Why bother with apologetics?.... The Bible commands it, the culture demands it, the Church needs it, and the results confirm it. By TIM BARNETT
Tag: Apologetics
“For The Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than You Ever Imagined”: Film Review
CPX are to be congratulated on the way in which they have stepped so nimbly across this historical minefield, and produced such a stimulating, thought-provoking film, which is both visually stunning and academically rigorous.
“I hated God, but God loved me!” Nathaniel’s Story
An angry sceptic, discovers God's love for him, at university. Nathaniel's story!
Andy Bannister Reports on Recent Work in Canada
Toronto, Ottawa, University Missions, brand new Christians, nine hundred young Coptic Christians! Read about Andy Bannister's extraordinary week back in Canada.
“A War of Loves”: In Conversation with David Bennett
I am addicted to the joy of God. I think Christian joy is ultimately about union with God, knowing this incredible joy that He has. ... It's hard to describe what it looks like; but I would say that it looks like a human being, fully alive, which doesn't require sex!
Debating Atheists at St Andrews University: a fascinating exchange of views
By DAVID ROBERTSON Last month I had the privilege of speaking at this debate in St Andrews – I believe it was the first of this kind that the CU have organised. I loved it. The place was relatively full, the chairman was excellent and my opponent, Dr Manfredi La Manna, reader of Economics at University of St Andrews, was pleasant, affable and spoke well. However I found his arguments quite astonishing.
“The Big Conversation”: Andy Bannister talks to Peter Singer
In the latest of "The Big Conversation" debates, Solas Director, Andy Bannister spoke to the acclaimed atheist philosopher Peter Singer; while host Justin Brierley chaired the discussion. Under the heading, "Evolution, Morality and Being Human: Do We Need God?", the two thinkers locked horns in a polite, respectful and very revealing debate; in which they were able to air their respective Christian and Utilitarian world-views and have them examined
Confident Christianity Conference Report
Almost three hundred people came to Dundee for the Confident Christianity Conference on Nov 3rd.
Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Sapiens’ and ‘Homo Deus’ – a depressing view of our Humanity
BY SARAH ALLEN - Harari’s rejection of meaning offers no hope for this chaos, but unintentionally points us in the right direction. We humans desperately need meaning because we are cooperating and communicating persons made in the image of the personal three-in-one God. We need to know that our values of love and justice and our feelings of pain and compassion are not part of a lifeless algorithm, or a convenient myth, but have significance beyond our brain chemistry
Four Key Principles for Apologetics
At its heart, apologetics is beautifully simple and intricately connected to the heart of the gospel. As I’ve wrestled with people’s questions, I’ve learned there are a number of basic principles that apply time and again, no matter who I’m talking with. 1. Know what you believe This is a challenge for those of us …