Experience Apologetics #1 (Intro)

 

In 1 Kings 18 we read of Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.  God answered in a miraculous way witnessed by many thousands (v. 38).  And the people responded, "The Lord - he is God!"

1 Peter 3:15 (ESV) >>

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

A Syrophoenician woman came to Jesus, 

 

... And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it

is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 

But she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs

under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”  And He said to her,

“Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your

daughter.”  And going back to her home, she found the child lying

on the bed, the demon having left. (Mk. 7:26-30, NASB)

 

Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics - Geisler:

https://arcapologetics.org/product/baker-encyclopedia-of-christian-apologetics-baker-reference-library/

 

The Big Book of Christian Apologetics: An A to Z Guide by Norman Geisler.

This book clarifies difficult biblical passages, clearly explains various philosophical systems as well as classic apologetic arguments. Do you desire to intelligently and persuasively engage with skeptics?  This is an abridged version of the Baker Encyclopedia on Christian Apologetics:

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Christian-Apologetics-Guides/dp/0801014174

 

Geisler bio, very powerful, tragedy and #HOPE ↑ #Grace ...   

https://youtu.be/fH_rbNUQKwU

 

Andy Stanley, son of Charles Stanley (d. 2023, 90 yo), is featured in this profound documentary on Geisler.  Sadly, Andy's gone off the rails regarding the Old Testament:

https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/andy-stanley-says-we-need-to-unhitch-the-old-testament-from-our-faith/

CARL GUSTAV JUNG = SUGAR JUG TV CLAN

What about Carl Jung (d. 6-6-61)?

 

... as a student of new religious movements, I have repeatedly found Carl Jung to be a fountainhead of all manner of spiritual aberrations, whether in non-Christian movements or in Christianity itself.  More recently,  psychologist and best-selling author, Jordan Peterson, has drawn attention to Jung’s philosophy, which he draws on and uses as a lens to interpret the Bible. -- Douglas Groothuis

 

LYCOS search: A Christian critique of Carl Jung >>

https://search14.lycos.com/web/?q=A+Christian+critique+of+Carl+Jung

 

C.G. Jung’s War on the Christian Faith by J. Budziszewski (2010):

https://www.equip.org/articles/c-g-jungs-war-on-the-christian-faith/

 

The Hidden Dangers of Carl Jung by Douglas Groothuis (2023)

https://www.douglasgroothuis.com/post/the-hidden-dangers-of-carl-jung

 

    Jung was heavily involved in the occult. Deuteronomy 18 warns us about those practices such as consulting with the dead.  

    He denied the Trinity, but proposed a “Quaternity” with Lucifer as an additional Person of the Godhead!

    He said that Good and Evil could be reconciled, contradicting Romans 12:21.

    The collective unconscious is not a Biblical idea.

    Clinical psychologist Richard Noll wrote The Jung Cult which documents Jung's pagan and occultic tendencies.

Our Christian Worldview must be based on Scripture!

Is it okay to use our mind or be a scientist?  Go ask King Solomon! #Sol_the_Scientist

 

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (Jn. 17:17)

 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

    and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Pr. 9:10)

 

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.  Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. ... He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.  From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom. (1 Kings 4:29-34)

 

Even a child knows that #Evolution is wrong (Apes Ain't Grapes) and that there is a God!  A number of "atheists" dealt with early tragedy in a negative manner and lost their father at a young age.  A kid knows it's wrong to steal.  Consider Romans 1:20 and 2:15 along with Hebrews 3:4,

 

Rom 1:20 >>

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

 

Regarding the Gentiles, Paul says (Rom. 2:15):

They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.

 

Heb. 3:4 >>

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism by Dr. Paul Vitz hits the mark!  Disappointment in one's earthly father can progress towards a denial of God (e.g. death, absence, mistreatment):

https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Fatherless-Psychology-Paul-Vitz/dp/1586176870

 

Even Kant (d. 1804) had the witness of Creation & Conscience figured out: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”

That statement is on his tombstone!

