1. OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY GOD’S EXISTENCE

2. TOP 10 OBJECTIONS How could a good all powerful God allow evil?
How can you prove God exists?
Miracles are not possible so Christianity is false
Evolution disproves Christianity
Truth is relative
All Christians are hypocrites so Christianity is false
How could a loving God send people to hell?
The Bible is just a book filled with errors
Jesus was just a man
Jesus can’t be the only way

3. Creator – creature Distinction
 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Col 1:16-17 (ESV)
One Triune Creator Personal Sovereign God
Independent Infinite Authority
Creation
Dependent Finite Submissive

4. WHO IS ASKING THE QUESTION?
Believer – acting like an unbeliever
Atheist – unbeliever
Idolater – unbeliever
Apologetics is person specific

5. 2 PART APOLOGETIC
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalms 53:1 (ESV)
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Prov 26:4 (ESV)
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Prov 26:5 (ESV)

6. UNBELIEVER’S NATURE
 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22  Claiming to be wise, they became fools Romans 1:18-22 (ESV)

7. UNBELIEVER’S ERRORS Arbitrary – unjustified belief
Opinion
Unargued worldview bias
Prejudicial conjecture
Inconsistent – cannot live their worldview
Behavioral
Logical
Preconditions for knowledge – no justification
Uniformity of nature
Laws of logic
Reliability of our senses
Reliability of our memory
Universal moral standard

8. APOLOGETIC METHOD “THE CERTAINTY OF THE FAITH”
Demonstrate interest
Explain your faith
Furnish answers
Expose their presuppositions – worldview
How do you know that?
Why do you believe that?
Navigate through his A – I – P
Direct him to Christ

9. ANSWERS FOR GOD’S EXISTENCE CREATION IN GENERAL
Accounts for the universe’s beginning
Accounts for the universe’s uniformity
Accounts for the cosmic fine tuning necessary for life – order of the universe and the earth
Accounts for the irreducible complexity of living things – the origin of life
Accounts for the biological information in living things – DNA

10. ANSWERS FOR GOD’S EXISTENCE UNIQUENESS OF HUMANS
Accounts for dignity, persons, value
Accounts for greatness and wretchedness
Accounts for religious nature
Accounts for reliability of senses
Accounts for reliability of memory

11. ANSWERS FOR GOD’S EXISTENCE NONPHYSICAL UNIVERSAL REALITIES
Accounts for laws of logic
Accounts for thoughts – brain/mind
Accounts for numbers
Accounts for moral duties and values
Accounts for emotions – love, joy, peace, guilty, lonely, depressed

12. APOLOGETIC GOALS Provide proof – defend the Christian faith
Pray for persuasion – HOLY SPIRIT
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Cor 2:13-14 (ESV)

13. DIRECT THEM TO CHRIST
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me John 14:6 (ESV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 (ESV)
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 (ESV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9  not a result of works, so that no one may boast Eph 2:8-9 (ESV)