Coffee Cup Apologetics

Bus sign Atheism, Angry Atheist Guy.

Should you give them a Bible?

The simplest objections.

Thoughts on how it feels to be evangelized.

Issues with scripted evangelism; Joe Thorn on "contact points" for conversations in suburban evangelism.

Spirituality or Christianity? (Is it OK to talk about "spirituality," given the bad use of the word?)

Questions on The Shack, Denominational Apologetics, and Homosexuality and Apologetics.

Thoughts and reflections from the Ravi Zacharias Summer Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.

How do we respond to those who ridicule us? and What do we say about "Christians" who are probably false teachers proclaiming false Gospels?

A letter from a Muslim student.

Is Richard Dawkins the best atheism can do? (A review of "The God Delusion Debate" DVD.)

Movies about Jesus: Are they useful in apologetics and evangelism?

Movie recommendation, Keller on Hell and Keep It Simple.

Question/Answer: "It’s too late for me to believe" + The Apologetics of Larry Norman.

More response to "I Can’t Continue To Call Myself A Christian." This podcast deals with the objection to God punishing a sincere believer in another religion.

Thinking about "I Can’t Continue To Call Myself A Christian." I've got more to say about this in another podcast.

Questions form Listeners

A classic objection: "Jesus, Yes; the Church No."

C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity and Emerging Church Evangelism.

Answering some listener mail. Very good questions on Creationism and Christian Morality.

Should we do apologetics with people who really, really dislike Christianity?

Discussing C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity Part 10: What do you say about the Trinity (and other hard God questions?)

Discussing C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity Part 9: Are We Just Selling Maps?

Lewis's Use of Law and Gospel.

A Theology of Conversion.

Politics, Sex and Marriage.

Is Christian behavior a good apologetic?

This and that. Re-recommending Kreeft's book on apologetics. Why debate if you believe in depravity? Brad Pitt's objection to an egotistical God.

The fourth podcast examining Lewis's apologetic approach in this classic book. I discuss Lewis's way of talking about Jesus.

The third podcast examining Lewis's apologetic approach in this classic book. I discuss Lewis's introduction of Satan into his apologetic.

The second podcast examining Lewis's apologetic approach in this classic book.

The first of several podcasts examining Lewis's apologetic approach in this classic book.

In this last segment, I talk about how to not get cornered by the usual traps in this question.

Continues discussing the question "Does God really punish people forever in hell?"

continues with the question "Can we believe in a God who would consciously punish people forever in hell?"

Will God punish people in hell?

What kind of books should we give away? and The Search for the One Relevant Question

Why do you believe the Bible is true? Part 2

Why do you believe the Bible is true?

Do Christians make the world better? Are Christians better people? What is reversed apologetics?

Five Limitations of Apologetics

Does Culture determine our view of truth?

Won’t any religion get you to heaven if you sincerely follow it’s teachings?

What is the relationship of religion and violence?

Continues with believing in God despite evil. The focus for this final installment is the meaning of the cross in this discussion.

Continues examining reasons to believe in the Christian God despite the reality of evil.

I answer a reader’s criticism of the parenting analogy, then deal with answering the “What’s your one reason?” question, which I’ve had twice this week.

This presentation starts dealing with the issue of evil in relation to the Christian God. This presentation emphasizes an illustration about how God has chosen to relate to a world that will always contain evil.

This presentation examines the question rather than give an answer. The emphasis is on narrowing down a concept of God and accepting the truth of the objective existence of good and evil. This presentation borrows heavily from Ravi Zacharias.

This is a ten point presentation giving an overview of why I am a Christian. The emphasis here is on using the resurrection as the key point in the discussion.