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Accessible Apologetics: The Complete Course
Want to bring accessible apologetics to your group? Today, I’m releasing all 5 lessons of the Accessible Apologetics curriculum in one convenient download: Accessible Apologetics: The Complete Course (5 to 10-week series). You'll have the same materials I use to teach my workshops---the leader’s guides, students guides, professionally-designed PowerPoint presentations and more. I'm talking about […]
Why Share Reasons to Believe?
*This article is also available in Spanish. [Leer en Español] Why Share Reasons? Maybe you've encountered well-meaning Christians who look down on the practice of providing evidence for the truth of Christianity. I used to get that a lot. How should you respond? Just Point to Jesus What's his example look like? Turns out, Jesus provided […]
Argue Without Being Argumentative
Who likes to argue? Depends what you mean. Unfortunately, apologists use words which could give people the wrong impression: "Apologetics" sounds like apologizing. "Defense" sounds like training for hand-to-hand combat. And "argue" sounds like the thing you hate doing with your family on the way to church! Clarifying key terms can help you overcome a few challenges associated with […]
Promoting Accessible Apologetics
News Flash: Our discipline has a weird name. Many years ago, my wife and I visited Citrus Heights for a family gathering. Someone heard I was in grad school and asked me, "What are you getting your degree in?" "Apologetics," I answered. "I'm sorry," she replied with a chuckle. "It's not really that bad," I […]