Category: apologetics
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Apologetics 101
Apologetics 101: Stay on message
Step 1. Figure out what you’re really trying to say Step 2. Don’t let anyone or anything distract you from saying it ***** Scott Klusendorf is a full-time pro-life apologist, which means he gets screamed at a lot. One of…
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Apologetics 101“Am I A Chinese Woman?” How questions can defend the Truth
It was a political science class in my first year in university, with a hundred-some students spread out around the large auditorium. When the professor…
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Apologetics 101What Truth sounds like: sometimes calm isn’t appropriate
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs had to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay had, to that point, been…
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Apologetics 101Forewarned is forearmed: Seeing through 5 common logical fallacies
“I have no other but a woman’s reason; I think him so, because I think him so. That’s Shakespeare poking fun at the irrationality of…
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Apologetics 101Don’t Argue the Exceptions: Beating bad arguments for Abortion and Transgenderism
“But what about the . . . ?” Has a rare exception every stumped you when making the case for life or anything else? Here’s…
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Apologetics 101The theology of dirty jokes
In Miracles, C.S. Lewis makes the intriguing argument that it takes a theistic worldview to explain the existence of dirty jokes. the Christian knows that we…
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Apologetics 101If the unborn are not our equals…
In the West we believe all people should be treated equally, no matter their age, race, religion, etc. But why is that? Why should we…
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Apologetics 101How to defend the unborn in under a minute
I live in a town that’s so pro-life that when I go outside wearing a pro-life t-shirt the only reaction I get is, “Hey Jon,…
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Apologetics 101Witnessing without knowing it all
Ding dong! The doorbell goes and through the peephole you can see two young men clad in dark conservative suits. Fortunately you’ve recently read an…
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Apologetics 101The don’t and do’s of answering fools
In Proverbs 26:4-5 God says we shouldn’t argue with fools…except when we should. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself…
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Apologetics 10110 tales to help us clear away transgender confusion
We live in a time when the obvious is not so. How exactly can we explain to someone who doesn’t get it, that saying you’re…
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Adult non-fictionThe Ultimate Proof of Creation: Resolving the Orgins Debate
by Jason Lisle 2009 / 254 pages Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is an important figure from our Reformed heritage. A careful theologian with a love for…
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Apologetics 101Wrong questions lead to wrong answers
Why don’t brilliant scientists see evidence of God’s design in Nature? Because they deliberately limit the questions they are willing to ask. ***** The conflict…
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Apologetics 101Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College
by Michael J. Kruger 2021 / 262 pages. Rating: GOOD/Great/Give From time to time I search online for “ex-Can RC.” I’m curious as to why people would…
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Apologetics 101Tactics in defending your faith
In 2018, Stand to Reason‘s Tim Barnett teamed up with Reformed Perspective, traveling to churches across Canada to speak on “Tactics in Defending our Faith.” This…
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Apologetics 101Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson
Documentary 88 minutes / 2009 Rating: 9/10 The genesis of the film started back in May of 2007 when leading atheist Christopher Hitchens and Reformed…
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Apologetics 101I love apologetics
Don’t be intimidated; sharing the good news isn’t as complicated as we make it **** The Evidence Bible is filled with my favorite apologetical arguments. I…
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Apologetics 101Pro-life 101: Removing the red herrings
RED HERRING: In argument, something designed to divert an opponent’s attention from the central issue. If a herring is dragged across a trail that hounds…
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Apologetics 101When Lewis says it brilliantly: 7 key quotes
C.S. Lewis wasn’t always orthodox (as Dr. Bredenhof explains in his article “C.S. Lewis’s Apologetics: a Reformed assessment“) but what he got right, he expressed…
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Apologetics 101Not all T-shirts are created equal
Green is not my color, and I’m not a real fan of fedoras either so if someone wanted to get me the worst birthday present…
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Apologetics 101C.S. Lewis’s Apologetics: a Reformed assessment
Many Christians admire C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) and enjoy his writings. I was introduced to C.S. Lewis through my Grade 4 teacher who read The Lion,…
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Apologetics 1016 responses to 1 very angry atheist
British scientist Richard Dawkins may be the world’s most famous atheist. And he has garnered his fame from, and used his fame for attacks on…
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Apologetics 101Ready to reason: is apologetics even necessary?
A surge of pious agreement overcame me the first time I heard someone confidently assert that: “The word of God no more needs defense than…
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Apologetics 101Four things you can do when someone challenges your faith
Have you ever felt “the big chill”? It’s the term I use for the cold shiver that runs up your spine when you’re confronted with…
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Apologetics 101Two atheists walk into a bar…
If there is no God, can there be morality? I’m not asking whether atheists are moral people and do moral things. They do, but by…
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Apologetics 101Can God create a rock so heavy He can’t lift it?
I have a theory that somewhere out there in this weird, wide world, there exists a laboratory, staffed entirely by atheists, the sole purpose of…
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Apologetics 101Pro-life shirts that spark, spur, and speak
“Hey, what’s with the shirt? What’s Abort73.com?” “I could tell you, but better yet, why don’t you go online and check it out?” **** Fifteen…
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Apologetics 101The case for bumper-sticker and T-shirt Christianity
We found the handprinted note tucked beneath the windshield wiper, as we returned to our car in the mall parking lot. “May you not be…
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Apologetics 101The Triangle Curvature Inclusion Bill
A controversial bill to redefine triangles was presented in the British Parliament this past month. Debate was opened by the Culture Secretary, Valerie Brimble, who…
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Apologetics 101One simple question: “What do you mean by that?”
In the May 17, 2016 Breakpoint Daily, John Stonestreet shared a few questions he uses when he finds himself in a tough conversation. The first and…
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Apologetics 101God is visible to any with eyes to see
Our universe, if just slightly different, would never have been able to support life. For example, a proton’s mass is 1,836 times greater than that…
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Apologetics 101On “the Overton Window” and talking crazy
There are two ways to encourage our country to turn in a godly direction. Both involve talking. **** Glenn Beck, a radio talk show host…
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Apologetics 101Highflying comparisons, down-to-earth questions, and truthful declarations – apologetics in 3 steps
Bill Muehlenberg is one of Australia’s most insightful commentators, and in his recent column “Sex Wars: Can’t get no satisfaction” he quickly and succinctly highlighted…
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Apologetics 101
Apologetics 101: Stay on message
Step 1. Figure out what you’re really trying to say Step 2. Don’t let anyone or anything distract you from saying it ***** Scott Klusendorf…
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Apologetics 101Atheists can’t explain evil
Given an atheistic or even an agnostic starting point, how can someone be outraged by evil? Without God, being outraged over the presence of evil…
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Apologetics 101The JFK assassination and apologetics: the facts don’t speak for themselves
Movie director, Oliver Stone, unleashed a Pandora’s Box at the box-office in 1991 with the release of his controversial film, JFK. The movie, which was a…
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Apologetics 101Abortionist: “God performs way more abortions than I do…”
In a Dec. 29 tweet abortionist Leah Torres went viral by claiming: “God performs way more abortions than I do…” While pro-lifers were quick to…