Here is an outline for a lecture I gave on evidence for the existence of God at my church:
Books on Apologetics
What Is Apologetics?
The Biblical Basis: 1 Peter 3:15-16; Jude 3
What Is A Worldview?
Different Worldviews
Understanding Presuppositions
Evidentialism vs. Presuppositionalism
Tailor Your Apologetic
Challenge Their Presuppositions
Reductio Ad Absurdum
Demonstrate Inconsistencies in Their Position
The Law Written on the Heart – Romans 2:15
Appeal to Their Conscience
Kitten in A Wood-Chipper Argument
Rely on The Holy Spirit
Winning Arguments Vs. Changing Hearts
Websites: Carm.org, Aomin.org, Equip.org, Monergism.com, Faithdefenders.com
God’s Existence Is Instinctively Known
The Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas:
- Cosmological Argument – Cause
- Teleological Argument – Design
- Unmoved Mover – Movement
- God Is Necessary – Contingency
- Gradation In All Things – Perfection
The Problem with The Five Ways – Anthony Flew’s Deism
Ontological Argument – Conception of God
Transcendental Argument – Precondition for Knowledge, Laws of Logic, Morality, Ethics, Conscience, Human Dignity (Bahnsen-Stein Debate)
Atheism is Parasitic of Christianity
Pascal’s Wager
The Impossibility of Disproving God’s Existence – Requires Omniscience
The Existence of Guilt and Regret
Atheism Requires Faith
Atheists Use God’s Name All The Time
The Universality of Religion
The Christian’s Joy in The Midst of Suffering
The Fruit of Atheistic Regimes
The Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy
Atheism As A City-Dweller’s Religion
Christianity Satisfies Man’s Needs
Proof from Answered Prayer – George Muller
The Existence of Evil and Demonic Influence
The Love That Exists in The Church
The Need to Repress Religion in Communism
Silencing The Voice of Conscience
You Can’t Hate Something That Doesn’t Exist
Logical Positivism Is Self-Contradictory
Belief In Materialism or Naturalism Is Not Material But Metaphysical
You Can’t Live in A World Without Absolutes
In Atheism, Morality Is Relative, Subjective, Cultural, and Derived From Government
How Can We Trust Our Own Minds If They Are The Result of Irrational Causes?
Nothing Comes From Nothing
Order From Chaos, Life From Nonlife, Reason From Irrationality, Personality From Nonpersonality, Morality From Amorality
Materialists Live Inconsistently – Love, Relationships, Respect, Beauty, Logic, Dignity, Freedom
God As The Universal Reference Point – Good vs. Evil.
How Do You Know Something Is Wrong? – Arthur Alan Leff
Our Testimony of Salvation
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