Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links (02/04 - 02/11)

Here are this week's recommended apologetics links. Enjoy.
• Fallacy Friday: The Genetic Fallacy
• How to Critique a Doctrine
• Hope’s Reason: Volume One
• Dallas Willard on Science
• Doherty's Mythical Titanic

• Extra-Canonical Sources 

• The mysterious mind
• Meet the Skeptic
• Bridgeway Apologetics Conference
• Word of the week - Syllogism
• Case for Christianity Event: March 12, 2011
• Online Apologetics Conference: Get registered early
• Book giveaway: Did the Resurrection Happen...Really?
• Fallacy Friday: The Ubiquitous Ad Hominem
• Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy: Interview with James K. Smith

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Dangers of the Lazy Apologist: MP3 by John Lennox

This is an audio interview from the Christian Persuaders podcast (featured here). John Lennox talks about the Dangers of the Lazy Apologist - common shortcuts that some take and pitfalls many fall into. Listen to become a better communicator. Subscribe to podcast here.

Full MP3 Audio here. (24 min)

Enjoy.

Worldview 101: Worldview Training Camp for Teens

Worldview 101 is a Christian worldview training camp for teens, equipping them in the areas of Christian doctrine, ethics, and apologetics. Found online over at www.wv101.org, the organization's instructors include the likes of Paul Copan, Greg Ganssle, Chad Meister, James Spiegel, Douglas Blount and more.

Their blog is here. And be sure to check out the info on training camps.  Additional FAQ here.

Check it out.

William Lane Craig vs. George Williamson Debate Audio

William Lane Craig debates George Williamson on the topic: Does God Exist? at the University of Saskatchewan in 2011. Original Videos here. Also added to the WLC Audio Debate Feed. Their earlier 2008 debate can be found here.

Full MP3 Audio here.

Enjoy.

Pro-Life Interview: Scott Klusendorf

Today's interview is witth Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute. LTI is the first place to look for excellent resources to get better equipped to defend the pro-life position. Scott talks about defining abortion and its terms, the issue of the debate, the legal history of abortion, defending the pro-life view using science and philosophy, the four pillars of the pro-life argument, answering a litany of objections to the pro-life position, the right and wrong use of emotional appeals, taking on the right tone in the debate, how to get better equipped, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here. (45 min)

Check out Scott's pro-life books:
• The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture
• Pro-Life 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively

More pro-life resources, media, and blog.

Enjoy.

Sunday Quote: Irenaeus on Error

“Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected.  But it is craftily decked out in attractive dress, as as, by its outward form, to appear to the inexperienced (ridiculous as the expression may seem) more true than the truth itself.”

- Church father Irenaeus (Against Heresies 1.2)

[HT: SB]

Featured Podcast: Christian Persuaders

Today's featured podcast is Christian Persuaders, brought to you by UCCF. Apologists are communicators, and learning from the experts as they offer their personal insights is invaluable. This podcast offers interviews with notable apologists and evangelists as they share their experience. Whether chatting with John Lennox about the dangers of the lazy apologist, or speaking with Michael Green about persuasive speaking in Cathedrals, or with Os Guinness about the demolition and construction of arguments -- this podcast offers some great insights.

Find it here: Christian Persuaders - RSS / iTunes / 1-click.
More about CP here.

Enjoy.

Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links (01/28 - 02/04)

Here are this week's recommended apologetics links. Enjoy.
• A comparison with meaning
• The Fifty Fruits of Pride
• Pro Life Tour: New Zealand
• Planned Parenthood - pure evil
• Free Audio Book: Adopted for Life
• How Did Jeffrey Dahmer Define Morality?
• Philosopher offers six signs of “scientism”
• Front-Loading and Theistic Evolution
• Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament
• Historical Reliability of the Gospels #1
• Schedule of Speaking Events for James White in the UK
• The Journey: A Thinking Person’s Quest for Meaning – OS Guinness
• Book Review: Who Is Jesus...Really? by Josh McDowell and Dave Sterrett
• Book Review: Is There a God? by Richard Swinburne
• 2011 Christianity Today Book Awards - The Passionate Intellect is the Best of the Apologetics/Theology category

