SLIDE 1 A R A Reaso sonable nable F Fait aith in An Unc in An Uncert rtain W in World
Is believing in God and Jesus Christ a mater of blind faith or are there reasons to believe?
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A Song to Help Us In Apologetcs I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. It rained all night the day I lef, the weather it was dry The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry.
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A Song to Help Us In Apologetcs
Oh! Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me, For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
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In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. – 1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)
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Truth
That which conforms to reality, fact, or actuality.
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See to it that no one takes you captve by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human traditon, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. – Colossians 2:8 (ESV)
SLIDE 7 Philosophy: The study of the fundamental nature
- f knowledge, reality, and existence,
especially when considered as an academic discipline. Literally means: Loving Wisdom
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At the heart of LIBERTY is the right to Defne one’s own concept of EXISTENCE OF MEANING of the UNIVERSE and of the mystery of human life.
– U.s Supreme Court Justce Anthony Kennedy (Planned Parenthood v. Casey)
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Defne Discover
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Truth
That which conforms to reality, fact, or actuality.
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 (ESV)
SLIDE 13 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
- me. 7 If you had known me, you
would have known my Father
- also. From now on you do know him
and have seen him.” John 14:6-7 (ESV)
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Four Things We Afrm About Truth It Exists It is Knowable It is Absolute It is Exclusive
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The Law of Non-Contradicton Statements cannot both be true in the same sense at the same tme.
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A Song to Help Us In Apologetcs I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see. It rained all night the day I lef, the weather it was dry The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry.
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The Law of Non-Contradicton
The Skeptc There is no absolute truth!
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The Law of Non-Contradicton
The Agnostc There may be truth but it is unknowable
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The Relatvist Truth is a mater
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The Law of Non-Contradicton
The Pluralist All views are equally true
SLIDE 21 The Law of Non-Contradicton
They all appeal for tolerance
The allowable deviaton from a standard.
SLIDE 22 The Law of Non-Contradicton
Remember this law in dealing with others:
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things
- ught not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour
forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? James 3:10-12 (ESV)
SLIDE 23 The Law of Non-Contradicton
Remember this law in dealing with others:
12 Can a fg tree, my brothers, bear
- lives, or a grapevine produce fgs?
Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. James 3:10-12 (ESV)
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