Apologetic Strategies

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Apologetic Strategies John Oakes ARS Apologetic Certificate Program

Apologetic Strategies: John Oakes Defending the Faith History and Archaeology How We Got the Bible (including response to form criticism, etc.) Science Contradictions in the Bible Creating Faith World View Prophecy Miracles/Resurrection Claims of Jesus

Apologetic Strategies: Bernard Ramm Personal Experience Pascal, Kierkegaard, Brunner Natural theology Thomas Aquinas, Tenant, William Lane Craig Inspiration of the Bible Augustine, C. S. Lewis, McDowell

Schools of Christian Apologetics Classical Apologetics Emphasizes arguments for theism Miracles make no sense unless prove God exists. Thomas Aquinas, William Lane Craig, Norman Geisler Evidential Apologetics Emphasizes history, prophecy, like a legal argument. Cumulative Case Apologetics Like Evidential but makes legal-type arguments

Schools of Christian Apologetics Presuppositional Apologetics (World View Apologetics) Reformed Epistemological Apologetics It is rational to believe without experience (induction) Fideism