A Reason for Our Hope: A Christian Apologetics Class
The Christian faith has always been under
attack. Satan, the father of lies, has always sought
to lead people away from the truth of God.
Therefore there has always been a need in the
church for “apologetics”. When engaged in
apologetics the Church seeks to give a reasonable
defense for her beliefs/practices. In a culture where
relativism is being taught in the universities, and
movements such as the “new atheism” openly
challenge the validity of the Christian faith, believers
as always must be “prepared to make a defense to
anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that
is in you…with gentleness and respect” (1 Pet 3:15,
ESV).
Please come and join us, Lord willing, this spring
term of the School of Discipleship as we seek to
address a number of relevant issues in the area of
Christian apologetics. This class is specifically
designed to address apologetic issues surrounding
the Bible (mainly the New Testament) and the
person/work of Jesus. Some of the topics we hope
to discuss this semester are: “What criteria did the
church use to determine which books would make it
into our New Testament”, “Can we be sure that the
New Testament has been adequately preserved for
us today”, Does the Bible contain in some places
merely the words of men and not the word of God”
“Can we be sure that Jesus really was an historical
person”, “Did Jesus really teach that He was God” “Is
there good evidence for the Christian belief that
Jesus rose from the dead”. If you ever wanted to
know the answers to any of these questions, or if
you would like to be able to better answer these
questions for non-Christians, please plan on
attending this class.
-Aaron Turner
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