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Is the Christian faith rational? Reasonable? How do we respond to other faiths in this world?These lectures were originally delivered in the Fall of 2004 on the campus of Denver Seminary, by Dr. Douglas Groothuis (Professor of Philosophy). They are provided here, with permission, to challenge and edify. Provided also are lecture notes supplied to attendees, and relevant books to supplement the lectures.
Introductory Lecture
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Nature of Apologetics, 1
Nature of Apologetics, 2
Developing an Apologetic Mind, 1
Developing an Apologetic Mind, 2
Worldviews, Truth, and Knowledge, 1
Worldviews, Truth, and Knowledge, 2
Truth and Knowledge
Conventionalism
Testing Worldviews
Natural Theology
Atheism
Cosmological Arguments, 1
Cosmological Arguments, 2
Cosmological Arguments, 3
Design Arguments, 1
Design Arguments, 2
Design Arguments, 3
Design Arguments, 4
God and Moral Meaning, 1
God and Moral Meaning, 2
God and Moral Meaning, 3
Argument from Religious Experience
Question and Answers
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Pascal's Wager
Miracles, 1
Miracles, 2
Reliability of the New Testament, 1
Reliability of the New Testament, 2
Reliability of the New Testament, 3
Apologetic Role Playing
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Claims of Jesus and Resurrection
Easternism and New Age, 1
Easternism and New Age, 2
Easternism and New Age, 3
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Testimony on New Age
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Religious Pluralism and Exclusivism
Islam, 1
Islam, 2
Brief Comments on the Medium of Video
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Intelligent Design and Science, 1
Intelligent Design and Science, 2 (Closing Comments)
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God and the Problem of Evil, 1
God and the Problem of Evil, 2
Additional Readings Pertinent to the Lectures:
No Doubt About it. Winfried Corduan (Nashville, TN: Broadman, Holman, 1997)Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism. Douglas Groothuis (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000)
On Jesus. Douglas Groothuis (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2003; published June 2002)
Confronting the New Age. Douglas Groothuis (InterVarsity, 1988)
Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity. J.P. Moreland (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1987)
The Universe Next Door, 4rd edition. James Sire (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004)
Other Pertinent Works:
The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues & Commentary. Craig L. Blomberg (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001)The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Craig L. Blomberg (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1987)
Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everybody's Asking. Darrell L. Bock (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2004)
The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities. Darrell L. Bock (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2006)
Studying the Historical Jesus: A Guide to Sources and Methods. Darrell L. Bock (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002)
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? F.F. Bruce (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1981)
What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography. Richard A. Burridge (Dearborn, MI: Eerdmans, 2004)
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan. Paul Copan, ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998)
Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. Craig A. Evans (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006)
The Canon DebateI. Lee Martin McDonald and James A. Sanders, eds. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002)
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Bruce M. Metzger (Oxford University Press, 1997)
Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Michael J. Wilkins and J.P. Moreland, eds. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995)
Judas and the Gospel of Jesus: Have We Missed the Truth about Christianity? N.T. Wright (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2006)