0:00 Opening Remarks…(Q)uestions & (A)nswers…(?Q) Approx Of Question
0:12 (Q1) How Was The Canon Determined? (A) …Basically, It Comes Down To GOD Testifies To HIMSELF; The Church Doesn’t Vote The Bible In. GOD Says, This Is MY WORD. And Because I Say It Is MY WORD You Can Accept It. GLB Expands…
5:51 (Q2) How Should We Respond To Those Who Leave The Formed/Protestant Church & Enter The Roman Catholic Community? (A) …GLB Builds To The Answer From Several Points:
8:33 – Church Denominations As Money Denominations Analogy
10:49 – Judge An Organization By Its Banner/Confession Of Faith (What It Declares To The World To Be Its Views)
11:44 – THE COUNCIL OF TRENT: The Official Statements Of Roman Catholic Views…Declared Its Doctrine To Be Irreformable…Salvation By Merit…Cursed Of GOD
13:16 – Paul In Galatians Vs. The Roman Catholic Church
14:20 GLB Begins To Assemble His Prior Points Into The Answer
15:08 (A) ENCOURAGE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC TO DEPART FROM THE SOUL-DAMNING DOCTRINES OF ROMANISM! FIND A CHURCH THAT’S TRUE TO THE WORD OF GOD. Consider TOPC…Judge On The Basis Of SCRIPTURE…Compare THE COUNCIL OF TRENT To THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
15:40 A PROTESTANT’S APPROACH TO RELIGION VS. A ROMAN CATHOLIC’S
16:38 GLB Answers (Q2) Again, But Regarding Someone More Knowledgeable & Experienced Who Left Protestantism For Romanism (EXAMPLE: GERRY MATATICS)
22:10 (Q2) (A) SUMMARY…Love/Teach/Judge/Excommunicate
23:34 EXCOMMUNICATION: In More Detail
24:51 (Q3) What About The SHUNNING Passages Of The New Testament? (A) It’s A Disciplining Technique That Hopes To Bring The Person To Repentance Before They Have To Be Declared Outside The Body Of CHRIST…Once Outside, You Evangelize Them…GLB Expands
28:31 (Q4) What About ERASURE? (A) It’s A Non-Public Way Of Dismissing Someone From The Christian Community…There’s Nothing In The Bible About “Erasure.”…It’s A Cop-Out
30:22 (Q5) What Do You Think About The Northern Presbyterian Tradition (PT) Of Charles Hodge Regarding Baptism? (A) …The Southern PT Is Correct & The Northern PT Is Mistaken. GLB Expands…We Don’t Honor Any Of The Sacraments Of Organizations That Are Not True Churches Of CHRIST
34:01 EXCOMMUNICATION REVISITED
36:53 (?Q6) When Evangelizing A Prostitute/Loose Woman, How Do You Deal With A Weaker Brother So That He Won’t Stumble? (A) …Bring Along More Than One Elder…Use Wisdom
37:43 GLB Expands On How The Weaker Brother Passage Has Been Abused (eg, Christian Having A Beer)
41:38 (?Q7) How Can The Unbeliever/Scientist Know GOD, Yet Be Lost? (A) Romans CH1…Knows GOD But Suppresses The Truth In Unrighteousness…Without Thanking GOD, The Unbeliever Borrows From The Christian Worldview To Succeed In Life
44:00 GLB Expands Upon How The Unbeliever Suppresses The Truth In Unrighteousness With An Example; THE HOT FUDGE SUNDAE SHOP: Living On Borrowed Capital
46:07 CANONICITY REVISITED
48:38 Closing Remarks
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.
- Challenge to Unbelief (1 of 6) – Worldviews in Collision
- Challenge to Unbelief (2 of 6) – The Certainty of Christianity
- Challenge to Unbelief (3 of 6) – The Futility of Unbelief, Part 1
- Challenge to Unbelief (4 of 6) – The Futility of Unbelief, Part 2
- Challenge to Unbelief (5 of 6) – Self Deception (Romans 1)
- Challenge to Unbelief (6 of 6) – Apologetics Conference Q & A