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History of the Crusades with Matt Philipps MP3

This audio comes from Todd Wilkin's Issues, Etc program. This is a five-part series going over the history of the crusades with Associate Professor of History Dr. Matt Phillips of Concordia University-Nebraska. This interview covers:

• Origins & The First Crusade
• The Second Crusade & Papal Politics
• The Third Crusade
• The Fourth Crusade & Pope Innocent III
• St. Louis & the 13th Century Crusades

All these audios are rolled into one file here:
• History of the Crusades MP3 (1 hour, 40 minutes)

You may also be interested in a three part series of interviews with Clay Jones on how Christians should think through the tough questions about the crusades.

Be sure to check out Issues, Etc, its podcast, and the on-demand archive for past shows.

Enjoy.

Clay Jones Interview: The Crusades - part 3

Apologetics 315 is happy to welcome Clay Jones for a series of three interviews. Clay is assistant professor at the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics program at Biola University - and he teaches courses in Theodicy & the Issue of Evil, apologetics research and writing, and defending the resurrection. He has been interviewed in the past on Apologetics 315 on the problem of evil.

Today's interview is the third and final in a series of three short podcasts (see part one here, two here) dealing the atrocities committed in the crusades, Luther's insights on the crusades, the idea of a Christian nation, and the complex lessons of the crusades.

Clay Jones Interview on the Crusades - part 3 (12 min)

Clay recommends a few resources for those who want to learn more:
God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades - Rodney Stark
What Were the Crusades - Jonathan Wiley Smith
The New Concise History of the Crusades - Thomas Madden
First Things: Rethinking the Crusades (article)

For more interviews, subscribe to the Interviews podcast here or in iTunes.
Enjoy.

Featured Blog: EPS Blog

The Evangelical Philosophical Society is an organization of professional scholars devoted to pursuing philosophical excellence in both the church and the academy. The webpage is not only hope to their journal Philosophia Christi, but also their blog, which offers a steady stream of solid posts on a variety of topics. Go to the EPS blog or use their RSS feed to subscribe. Here is a sampling of recent articles:

• Interview with Paul Copan on “Is God a Moral monster?”
• Is Methodological Naturalism Good for Science?
• Philosophers and Pastors: Stakeholders and Collaborators
• Interview with Bruce Little on Creation-Order Theodicy
• From Atheist Rage to Christian Faith Rooted in Knowledge
• Interview with Mike Austin on “ethics for everyone”

Enjoy.

Apologist Interview: Alister McGrath

Today's interview is with Alister McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College, London. He talks about his journey out of atheism, his interactions with the New Atheists, the future of atheism, the tone of debate, his new book The Passionate Intellect (Mere Theology in UK), the role of a theology in apologetics, the role of natural theology, collaborative apologetics, advice for Christian apologists, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here (37 min)

Alister McGrath's book's include:
• The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind
• Christian Theology: An Introduction
• Theology: The Basics
• Chosen Ones (Aedyn Chronicles, The)
• Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth
• Christianity's Dangerous Idea
• Doubting: Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith
• Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought
• A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology
• Science and Religion: A New Introduction
• The Dawkins Delusion?
• In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible
• The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World
• Dawkins' GOD: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life
• Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths
• Christianity: An Introduction
• The Future of Atheism: Alister McGrath and Daniel Dennett in Dialogue
...and more...

Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics here.
Check out other resources by Alister McGrath on Ap315 here.

Enjoy.

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Sunday Quote: Paul Copan on Bias

“If writing with a goal – whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic – implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. . . a work shouldn’t be dismissed simply because of the strong convictions of the writer. Should we discount the facticity or reliability of the accounts of Nazi concentration camp survivors simply because they passionately recount their story?”

- Paul Copan

True For You, But Not For Me – Defeating the Slogans that leave Christians Speechless, (Bethany House, 1998), p.101.

