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SCHOOL OF APOLOGETICS
Welcome to the School of Apologetics.  The word "apologetics" comes from the Greek term "apologia," translated "answer" or "defense" (see 1 Peter 3:15).  You will find everything you need here to prepare you to defend the Christian faith.  Take a look through our "course catalogue" below and decide what subjects interest you most.  If you are unsure, we would suggest beginning with the "Argument for Christianity," a step by step logical argument that will take you from atheism all the way through faith in Christ.  Next to each item below is a code to let you know whether it is an article (A), podcast (P), or blog discussion (B).  If you have questions about anything you come across in the school send an e-mail to Ten Minas President Ken Coughlan and he would be glad to help you.  All of our resources are offered free of charge.  Our mission is to help spread the good news of Jesus Christ, so we will not allow finances to get in the way of proper apologetics instruction.  God bless you and good studying!
SUBJECTS
INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS:
The Biblical Case for Evidentialism (A)
Five Perspectives on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason (A)
Free Will, Sovereignty and Reformed Apologetics (B)

AN ARGUMENT FOR CHRISTIANITY:
Why Should I Believe God Exists in the First Place? (A)
Was the Universe Created by an Intelligent God or by a Random Natural Cause? (A)
Does the Universe Require a Cause? (A)
This Way, That Way or Yahweh? - Part 1 (The Textual Purity of the Bible) (A)
This Way, That Way or Yahweh? - Part 2 (The Historical Reliability of the Bible) (A)
This Way, That Way or Yahweh? - Part 3 (The Divine Inspiration of the Bible) (A)
What is a "Messiah"? (A)
How Can You be Saved? (A)

DOES GOD EXIST?
Inflation, Superstrings and Teleology (B)
Are Christians Losing the Battle of Perception? (B)
Moral Arguments and the Character of God (A)
The Cosmological Argument (P)
The Teleological Argument: The Universe on a Razor's Edge (P)
The Teleological Argument: Our Privileged Planet (P)
Skeptical Responses to the Teleological Argument (P)
The Moral Argument - Part 1 (P)
The Moral Argument - Part 2 (P)
Does the Universe Require an Ultimate Cause? (Contained in the comments to the post "Who Are You Thankful To?") (B)

PAIN AND SUFFERING:
God Shouts in Our Pain: The Theodicy of C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain (A)
How Can a Loving God Allow Pain and Suffering? (A)
An Example of an Atheistic Contradiction (A discussion of God and suffering) (B)
The Existential Argument From Suffering (B)
     For advice on how to cope with suffering, see the "Coping With Suffering" section in the School of Discipleship & Christian Living

DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?
Dead Men Don't Tell Tales - Part 1 (P)
Dead Men Don't Tell Tales - Part 2 (P)

MARTYRDOM OF THE APOSTLES:
The Martyrdom of the Apostles (A)
The Martyrdom of the Apostles (B)

ATHEISM:
Inflation, Superstring and Teleology (B)
Divinity of Christ (A discussion of morality and God) (B)
Atheistic Contradictions (B)
An Example of an Atheistic Contradiction (A discussion of God and suffering) (B)
Another Atheistic Contradiction (B)
The Existential Argument From Suffering (B)
Morality According to Sam Harris (B)
Breaking News: E=mc2 no longer considered to be true (B)
Richard Dawkins Does Not Exist (B)
The Human Condition (B)
Skepticism's Naturalistic Bias (B)
Reason and the Supernatural (C.S. Lewis and an existential difficulty of Naturalism) (B)

GOD, WAR & GENOCIDE:
The Ethical Question of God and War (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2
The Ethical Question of God and War (B)

PHILOSOPHY:
Moral Arguments and the Character of God (A)
Does Morality Prove the Existence of God? (A)
How Can a Loving God Allow Pain and Suffering? (A)
The Euthyphro Dilemma (A)
Objective vs. Subjective Morality (B)
Free Will and Morality (B)
How Do You Define Morality? (B)
The Inherent Value of Free Will (B)
Is Natural Law Descriptive or Prescriptive in Immanuel Kant's Practical Reason? (B)
Substance and Imperative in the Moral Law (B)

POSTMODERNISM:
Lesson 1: What is Postmodernism? (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2
Lesson 2: How Does Postmodernism Enter the Culture? (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2
Lesson 3: The Way, the Truth and the Life (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Part 3
Lesson 4: Postmodernism in the Church (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Part 3
Lesson 5: Postmodern Evangelism (P)
  Part 1
  Part 2

THE THOUGHT OF C.S. LEWIS:
Reason and the Supernatural (C.S. Lewis and an existential difficulty of Naturalism) (B)
God Shouts in Our Pain: The Theodicy of C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain (A)
Moral Arguments and the Character of God (A)

TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE:
Textual Criticism of the Bible (B)
This Way, That Way or Yahweh? - Part 1 (The Textual Purity of the Bible) (A)

THE "JESUS TOMB":
James Cameron's "Jesus Tomb" (B)
More on the "Jesus Tomb" (B)
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