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The English translation of the word apologia.
What is defense?
Michel Foucault commented that this is always an act of violence.
What is violence?
Christians believe that humanity is here on Earth as a result of this.
What is designed by God?
This is a set of beliefs that underlie and shape all human thought and action.
What is a worldview?
The number of Gospel manuscript copies in existence.
What is 24,000 copies?
These people received the command to be ready to give a defense.
Who are the church?
This has been described as a projection of repressed desires and needs by Feuerbach, Marx, Freud.
What is a belief in God?
This means something is verifiable by means of observation or experiment.
What is empirical?
This means that our beliefs about reality are proven by observing things in the real world.
What is empirical adequacy?
These were found in a cave and provide significant evidence for Old Testament reliability.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This attitude described by two words must be present when a Christian questions an unbeliever.
What is gentleness and respect?
Belief in something doesn’t make it true. Only this makes a belief true.
What is truth?
Without this, we cannot live out the good life.
What is a transcendent notion of good?
Where did I come from?
This author was one of 40 to pen an biblical text. He was in the inner circle and wrote so others might believe.
Who was the Apostle John?
This is assumed by 1 Peter 3:15-16 when it says "to anyone who asks you."
What is that some one is asking you about your hope?
According to John 8:31-32, this will set you free.
What is truth?
Atheist have these as much as Christians.
What are doubts?
Meaning
What is my life's purpose?
This is heresy focuses on obtaining a secret knowledge.
What is Gnosticism?
He must be the answer to question why you are a Christian.
Who is Jesus?
This term best describes truth as something that does not depend on time, place, or conditions.
What is absolute?
This event is the most important in the New Testament.
What is the resurrection?
Conversion is not a Christians prerogative. But, this is.
What is evangelism?
This O.T. passage is a prophecy that contains incredible detail regarding the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
What is Psalm 22?