Basic Principles
THIS IS WHO SHOULD LEARN APOLOGETICS.
WHAT IS EVERY CHRISTIAN?
THIS LATIN PHRASE DESCRIBES THE FIRST STEP OF THE THREE-STEP PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS METHOD.
WHAT IS REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM?
IN THE GOSPELS, THESE WERE THE FIRST EYEWITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTED JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT IS WOMEN? (WHO ARE JOANNA, MARY MAGDALENE, MARY MOTHER OF JESUS, MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSES, MARY WIFE OF CLOPAS, SALOME?)
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD REASON FOR BELIEVING SOMETHING OR ESTABLISHES A POINT IN QUESTION.
ONE OBJECTION TO CHRISTIANITY STATES THAT IT IS MERELY A SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, OR... THIS.
WHAT IS A CRUTCH?
THIS "LENS" IS WHAT YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH AND DETERMINES HOW YOU ANSWER LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS A WORLDVIEW?
THIS IS STEP TWO OF THE THREE-STEP PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS PROCESS.
THIS GOSPEL WRITER CLAIMED THAT HE HAD RESEARCHED THE LIFE OF JESUS FROM EYEWITNESSES AND WRITTEN AN "ORDERLY ACCOUNT."
WHO IS LUKE?
THIS ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF EVIL BASED ON ROMANS 9:20 STATES THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO QUESTION GOD, THE CREATOR.
WHAT IS THE SHUT-UP DEFENSE?
ASKING THIS TWO-WORD QUESTION IS A WAY OF UNCOVERING THE IMPLICATIONS OR RAMIFICATIONS OF A NON-CHRISTIAN'S OBJECTION.
WHAT IS "SO WHAT?"
A BELIEF YOU BEGIN WITH BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE.
WHAT IS A PRESUPPOSITION?
ACCORDING TO PROVERBS 26:4, WE SHOULD NOT ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO THIS.
WHAT IS HIS FOLLY (OR FOOLISHNESS)?
DESPITE CLAIMS THAT IT HAS BEEN CORRUPTED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 23,986 MANUSCRIPTS OF THIS.
WHAT IS THE NEW TESTAMENT?
THIS BELIEF SYSTEM CLAIMS THAT ALL RELIGIONS ARE EQUALLY VALID.
WHAT IS PLURALISM?
RATHER THAN BEING "A LITTLE BROKEN," CHRISTIANITY TEACHES THAT THIS IS THE CONDITION OF ALL PEOPLE APART FROM JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT IS DEAD (OR SPIRITUALLY DEAD)?
A WORD THAT MEANS "SELF-RULED" OR "SELF-LAWED."
WHAT IS AUTONOMOUS?
TWO STATEMENTS THAT CANNOT BOTH BE TRUE IN THE SAME WAY AND AT THE SAME TIME FORM THIS.
IN THE BIBLE, THESE EVENTS OFTEN SERVED TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, SO GOD COULD COMMUNICATE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WHAT ARE MIRACLES?
DAILY DOUBLE!
WHAT IS YOUR WAGER?
WHAT IS UNIFORMITY IN NATURE?
WHAT IS HOMOPHOBIA?
ACCORDING TO ROMANS 1, GOD HAS MADE THESE TWO "INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES" CLEARLY SEEN THROUGH HIS CREATION.
WHAT ARE GOD'S ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE?
IN COLOSSIANS 2:8, GOD WARNS US AGAINST BEING TAKEN CAPTIVE BY HUMAN TRADITION, EMPTY DECEIT, AND THIS.
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A THING IS GOOD BECAUSE GOD LOVES IT, OR WHETHER GOD LOVES IT BECAUSE IT IS GOOD, IS KNOWN AS THIS.
WHAT IS THE EUTHYPHRO DILEMMA?
THIS PRECONDITION FOR SCIENCE ALLOWS US TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE FROM PARTS, PARTICULAR FACTS, OR INDIVIDUAL CASES.
WHAT IS INDUCTION (OR INDUCTIVE REASONING)?