0:00 1Peter Chapter 3:8-17
1:27 The Intellectual Challenge Of The Gospel…The World Disparages There Being Such A Challenge
4:50 1 Corinthians 1:20, Is The Intellectual Challenge Of The Gospel…The Heart Cannot Take Comfort From What The Mind Rejects As False
6:33 Review: 1Peter3:15, A CHRISTIAN MIND, A MIND THAT SETS CHRIST APART AS LORD IN THE HEART; A Clear Conscience/Good Conduct; NO NEUTRALITY, NO AUTONOMY, PROPER USE OF REASON, NO DIVIDED FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE, THINK CHRISTIANLY
9:21 Review: A REASONED DEFENSE: Be Ready! Mk14:15, 2Cor9:5, Mat25:10, Acts23:21, Jn14:2 … WE NEED EDUCATED & PREPARED CHRISTIANS; WE NEED TO STUDY & THINK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY
10:32 HOPE & EVERYMAN …We Defend Our Hope: A Confident Expectation That What GOD Says, IS TRUE.
14:19 HOPE & EVERYMAN …We Prepare To Defend Our Hope To EVERYMAN: From The Mail Carrier To The Medical Doctor; Professor To The Plumber: ANYONE!
16:52 If Peter (An Unschooled Fisherman) Could Defend The Faith, You Can Too
17:51 Advice About Handling Potential Nervousness When Around Intellectual Types … 1) Realize They Are People With Problems Too
19:26 2) Don’t Be Bullied By Vocabulary
20:23 3) “Winning The Argument” (Twisting Their Arm) Is Not The Goal
20:55 4) A Thoughtful And Substantiated Attempt To Give An Answer Is Alway Much More Respected, Than Sloppiness, Excuses, Or No Attempt To Reply At All
23:28 RECAP
24:18 These Are Not Intellectual Challenges. 1) “It Must Be True Because It’s Given Me Such Peace & Joy.”
25:15 2) “You’ll Never Know If It’s Truth Until You Try It.”
26:34 3) “Just Look At The Large Number Of People Who’ve Been/Are Becoming Christians.”
27:36 4) “If Some Of The Things In The Bible Prove To Be True, Then Very Likely, All Of Them Will Prove To Be True.”
30:40 So What’s Left? … (Limited On Time) GLB Gives The Seed Thoughts For Defending The Faith. …1Corinthians1:20 Notice Paul’s Approach …Rom 1:18-22 …Recognizing The Fool
33:55 Dealing With The Fool …Don’t Use His Assumptions, Presuppositions, Manner Of Reasoning, or Values. …Instead, Show Him The Folly Of His Worldview, By Putting Yourself On His Position And Doing An Internal Critique Of It
36:07 GLB Gives Short List Of What Cannot Be Accounted For Without The Christian Worldview:
36:14 Why Should We Trust Our Brains?
38:02 On What Basis Are There Moral Absolutes?
39:27 Are There Principles Of Logic?
40:45 How Can Categories & Principles Of Mental Reasoning Apply To A Changing Universe?
41:47 How Can We Account For The Uniformity Of Nature?
42:11 Why Should We Consider Man Unique?
43:57 The Intellectual Challenge Of The Gospel Is This: The Proof Of The Christian Outlook Is That Without It You Can’t Prove Anything
44:36 Closing Prayer
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. (CMF)
