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Answers to tough questions:Applied Apologetics – Wk 2
Review from last week?
• Open in prayer
• What was the point of my sword skit?
• Does anyone know the memory verse? – reward
• What does apologetics mean?
• Using scripture, quoting versus paraphrasing
• Are you in the word daily?
Mentioning the bible …
So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11
The bus ad’
• Ad by atheists, trying to sow doubt with an agnostic position
• What verses should we respond with?
• The fool says in his heart there is no God Psalm 14:1
• Pascal’s wager
• The Met gas leak example
What are they really saying?
• I hope there is no God, because I want to do what I want and not follow His rules
• Who is worrying?
• Can you “procrastinate” your decision about God?
• Enjoy life? a Christian has forgiveness, hope, help and comfort along the way, lots of God’s work to do, etc.
The bible is full of mistakes…
• Does God make mistakes – no!
• The law of the Lord is perfect Psalm 19:7a
• Tell them to show you the mistakes – this will often close the issue
• The testimony of history, archaelogy, science, prophecy,
• Use your research/others to respond to the supposed mistakes
Analysis
• The Hittites example
• The solution often provides even more confidence in God’s word
• Nelson Gueck, Jewish archaelogist: It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference
Our next statement
“The stories in the bible aren’t literally true”
Literally true
• Must assume everything is literal, unless clearly figurative, examples
• Archaeology
• The way the Lord Jesus talked about the Old Testament
• The first Adam
• Loss of faith for many young people
Other thoughts
• Prophecy and being literal
• A virgin shall be with child and other examples
• The bible and numbers – are they believable
• Some evidence
Another statement
“There is no absolute truth”
Other ways this is said
• You have your truth, I have mine
• That’s true for you, but not for me
• To each his own
• There is no right or wrong
• You live your way and I will live mine
Absolute truth
• Absolute truth means _____________
• The bible is full of absolute truths, can you name a few….
Biblical response
• What verse should we give? Hundreds
• John 14:6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• Romans 3:23For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Lecrae on truth
Some responses
• Are you _____ sure about that?
• Is 2+2=4 an absolute truth?
• My truth says…
• What is the difference between
• A Pastor Reed illustration
• I am going to take your ______
Some thoughts
• If there is no such thing as absolute truth, the only answer to anybody's belief is "If it makes you happy”.
• Only one absolute truth can exist. Our understanding of it may be relative and mistaken in any number of particulars, but none of that affects it
Our environment
• People find it offensive when you claim to follow/know the truth
• We are not the truth, but the bible is
• A story from my life
Science & scripture
• New section of this course
• Will cover creation/evolution a little bit
• Critical to have a high level understanding of the topic
The cake example
• Mum bakes a chocolate cake
• We are going to send a team of scientists to find out everything about the cake
• Mathematicians
• Chemists
• Engineers
• Dieticians
What do they find out?
• Mathematicians
• Chemists
• Engineers
• Dieticians
The limitations of science
• Everything there is to know about the cake except: Why did Mum make the cake?
• Can science answer this question?
• What does this tell us about the limitations of science?