Two Apologetics Blogs to Follow

If you are interested in short apologetics video clips or audio features, there are two blogs that you should follow. Faithful Thinkers, run by Luke Nix, consistently features audios and videos covering apologetics topics. Case for Christianity regularly features short apologetics videos. So for those looking for regularly posted, consistent quality video content, these might be good ones to bookmark or to subscribe to via RSS.

Faithful Thinkers and Case for Christianity.

Check them out.

Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links (01/21 - 01/28)

Here are this week's recommended apologetics links. Enjoy.

• Propositions to Ponder
• Letters vs. Myth
• The Rage Against God
• What Is Christianity?
• Josh McDowell Book GiveAway
• God, Black Holes, and Stephen Hawking
• Useful or Useless Evolutionary Terms?
• Fallacy Friday: Assessing Arguments
• Being a Thinking Christian at the University
• Common Errors in Bible Interpretation
• Tactics and talking points for defending traditional marriage
• A dignity argument against most abortions
• Currently Reading: Reasoning from the Scriptures with Muslims by Ron Rhodes
• Don't be cruel to yourself, engage in theology!
• Harvard Astrophysicist Supports Rare Earth Hypothesis
• Book review of Stephen Hawking’s “The Grand Design” by Edgar Andrews
• The Underestimated Agreement Of The Gospels
• The Case for the Resurrection by Lee Strobel on Kindle (only 1.99) good deal.
• New book of interest: Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life
• Is Glenn Beck a Mormon-new-age guru?

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Ken Samples New Blog: Reflections

Philosopher and theologian Ken Samples has a new blog called Reflections. Some may already be familiar with Ken's Straight Thinking podcast, and will most likely want to follow his blog as well. His goal is to help and challenge Christians to think carefully about the implications of their worldview. Check out his phenomenal inaugural post: 100 Academic Commandments, which covers the classroom, study skills, student life, and the development of the Christian mind.

Visit Reflections and subscribe.
Check out more resources by Ken Samples.

Enjoy.

Clay Jones Interview: The Crusades - part 2

Apologetics 315 is happy to welcome Clay Jones for a series of three interviews. Clay is assistant professor at the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics program at Biola University - and he teaches courses in Theodicy & the Issue of Evil, apologetics research and writing, and defending the resurrection. He has been interviewed in the past on Apologetics 315 on the problem of evil.

Today's interview is the second of a series of three short podcasts (see part one here) dealing with the general perception of the Crusades, what the Crusades were, motivations behind them, Augustine's concept of "just war," the atrocities of the Crusades, and their overall outcome.

Clay Jones Interview on the Crusades - part 2 (14 min)

Clay's blog is here.

For more interviews, subscribe to the Interviews podcast here or in iTunes.
Enjoy.

The Ehrman Project: Resources Answering Bart Ehrman

Dr. Bart Ehrman has raised significant questions about the reliability of the Bible. In an engaging way, he is questioning the credibility of Christianity. His arguments are not new, which he readily admits. Numerous Biblical scholars profoundly disagree with his findings. The Ehrman Project website provides responses to Dr. Ehrman's provocative conclusions.

Check it out here.

Other Bart Ehrman resources here.

Also, Peter J. Williams makes a good observation in the comments at Evangelical Textual Criticism.

Apologist Interview: Jay Richards

Today's interview is with Jay Richards, program director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. (articles by Jay here) He talks about the use of intelligent design arguments in Christian apologetics, understanding the limits of arguments, removing obstacles to the Gospel, "God must have done it" caricatures,  the Privileged Planet thesis, the factors needed for a life-sustaining planet, the overlap between the conditions for life and the conditions for discovery, the materialistic worldview and the Copernican principle, pre-Copernican cosmology, earth-like exoplanets, design and constrained optimization, the importance of the moon for life and for science, the benefit of philosophical tools for apologetics, advice for apologists, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here. (35 min)

Jay Richards' books include:
• God and Evolution
• The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery
• Unapologetic Apologetics: Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies
• The Untamed God: A Philosophical Exploration of Divine Perfection, Simplicity, and Immutability
• THE DVD: The Privileged Planet

Check out Jay's view on The Grand Design, and his debate with Christopher Hitchens.

Enjoy.
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