0:00 The Aim Of Apologetics & The Approach To Apologetics (1Peter 3:15)
6:43 A Warning As To How To Use This Very Powerful Method Of Apologetics…The Goal Of Christian Apologetics Is To See That JESUS CHRIST Is Worshipped …Leave Men Without Excuse If They Refuse …Argue With Gentleness And Respect
7:54 Peter Tells Us That Our Approach Is Predicated Upon Setting CHRIST As LORD In Our Hearts
8:40 C.S. Lewis—GOD IN THE DOCK
9:53 Autonomy Defined
10:37 Our Proper Approach To Apologetics Also Includes The Way That We Think Is To Show That CHRIST Lords It Over Us…CHRIST Above All Is To Be Served In Our Thinking …2 Corinthians 10:5
11:38 (The Heart Of The Passage) Be Ready AlwaysTo Give An Answer To Every Man
13:53 The Conditions For Apologetical Success That The Scripture Lays Down For Us …#1 Understand The Nature Of Belief (Faith/Trust) In GOD …Rom 4:18, 20, 21
17:30 What Is It That Made Abraham A Believer?…According To That Which Had Been Spoken By GOD …He Believed On The Authority Of GOD HIMSELF Speaking
19:18 RECAP #1 A Strategy That We Have In Apologetics Must Be Guided By The Nature Of Belief That We’re Aiming To Bring The Unbeliever To [* Please note that Bahnsen is NOT talking about Fideism—search Bahnsen’s Series:Theistic Proof, Rationalism, & Fideism]
20:05 #2 We Must Make Sure That We’re Not Beguiled As Was Eve, In Our Procedure (2Cor 11:3) …The World Says This; GOD Says This; And, I Will Have To Be The Judge
23:51 #3 In Terms Of Scripture’s Approach To How Men Know And Understand Things, Belief Precedes Understanding…Belief Or Faith Is The Foundation Of Reason & Proof Not Vice Versa
24:14 e.g. Two General Approaches To The Relationship Of Faith & Reason (Thomistic & Augustinian)
27:13 The Augustinian Approach Is Closer To Scripture…2 Tim 2:25 “…In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.” (He’s Going To Create Problems Within In His Own Thinking) …Col 3:10 (Only Through Regeneration Is Proper Reasoning Restored)
31:09 RECAP
32:08 #4 Don’t Lie To Bring Someone To The Truth…We Mustn’t Approach Unbelievers And Suggest To Them That They Use The Approach Of The Autonomous Man…Use Your Reason Apart From GOD And See If We Can’t Lead Up To A Conviction About GOD
34:02 #5 Remember, GOD Must Sovereignly Grant Understanding 1Cor2:10,14,16 …How Ridiculous That Would Be To Think We Brought Ourselves Into This World…And Yet We Let People Talk That Way In The Spiritual Realm All The Time
37:40 You Haven’t Got The Power To Change A Sinner’s Heart But You Do Have The Ability To Shut The Sinner’s Mouth
38:45 RECAP
39:59 No Exit From GOD’S Mandate…Defending The Faith Among The Educated & The Ordinary
48:40 Conclusion
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 when arguing with both atheists and theists.
