0:00 Good Morning…Laryngitis…All-Star Students
1:15 Hours Of Apologetics In Four
2:26 The Objection That The Bible Needs A Defense
7:33 Examples Of Apologetics Being Used In The Bible
11:44 Rent An Apologist?…No, All Christians Are Commanded To Engage In Apologetics…1Peter 3:15
14:18 Intimidated…Wrongly Thinking Apologetics Is Formal Debate…However…
17:28 What Apologetics Is Not
20:42 It All Starts With The Fear Of The LORD & In A Spirit Of Humility
25:03 Don’t Quarrel…In The End, The Truth Doesn’t Change Whether Your Opponent Admits It Or Fights It
26:49 Reenforcement, 2Tim 2:23-25
28:56 RECAP
31:13 Our Task/Responsibility Is To Give A Sound Witness & Defense Of The Faith…The Task Of Persuasion Is GOD’S
33:22 Let’s Move This Up Another Notch…Put On Your Thinking Caps…The Biggest Mistake Christians Make In Apologetics
36:26 What Is The Prerequisite For Defending The Faith?
36:54 Apologetics Is Not Moving Up To A Conviction About The Lordship Of CHRIST, It Is An Application Of Our Submission To CHRIST As LORD. Therefore, Apologetics Cannot Be Done In A Neutral Fashion. We Do Not Have A Different Ultimate Standard In Defending The Faith Than We Have As Our Ultimate Standard In Professing The Faith
41:16 CHRIST Is To Be Understood As Governing Our Thinking, Lording It Over Our Reasoning…The Proper Understanding About The Word, “REASON.”
46:49 The Relationship Of Faith & Reason. (e.g. George Smith Dialogue With Bahnsen) …What You Want To Show The Unbeliever Is That They Do Know GOD, That’s Why They Are Engaging In Reasoning; But, They Are Refusing To Acknowledge The Foundation Of What They Know.
49:52 Summary Of The Relationship Between Faith & Reason—FAITH/TRUST (IN CHRIST) IS THE VERY FOUNDATION OF REASON…The Authority And Grounding Of All Wisdom & Knowledge Are Deposited In CHRIST. Therefore, We Must Show The Lordship Of CHRIST In Our Reasoning Even While We Are Defending The Lordship Of CHRIST By Means Of Our Reason
55:07 One Last Point…Always Be Ready To Give An Answer TO ANY MAN WHO ASKS YOU, A Reason For The Hope That Is In You…How Is It Possible If You Haven’t Learned Everything? …BULLET DODGERS VS. DISARMING YOUR OPPONENT!
1:00:16 QUESTIONS
1:01:00 What Do You Say To People Who Say That They Use Reason And Don’t Have Faith? …Whatever You Use As Your Ultimate Standard Of Proof, You’ve Put Faith In
1:02:57 Self Deception…A Taste Of What Bahnsen Will Be Getting Into In Future Lectures…Unbelievers Are Affirming The Very Thing They Are Denying (e.g. Debate, Greg Bahnsen vs. Edward Tabash…The Problem Of Evil)
1:05:40 Gordon Clark And His Apologetic
1:06:54 Did Gordon Clark Make Too Much Of The Law Of Non-Contradiction? …Why Are We Under Obligation To Be Logical?
1:09:02 Bahnsen Respectfully Gives Brief Remarks About Gordon Clark’s Faux pas In Translating John 1:1
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. (TBI)
