AE503― Christian Apologetics 1

Description

Required for MDiv― 3 credits. No Prerequisite.

There is a scriptural mandate to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you,” 1 Peter 3:15. This course thoroughly prepares students to give concrete reasons for their faith.

This course-series enables students to confidently address the issues skeptics of Christianity may bring up. The orderly and comprehensive fashion in which the authors present answers to key arguments is one reason we chose this curriculum.

The down-to-earth style of the authors additionally makes the study both highly informative and easily-understood. The workbook format successfully facilitates student retention, something especially critical to apologetics.

Topics covered include: answering life’s big questions, fallacies and logic, cosmic issues, intelligent design, the origin of life, evolution, relativism, miracles, the historic reliability of Jesus, eyewitness testimony of Jesus, the reliability of the New Testament, the resurrection, the divinity of Jesus, Jesus’ perspective on the Old Testament, the issue of evil and more.

AE504 represents course 1 of a 2-course series.

Textbook: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Norman Geisler, Frank Turek, 2013, 448 pages, Paperback, Amazon Prime.

Workbook: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist Curriculum, Frank Turek, Chuck Winters, 2012, 280 pages, Paperback, Amazon Prime.

We additionally suggest students motivated toward evangelistic outreach additionally take “Practical Evangelism” because leading people to the Lord may require more than spouting off information. For unbelievers, intellectual obstacles are rarely what’s holding them back from spiritual birth or restoration. The issues unbelievers bring up, then, most likely represent an excuse to avoid confronting spiritual truth. In reality, there are generally emotional reasons people remain negative to Christ which need to be explored and resolved. And an individualized approach to evangelism may prove effective.

Apologetics and Evangelism

Frank Turek

Dr. Turek is a dynamic speaker and award-winning author and radio and TV broadcaster. Turek was an aviator in the U.S. Navy, has a master’s degree in Public Administration from George Washington University and a doctorate in Philosophy of Religion from Southern Evangelical Seminary in NC. He has taught Leadership and Management at George Washington University. Partnered with Norman Geisler and Chuck Winter in this project.

• I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

• Ethics and Leadership
• Apologetics and Evangelism • Biblical Knowledge

Norman Geisler

Dr. Norman Geisler has taught theology, philosophy, and classical Christian apologetics on the graduate and undergraduate level for over 50 years and authored or co-authored over 100 books. He has served as a professor at Trinity Evangelical Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary. Education: William Tyndale College, Wheaton College, Northwestern University, Loyola University.

• Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues & Options
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist • Popular Surveys of the Testaments