and pastors. God has put His people in many places to meet the various challenges of unbelievers. This three-session seminar demonstrates how every Christian can defend the faith in their place of work.

1 – Apologetics in the Workplace, Part 1

2 – Apologetics in the Workplace, Part 2

3 – Apologetics in the Workplace, Part 3

Reformation

Distinctives of The Reformed Faith (1 of 5) – The Sovereignty of God

What does it mean to be theologically “Reformed”? It is not easy to offer a concise, full and clear summary. This is one of Dr. Bahnsen’s most frequently requested series and a great teaching tool in doctrine. Explains how the Reformed outlook differs from others. —(CMF)

1 – The Sovereignty of God

2 – Covenant Theology

3 – Affirmation of This World

4 – The Church’s Government, Worship, & Sacraments

5 – The Bible Tells Me So

History of Western Philosophy Renaissance and Enlightenment (1 of 2) – Reformation, Part 1

In this course at Christ College Dr. Bahnsen continues the discussion of Western thought, exploring the late Middle Ages through Kant. The intellectual and social challenges of our own day trace back to developments in this significant period [1400-1800]. Champions the Reformation worldview, while offering great presuppositional insights and internal critiques of unbiblical philosophies.

1 – History of Western Philosophy Renaissance and Enlightenment (1 of 2) – Reformation, Part 1

2 – History of Western Philosophy Renaissance and Enlightenment (2 of 2) – Reformation, Part 2

The Reformation

In one passionate sermon, Dr. Greg Bahnsen succeeds both in delivering the salient points of the 16th century Protestant Reformation, and challenging Christians to continually reform to serve GOD with greater consistency and obedience.

1 – The Reformation

Debate

Does God Exist — A Debate Between Greg L. Bahnsen and Edward Tabash

This formal debate between Dr. Bahnsen and atheist lawyer (former ACLU) Edward Tabash at the University of California (Davis), is a great follow-up to the Bahnsen/Stein debate. Witness again how an atheist fails to wrestle with fundamental philosophical issues.

Does God Exist — A Debate Between Greg L. Bahnsen and Edward Tabash

Eschatology

Revelation

INSIGHTS

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Preserving an Intellectual Inheritance

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Real Conversations. Real Questions. Real Faith.

A lot of Christians struggle to share their faith, not because they’re apathetic, but because they feel the weight of getting it right. Often it’s because they don’t know what to say, when to say it, or how to say it without blowing up the conversation. Evangelism today doesn’t usually start behind a pulpit.It starts […]

Why the World Argues the Way It Does — and Why That Matters

Every culture argues about right and wrong.About justice.About freedom.About what people deserve and who gets to decide. Scroll through social media, listen to the news, or sit in a college classroom, and you’ll hear passionate moral claims everywhere. People speak with confidence, urgency, and outrage. What you won’t often hear is this question: Where do […]

Doctrine as the Backbone of Christian Apologetics

Christian apologetics does not begin with clever arguments. It does not begin with philosophy, science, or cultural analysis. It begins where Christianity itself begins: with God speaking. Before we ever ask whether God can be proven, the Bible starts somewhere else. It begins with God speaking, not with us evaluating Him. Scripture presents God as […]

The Transcendental Argument For GOD: Why Every Fact of Reality Cries Out His Name

1. Introduction — Christianity Is Not One Argument Among Many. It Is the Foundation of All Reasoning Most people approach Christianity as if it were simply one option on a shelf of competing belief systems. You compare it to atheism, Islam, Buddhism, or vague spirituality, weigh the arguments, and decide which one seems most persuasive. […]

Starting with the 3rd lecture in the Transcendental Arguments Series, all outlines on The Bahnsen Bible Academy website will no longer be limited to YouTube’s 5,000 characters, and thus will be more extensive.

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Reformation

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Apologetics

Reformation

Debate

Eschatology

Revelation

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