0:00 Opening Remarks To (Q)uestions & (A)nswers…GLB Names Items From His Catalog Of Material For Further Study: THE GREAT DEBATE: Does GOD Exist?; A CASE FOR/AGAINST GOD: Radio Dialog With George Smith; ISLAM, JUDAISM, & CHRISTIANITY; THE BIBLICAL INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS
2:48 (Q) How Do We Overcome Talking Past Each Other When Debating The Issue Of Abortion? (A) Discern Whether Or Not The Person Is Even Listening…Establish Some Ground Rules…Develop The Skill Of Sticking To The Point
6:29 (Q) Parrot Joke? (A) Apologetics Isn’t About Saying I’m Sorry;)
6:54 (Q) Do You Have Apologetics Workbooks Geared To Highschool Students & Church Youth Groups? (A) THE BIBLICAL INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS
8:14 (Q) How Do You Deal With The Apparent Great Age Of The Earth & Solar System Issue? (A) If GOD Created A Mature Creation, Then What HE Created Would Have Some Appearance Of Age In It (eg GOD Created Adam As A Man, Not As A Sperm)
9:27 (Q) How Do You Explain The Apparent Layering From Simple Organisms To More Complex Ones In The Geologic Column? (A) The Layering Is Produced From Catastrophic Events Such As The Flood
10:01 (Q) How Is It Possible That The Scientific Community Has Named Several Creatures, Homo erectus Homo habilis, But Creationist Claim There’s No Evidence Of These? (A) What You Have Here Is A Matter Of Interpreting What You Have Either In The Fossil Record Or In The Bone Remains etc…No Missing Link, GLB Expands
11:16 (Q) Do You Teach Apologetics, Logic…Correspondence? (A) Yes
11:50 (Q) What About An Unbelieving Jew Who Accepts The OT But Not JESUS? (A) Use The OT To Prove That JESUS Is WHO HE Said HE Is…GLB Expands
13:15 (Q) Doesn’t It Sound Bad To Say Boys & Girls Copulate? Wouldn’t Men & Women Be Better? (A) Yes
13:29 (Q) How Do We Understand Isaiah 55:6 & Acts 17:27 In Light Of Psalm 14:2&3? (A) The Verses Are Consistent With Each Other, In That They Show The Condition Of Man Without GOD’s Grace & Enabling. With GOD Giving These, Man Can Seek GOD
14:21 Dealing With Nominal Christians
17:25 (Q)j What Do You Say To Those Who Believe The Bible Only To The Extent Of Their Leadership? (A) THE BIBLE IS OUR ULTIMATE AUTHORITY…GLB Expands & Addresses Catholicism
20:00 (Q) What Do You Say About The High Probability Of A Single Cell Coming Into Existence Within An Infinitely Large Universe By Random Chance? (A) One Of The Premises Of The Argument Is Not True (Infinite Universe) GLB Expands…
21:34 (Q) How Do You Respond To Someone Who Believes We Have Moral Laws (eg Murder Is Wrong) Because Of The Laws Of Nature? (A) Nature Shows Us How People Behave, Not HOW THEY OUGHT To Behave…GLB Expands…
23:06 (Q) How Do You Respond To Someone Who Believes That People Can Do Anything As Long As They Don’t Hurt Others? (A) Ask Them Why Can’t You Hurt Other People On Their Worldview?…Without GOD Their Appeal To Morality Is Arbitrary
24:44 (Q) If The Bible Was Actually Written By Man, How Do You Know It’s A Revelation From GOD? (A) It’s A Revelation From GOD By The Impossibility Of The Contrary…GLB Expands…Final Authority In Every Worldview
27:29 (Q) Should We Adjust Our Apologetic To The “Not Caring” Cultural Shift? (A) No, Don’t Adjust Your Apologetic…GLB…Expands…Gives Examples Of The Hypocrisy & INCONSISTENCY (Note: Checklist) Of Someone Saying They Don’t Care About Truth (Car Coming At Them On The Wrong Side Of The Street; Taking Medicine Over Poison, etc) Show THE CONSEQUENCES (Note Checklist) If People Didn’t Care About The Truth
30:25 (Q) How Do We Speak To The Freewill Of Man Over Against The Sovereign Power Of GOD? (A) GOD Has Predestined What Men Freely Do…GLB Expands
32:12 (Q) How Can Muslims Be Countered In Their Beliefs Since They Believe The Quran Has Been Given To Them By GOD? (A) Show Them The Major Contradictions In The Quran…GLB Expands
34:56 (Q)…Do You Think The Points You Shared With Us Will Change The Downward Course Of Our Society? (A)…Yes, If What You’ve Been Taught Is Faithful To The Word Of GOD, Because That’s What GOD Has To Say About Arguing With Unbelief.
36:39 (Q) Can You Define The Word Presupposition By An Example? (A) A Presupposition Is What One Takes For Granted Whenever One Evaluates A Supposition (A Hypothesis/ Thesis, etc.)…What You’re Assuming To Begin Your Evaluation Are Your Pre-Suppositions…(Your Most Basic Convictions About Metaphysics, Epistemology, & Ethics.)
37:27 (Q) What’s Involved When Paul Says To Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind? (A) You Start By Seeing The Antithesis Between The Secular Worldview & The Christian Worldview…Thinking GOD’s Thoughts After HIM, Will Transform You…2Cor10 – GLB Expands…
39:22 2Cor10 As Closing Remarks
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. (TBI)
- Taking It To The Streets (1 of 8) Worldviews in Collision, Part 1
- Taking It To The Streets (2 of 8) Worldviews in Collision, Part 2
- Taking It To The Streets (3 of 8) Atheists And Other Fools
- Taking It To The Streets (4 of 8) Evolution—No More Monkey Business, Part 1
- Taking It To The Streets (5 of 8) Evolution—No More Monkey Business, Part 2
- Taking It To The Streets (6 of 8) How to Deal with Your Obstinate Brother-in-law
- Taking It To The Streets (7 of 8) The Myth of Neutrality and Christian Education
- Taking It To The Streets (8 of 8) Q and A