      

Immanuel Kant and Genesis:

https://creation.com/immanuel-kant-and-genesis

>> A Very Helpful Resource >>

Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties by Gleason L. Archer Jr. (1982):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/458027.Encyclopedia_of_Bible_Difficulties

 

New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties - Archer:

https://www.amazon.com/New-International-Encyclopedia-Bible-Difficulties/dp/0310241464

 

We read this from the Forward by Kenneth Kantzer:

 

Miller Burrows, former professor of New Testament at Yale University, accurately summarizes this rather typical modern viewpoint: "The Bible is full of things which to an intelligent educated person of today are either quite incredible or at best highly questionable. ... The protracted struggle of theology to defend the inerrancy of the Bible (i.e. its complete truth) against the findings of astronomy, geology, and biology has been a series of retreats ending in a defeat which has led all wise theologians to move to a better position." (Outline of Biblical Theology, 1946, pp. 9, 44)

Dr. James White discusses the "problem" of the location of the Feeding of the Five Thousand (Mt. 14, Mk. 6, Lk. 9, Jn. 6) at the 29:10 mark, he shows a helpful map of the Sea of Galilee at 44:50 ...

https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/general-apologetics/mark-confused-birth-narratives-original-readings/

 

Note "pros Bethsaida" in Mark 6:45,

Καὶ εὐθὺς ἠνάγκασεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν εἰς τὸ πέραν πρὸς Βηθσαϊδάν, ἕως αὐτὸς ἀπολύει τὸν ὄχλον.

 

πρὸς can mean "nearby," "alongside," or "towards" >>

https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/pros.html

 

Dr. White has written What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an:  https://www.christianbook.com/every-christian-needs-know-about-quran/james-white/9780764209765/pd/209765

 

Sea of Galilee map:

https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/105442/was-marie-magdalene-healed-once-or-twice-according-to-luke-82-and-mark-169-as

 

my site: https://totalyouth.us

cool swag: https://totalyouth.us/merch

 

HW: Does the study of Aesthetics prove the existence of God?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-hall-m-s-b64526a_aesthetics-god-apologetics-activity-7364223720556564481-KxTl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHbbPwBBTN3-5NHy1Ow3Aqgq-KCW2E14ew

 

Graphic Sources:

https://www.craiyon.com/image/AX1iwBjKRf-i9NqGVSRc3g

https://chatgpt.com/c/68a7fd04-4cd4-8328-9e69-6697f74b936a

https://chatgpt.com/c/68a93734-65a0-8327-a343-3d9575ad575d

https://www.amazon.com/Demolishing-Supposed-Bible-Contradictions-1/dp/0890516006

 

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#Bible_Difficulties #Bible_Contradictions ?? A↔A' #Gleason_Archer (d. 2004)

#πρὸς #Sea_of_Galilee #TrueTruth #Schaeffer

Francis Schaeffer and the Worldwide Climate Disaster

Francis Schaeffer wrote Pollution and the Death of Man which came out in 1970. 

Tim Challies gives a fair assessment:

 

Schaeffer acknowledges from the beginning of this book what our society’s secular humanists cannot - that mankind has been called by God to exercise dominion over the earth. But like everything else in this world, man’s ability to exercise such dominion has been affected by the Fall. No longer do we tend the world always in love, but instead we ravage and pillage it. Though we may not believe in all of the dire claims being made about the world today, we must at least acknowledge that we have not cared for the world as God has called us to.

https://www.challies.com/book-reviews/book-review-pollution-and-the-death-of-man/

 

Those crying "Earth Too Hot‼" do not arrive at that conclusion from a Christian Worldview (Gen. 8:22):

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-hall-m-s-b64526a_day5-agt-globalwarming-activity-7343309844658999296-ijBv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHbbPwBBTN3-5NHy1Ow3Aqgq-KCW2E14ew

 

The  Eco-Apocalyptic predictions of "Mother Earth" activists have been wrong for over half a century:

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/

 

As Schaeffer pointed out, "... many thinking men see the ecological threat as greater than that of nuclear warfare."[1]

Social commentators Richard Means & Lynn White have proposed Pantheism, Zen Buddhism and the "All is 1" philosophy as a solution to the Ecological Crisis.[2]  Will Red China go "Zen" and stop being @ the Top ↑ of the dam creator list?

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28392#

 

Not only are darter snakes mad, huge dams often have a negative effect on Indigenous Communities.  Aldous Huxley (Island) said, "Elementary ecology leads straight to elementary Buddhism."[3] 

 

We are Stewards of Creation and should treat our brother Critters with respect:

 

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,

    the world, and all who live in it;

for he founded it on the seas

    and established it on the waters. (Ps. 24:1,2)

 

The righteous care for the needs of their animals,

    but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. ...

