
The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics

There are several lines of evidence that support the resurrection as historical fact. They include: 1.Jesus’s burial tomb was found empty. 2.Jesus was seen by 500 witnesses, most of which (at least 250) were still alive when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 15:1-7. 3.Jesus offered Himself to be touched, and was seen on several occasions after the
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Not all theories of truth are created equal. While there are several theories of truth that present themselves in our day, only the correspondence theory of truth is the way truth really is. This theory says that truth is correspondence to reality, which is to say, a statement is true inasmuch as it aligns with or is in accord with what is actually
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Blaise Pascal, a Roman Catholic but a follower of the Port Royal, Jansenist movement, which was regarded by its conservative Catholic enemies as tantamount to Protestantism—owing to its great appreciation for St. Augustine and central stress on salvation by grace through faith.
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Philosopher Alvin Plantinga’s “Reformed epistemology” can be regarded as a variant of the presuppositionalist position.
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Therefore, by addressing worldview considerations in the first step, such as the undeniable first principles of philosophy (or reality), like the laws of logic, personal existence (your own being), knowledge, and the nature of truth.
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Matthew, Luke, Mark, John were written either by direct apostolic eyewitnesses (Matthew, John) or based on apostolic eyewitness testimony (Mark was based on Peter’s preaching, and Luke [Luke 1:1-4] gathered his information by interviewing eyewitnesses and traveling with Paul [Acts]).
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Plantinga’s God and Other Minds is one of the best treatments of the problem of evil,
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Matthew, Mark, and Luke were likely written somewhere from AD 40 to 70, and John was probably composed in the late 80s, or early 90s.
Joseph M. Holden • The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics
Salvation requires coming to terms with Jesus Christ—as the only Saviour from sin, death, and the devil. Thus the Christian apologetic needs to be, root and branch, an apologetic for Jesus Christ—not a disguised exercise in the philosophy of religion.21