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Apologetics and Your Children (3) – We Are Losing Our Kids!

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

According to a Barna poll 66% of these kids are deserting their Christian upbringing.  And the figure may be even higher.  A survey conducted by the SBC asserts that 88% of young people walk away from the faith never to return.  And there is no sign of any abatement.  Something is badly amiss, and Christian parents especially need to stop pretending everything’s okay so long as their kid or teenager has a good time at church.

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Apologetics and Your Children (2) – The Price of Truth

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

the Bible unsurprisingly counters the world’s advice by stating bluntly that it is the height of folly to base anything on how we may think or feel about it.  We do not consult our hearts.  We consult God’s Word.  Does our sanguine attitude to trendiness and personal choice not teach our kids that those values are to be highly prized by them?  What happens to Truth in such an atmosphere?

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Tolkien and Lewis on Virtue: ‘On the Shoulders of Hobbits’

Tolkien and Lewis on Virtue: ‘On the Shoulders of Hobbits’

On the Shoulders of Hobbits is more than just an entertaining read.  He is concerned about illustrating the virtues (Justice, Self-control, Wisdom, Courage, Faith, Hope, Love), by means of, primarily, The Lord of the Rings [LOTR] and, secondarily, The Chronicles of Narnia, and what he has to say should be heeded. 

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John Calvin – An Introduction

John Calvin – An Introduction

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Brief Biographies

This talk is for those unfamiliar with Calvin.  It is designed simply to refute some stereotypes.

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Apologetics and Your Children (1) – The Power of Negative Thinking

This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Apologetics and Your Children

I’m going to begin where too few Christians today would want me to.  I’m going to put in a plug for some good old-fashioned negative thinking!

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Basic Bible Interpretation

This is a basic introductory talk on what one might call “common sense” interpretation.  Paul provides several examples of how the Bible itself expects us to approach it. PH_Biblical_InterpretationContinue Reading

The Rules of Affinity – Simplified

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Rules of Affinity

Here is a clear and simple presentation of the rules of affinity for those who just want to grasp the concepts.

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Biblical Arguments for a Young Earth

This talk presents an unabashed scriptural defense of Young-Earth Creationism ArgumentsforYECContinue Reading

New Testament Times (3): Society

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Background to the Gospels

This lecture looks at things like taxation and everyday living in Israel.

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New Testament Times (2): Politics

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Background to the Gospels

This lecture looks into the political situation in the Roman Empire in Christ’s day.  This background material is taken from the TELOS BIBLICAL INSTITUTE course on “The Four Gospels”

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