Not enough people are heeding Richard Dawkins! Despite trying his utmost to spread the gospel of evolutionism-dressed-as-science, there are not enough takers. For the life of him Dawkins can’t understand why Christianity in particular continues to attract intelligent persons to it. For years he has been crusading for his “truth.” Now he has written (another) book, The God Delusion, which as he says will persuade reasonable readers to become atheists like himself. Humility has never been one of Dawkins notable …
Category: Apologetics
An Introduction Apologetics is the defense and confirmation of the Christian Faith. Peter told his readers that they were to be “always ready to give an answer (apologia) for the hope which was within them.” (1 Pet. 3:15). He did not want believers to be caught napping. Their firm hope was not based upon “cunningly devised fables” (2 Pet. 1:16), but came about as a result of their reception of the truth about Christ and His world. Peter stated that …
Christian Apologetics by Cornelius Van Til, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2003, Second Edition, Edited by William Edgar, 206 pages., paperback, $11.99. The name of Cornelius Van Til produces different responses in different people. To those who believe that man’s reason is sufficient on its own to arrive at proper conclusions about God, Van Til is the man whose apologetic method leaves Christian evidences on the sidelines. He is a fideist, a scholar who indulges in circular reasoning. But to those …
LECTURE 3: Facts We Can Verify. A Selection of Twenty Historical/Archaeological Evidences. It is all very well to speak about Bible History, but can the claim be substantiated? Does the Old Testament stand up under scrutiny? There follows a broad sampling of its impressive credentials in this area. …