The lazy do not roast any game,

    but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt. (Pr. 12:10,27)

 On the one hand, only Man is made in the Image of God (Imago Dei).  But on the other hand, we are all part of God's Creation: Man, Animal, Plant and Machine (via human invention).  Because of Creation Week, I can truly say along with St. Francis, "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."  According to Schaeffer, we should respect the tree:  

 

When you drive the axe into the tree when you need firewood, you are not cutting down a person; you are cutting down a tree.. But while we should not romanticize the tree, we must realize God made it and it deserves respect because He made it as a tree. Christians who do not believe in the complete evolutionary scale have reason to respect nature as the total evolutionist never can, because we believe God made these things specifically in their own areas. So if we are going to argue against the evolutionists intellectually, we should show the results of our belief in our attitudes. The Christian is a man who has a reason for dealing with each created thing with a high level of respect.[4]

 

The Eco-Fanatics have no basis for saying, "It's for the Children!"  Without God, Man has no intrinsic value.[5]  Many in that camp completely overlook the fact that God is the Creator and Sustainer of the world:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018NFVWK

Some would say that Saint Francis (d. 1226) is the patron saint of extreme-environmentalists.[6] 

 

** The Canticle of Saint Francis ♫

Most high, all-powerful, all good, Lord

All praise is yours, all glory, all honor

And all blessing.

To you, alone, Most High, do they belong.

No mortal lips are worthy

To pronounce your name.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made,

And first my lord Brother Sun,

Who brings the day; and light you give to us through him.

How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor!

Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Moon and Stars;

In the heavens you have made them, bright

And precious and fair. ...

All praise be yours, my Lord, through those who grant pardon

For love of you; through those who endure

Sickness and trial.

Happy those who endure in peace,

By you, Most High, they will be crowned.

All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Death,

From whose embrace no mortal can escape.

How dreadful for those who die in sin!

How lovely for those found in Your Most Holy Will.

The second death can do them no harm.

Praise and bless my Lord, and give him thanks,

And serve him with great humility.

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/st-anthony-messenger/st-francis-and-his-canticle-of-the-creatures/

 

Note the place of peace, forgiveness, Eternity and Heaven & Hell!  The Gospel is Handy:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-hall-m-s-b64526a_the-gospel-is-handy-heaven-is-a-activity-7147733644705476608-uYsk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

 

Science itself has a Christian foundation:

https://adamslostdream.blogspot.com/2011/05/michio-kaku-epic-fail.html

Saving the Whales is a good cause, but once you deny the Triune God of Christianity and take on a New Agey, Cultish Worldview, your morality is built on sand (not rock).  Evolution fails in many ways: explaining the Soul, new sources of genetic info, Origin of Life #OOL ... Signature in the Cell, Fine-Tuning, Applicability of Maths etc.  Can you defend Theism?  The Universe had a beginning - God created it (Gen. 1:1).  Design implies a Designer (Heb. 3:4).  Ethics must come from a Moral Lawgiver (see Kant).  God is the greatest, so He must exist.[7] 

Once we know that there is a God who made you, clearly He could write a book that you can understand.  Now we're ready for Truth in Religion by Mort Adler:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-hall-m-s-b64526a_firingline-billbuckley-williamabrfabrbuckleyjr-activity-7261866247930195969-ULS9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHbbPwBBTN3-5NHy1Ow3Aqgq-KCW2E14ew

 

The End of Free Speech?

https://adamslostdream.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-end-of-free-speech.html

 

The Sky's on Fire - Ozone Collapse:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jay-hall-m-s-b64526a_eotw-rush-fun-activity-7312245485094780928-Jion?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHbbPwBBTN3-5NHy1Ow3Aqgq-KCW2E14ew

 

Climate Skeptic Vaclav Smil (How the World Really Works):

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/25/magazine/vaclav-smil-interview.html

** see chapter 18, "Animals are Important" (p. 133) >>

God's Wisdom for Man - Jay Hall & Norbert Smith (topical Proverbs & James):

https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Wisdom-Norbert-Smith-Ph-D/dp/1463754345

 

Are you familiar with Calvin Beisner and the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/e-calvin-beisner-75a0b75_climate-and-energy-a-case-for-realism-activity-7217199798179762176-fUzI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHbbPwBBTN3-5NHy1Ow3Aqgq-KCW2E14ew

https://cornwallalliance.org/

 

my site: https://totalyouth.us

 

** kudos - graphic source:

https://chatgpt.com/c/689128ae-884c-8005-834a-7e451dd3c7ae

https://www.organism.earth/library/author/alan-watts

 

 

Notes:

1) The Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer (Crossway, Wheaton, 1982), Vol. 5,  p. 12.

2) Ibid.,  p. 7.

3) quoted in Ibid., p. 12.

4) Ibid., 32.

5) Ibid., 34.

6) "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis" by Lynn White in The Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer (Crossway, Wheaton, 1982), Vol. 5, Appendix A, p. 69.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.155.3767.1203

7) The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science ed. by Bruce Gordon & William Dembski (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Wilmingtion, DE, 2011).

https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Examining-Role-Naturalism-Science/dp/1935191284

 

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