Similar to Justin’s appeal to Scripture as history‚ Origen in his apologetic Against Celsus uses history in Scripture to respond to Celsus’ criticisms of Christianity. Origen uses the biblical history recorded in the Old Testament of the Jewish people to reply to Celsus‚ who was arguing that the way to know God is through the ascent of the mind. Wilken states that Origen responds by arguing that knowing God is grounded in the historical descent of God to humanity as a historical person. Origen
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#225 Apologetics Paper #1 Clive Staples Lewis‚ or C.S Lewis‚ was a well known novelist and Christian Apologist. However‚ he it was only in his later life that he argued for the existence of God. He andured many hardships in his childhood. With his mother’s passing‚ influence of the boarding school he attended‚ along with other life situations caused Lewis to reject Christianity and become an avowed atheist. But today he is best known as an apologist‚ probably the most successful Christian apologist
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conception. Lee Strobel‚ a well know journalist‚ set out to prove the theory of Christianity to be wrong. Throughout his journey‚ he became just the opposite‚ a devoted Christian and firm believer in the Lord. Strobel took his findings and published a world-renowned book‚ The Case for Christ‚ read by Christians and non-Christians around the world. The work of literature is a conglomeration of research and evidence that supports the convictions of those that believe in God‚ and his son‚ Jesus. The
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1. What are some ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture? To many individuals‚ the Christian gospel is seen as selective and intolerant. Although we are all free to accept the gift of salvation through Christ‚ He tells us in John 14:6 that He is “the way‚ the truth‚ and the life: no man cometh unto the Father‚ but by me.” To many‚ this will seem intolerant and almost haughty. How can a God who wants nothing more than to have a relationship with us say that there is only one way
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EXPERIENCIAL APOLOGETICS – A SUMMARY‚ CRITQUE‚ AND SUPPORTERS SUBMITTED TO DR. GERARDO A. ALFARO IN PARTIAL COMPLETION OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS (APOL 500-C09) JASON DION (Student ID 23494458) JACKSONVILLE‚ FL MARCH 4‚ 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION1 SUPPORTERS OF EXPERIENTIAL APOLOGETICS2 BLAISE PASCAL 2 SÖREN KIERKEGAARD 3 PAUL TILLICH3 CRITIQUE OF EXPERIENTIAL APOLOGETICS4 CONCLUSION4 INTRODUCTION According to Beilby‚ “Apologetics is‚ in
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Have You Truly Demonstrated Your Point? The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel is a book about an agnostic who turns into a Christian through proof that Christ is genuine. Lee Strobel‚ He’s a journalist‚ who was once an agnostic and wrote numerous effective books.In this book he discusses how he attempted to see whether Christ truly existed. Lee Strobel makes extraordinary pionts‚ however‚ do they truly demonstrate anything? At the point when writing this book Lee Strobel discovers an inquiry "Did
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MORE THAN A CARPENTER by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell BIB 215 More Than A Carpenter A BOOK REPORT LAURIE MCCARTHY Mr. Phillip Soen March 9‚ 2015 MORE THAN A CARPENTER by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell Jesus claimed to be God‚ and to him it was of fundamental importance that men and women believed him to be who he was. Either we believe him or we don’t. Chapter 3‚ page 27 Jesus was God and the basis of his life‚ his work and his passion was to lead people to the inevitable conclusion that
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Reading Response Post 2 Chapter 3 Apologetics Method: Evaluating Worldviews People have different views and methodology for using the various apologetic methods. We have to understand that Apologetics is about philosophical engagement. ‘The logic of law’ makes sense for this methodology. If we believe there is exactly one God‚ there could be no many Gods. This law is the truth and it is true for all religions. “There is no limit on God; it is a virtue” (46). Next‚ our culture believes in Science
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or not the author was writing with his Christian faith as the mainstream of his work. Many would say Beowulf is somewhat of a Christ figure. Grendel is also what man may call the devil. This somewhat contradicts the common census of this actual piece being pagan theology. With other readings of different essays and articles they each had more concern of the Christian aspect concerning on the story. You can tell that the author was writing from a Christian perspective‚ talking about villains and
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contain numerous attributes of Christian propaganda. Throughout the story of Beowulf‚ there are several circumstances and coincidences that distinctly relate to the Christian belief system. One can only imagine that these ideas of Christian propaganda; which include the use of Christian themes and beliefs in works of literary art‚ were strategically placed throughout the story of Beowulf to help the conversion from the old world pagan religious belief system to the Christian beliefs of the new world.
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