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Apologetics

Training in the discipline of defending the truth claims of Christianity with reason and grace. From foundational concepts to advanced arguments, from historical evidence to practical application—learn to give an answer for the hope that you have.

8 Sections
157 Lessons
70h Duration
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157 in-depth lessons
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About This Course

Training in the discipline of defending the truth claims of Christianity with reason and grace. From foundational concepts to advanced arguments, from historical evidence to practical application—learn to give an answer for the hope that you have.

This comprehensive course is designed to take you from foundational concepts to advanced application, building progressively through each section.

Each section contains multiple lessons that combine theological depth with practical application. You'll encounter extensive Scripture references, discussion questions for deeper reflection, and real-world examples to help you apply what you learn.

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."

— 1 Peter 3:15
Curriculum

Course Sections

8 comprehensive sections building from foundations to practical application.

01

Introduction to Apologetics

21 lessons
1
Defining Apologetics
2
Apologetics and Evangelism
3
Loving the Person, Not Just the Argument
4
The Biblical Mandate for Apologetics
5
The Limits of Apologetics
6
Head and Heart
7
Apologetics in the Early Church
8
Presuppositional Apologetics
9
Apologetics in the Early Church
10
Cumulative Case Apologetics
11
Medieval Apologetics
12
Reformation and Enlightenment
13
Modern Apologetics
14
Logic and Reasoning
15
Evaluating Evidence
16
Classical Apologetics
17
Evidential Apologetics
18
Identifying Fallacies
19
Asking Good Questions
20
Gentleness and Respect
21
Intellectual Humility
02

Worldview Studies

22 lessons
1
What Is a Worldview?
2
Critiquing Pantheistic Worldviews
3
Worldview Questions
4
Sharing Christ with New Age Seekers
5
How Worldviews Are Formed
6
Testing Worldviews
7
Creation: Where Did We Come From?
8
Fall: What Went Wrong?
9
Redemption: What's the Solution?
10
Restoration: Where Is History Going?
11
The Naturalist Worldview
12
Secular Humanism Explained
13
Strengths and Weaknesses of Naturalism
14
Engaging Naturalists with the Gospel
15
Understanding Postmodernism
16
Truth in a Post-Truth Age
17
God as the Foundation of Morality
18
The Self-Defeating Nature of Relativism
19
The Euthyphro Dilemma
20
Reaching the Postmodern Mind
21
Pantheism Explained
22
Eastern Religions and Western Adoption
03

Arguments for God's Existence

18 lessons
1
The Question of God's Existence
2
Faith and Reason
3
The Burden of Proof
4
Natural Theology
5
Everything That Begins Has a Cause
6
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
7
Objections to the Cosmological Argument
8
From First Cause to Personal Creator
9
Design in the Universe
10
Fine-Tuning and the Anthropic Principle
11
Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity
12
Objections to Design Arguments
13
The Reality of Objective Morality
14
From Moral Law to Moral Lawgiver
15
The Ontological Argument
16
The Argument from Consciousness
17
The Argument from Desire
18
Building a Cumulative Case
04

The Case for Christ

16 lessons
1
The Quest for the Historical Jesus
2
Non-Christian Sources for Jesus
3
The Gospels as Historical Documents
4
Criteria of Authenticity
5
Did Jesus Claim to Be God?
6
The Titles of Jesus
7
Jesus' Actions as Claims
8
Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
9
The Centrality of the Resurrection
10
The Empty Tomb
11
The Post-Resurrection Appearances
12
The Origin of the Church
13
How We Got the New Testament
14
Manuscript Evidence
15
Internal Consistency
16
Archaeological Confirmation
05

The Skeptic's Blind Spot

20 lessons
1
Selective Skepticism
2
The Burden of Proof Game
3
Hidden Faith Commitments of Atheism
4
Demanding Certainty While Offering None
5
Can You Trust a Brain Produced by Blind Evolution?
6
The Argument from Reason
7
Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility
8
Science as Self-Refuting Under Naturalism
9
The Moral Argument Reversed
10
Human Dignity on Borrowed Capital
11
Evil as Evidence Against Atheism
12
Why Atheists Can't Stop Moralizing
13
Nietzsche Was Right
14
The Absurdity of Life Without God
15
Borrowed Meaning
16
Hope, Purpose, and the Atheist's Dilemma
17
Questions Atheists Hate to Answer
18
The Origin of the Universe
19
The Origin of Life, Information, and Consciousness
20
Turning the Tables with Grace
06

Responding to Objections

20 lessons
1
Stating the Problem Clearly
2
The Free Will Defense
3
Natural Evil and the Fall
4
Evil and the Cross
5
The Myth of Warfare
6
Miracles and Natural Law
7
Creation and Evolution
8
The Big Bang and the Beginning
9
The Challenge of Religious Diversity
10
All Religions Are Not the Same
11
The Exclusivity of Christ
12
The Fate of the Unevangelized
13
"The Bible Is Full of Errors"
14
"The Bible Has Been Changed"
15
"The Bible Is Immoral"
16
"We Can't Trust Ancient Documents"
17
Is Hell Real?
18
Is Hell Fair?
19
What About Annihilationism?
20
Hell and the Love of God
07

Christianity and Western Civilization

24 lessons
1
The Forgotten Roots
2
The Myth of the Dark Ages
3
Christianity and the Shaping of Europe
4
Secularism's Debt to Christianity
5
The Image of God
6
Christianity and the End of Infanticide
7
Christianity and the Abolition of Slavery
8
Human Rights: A Christian Invention
9
Why Science Arose in the Christian West
10
Christian Scientists Through History
11
The Doctrine of Creation and Scientific Method
12
Debunking the Conflict Narrative
13
Christianity and the University
14
Hospitals, Orphanages, and Care for the Poor
15
Christianity and Women
16
The Influence of Christian Social Reform
17
Christianity and Western Art
18
The Christian Roots of Western Law
19
Literature and the Christian Imagination
20
Music and Worship
21
Living Off the Christian Capital
22
The Danger of Cutting the Roots
23
Rebuilding Cultural Memory
24
The Case for Christian Civilization
08

Apologetics in Practice

16 lessons
1
Reading People and Perspectives
2
Giving an Answer with Gentleness
3
Emotional vs. Intellectual Objections
4
When to Push and When to Wait
5
Apologetics on Campus
6
Cultural Context and Communication
7
Apologetics in the Workplace
8
Meeting People Where They Are
9
Asking Questions That Open Doors
10
Listening Well
11
Apologetics Online
12
Apologetics in the Family
13
Planting Seeds
14
Building Relationships for the Long Haul
15
Caring for Your Own Faith
16
The End Goal: Love of God and Neighbor

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