As a reminder, I have been reviewing apologetics training courses over the past several days. Today, I want to review the lecture series, Defending the Faith, put out by RC Sproul, one of the elder statesmen of Reformed theology and the head of Ligonier Ministries. Dr Sproul is well trained as a philosopher and theologian and is a wonderful apologist. I picked up this series on a $5 Fridays deal about a year ago. It was well worth that price. There are 32 lectures, as follows:
Introduction
Why Apologetics
Pre-Evangelism
Four Steps Backward
Law of Contradiction
Law of Causality
Reliability of Sense Perception
Analogical Language (2 lectures)
Contradiction and Paradox
Mystery
Natural Theology (2 lectures)
Aquinas vs. Kant
The Case for God
Four Possibilities
The Illusion of Descartes
Self-Creation (2 lectures)
Self-Existence
Necessary Being
God of the Bible vs God of Philosophy
Kant's Moral Argument
Vanity of Vanity
The Psychology of Atheism
The Bible and Apologetics (5 parts)
The Deity of Christ
Questions and Answers
Sproul's philosophical training is evident in his selection of topics and his logical presentation of the material. However, it is also evident that he is first and foremonst a biblically committed pastor-theologian. His wisdom and knowledge is enhanced by his wonderful sense of humor. This series has the advantage that you can also watch or listen, depending on your preference. I listened to it as I drove to work and will probably work through it again when I am done with the Biola Course (watch for it tomorrow).
Summary: Sproul is an excellent teacher. This is a fairly comprehensive, though philosophically slanted, approach to apologetics training. It is worth the money, especially if you get it for 5 bucks.
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