Today's post is the final entry in my video series on Incarnational Apologetics, In the last three posts, I outlined the problems of Secularization, Pluralization, and Privatization. In this final post, I want to explore the fourth and final problem of Polarization. At the core of Polarization, is the tragic loss of community replaced by alienation. Ravi Zacharias has … [Read more...]
Solving the Problem of Privatization
In this part of my ongoing series on Incarnational Apologetics, I want to explore the four key problems: Secularization Pluralization Privatization Polarization Today’s video post picks up with a discussion of Privatization. So what is Privatization? David Wells in his book, “No Place for Truth”: It is axiomatic that secularism strips life of the divine, but it is … [Read more...]
Solving The Problem of Pluralization
In this part of my series on Incarnational Apologetics, I want to explore the four key problems: Secularization Pluralization Privatization Polarization Today's video post picks up with a discussion of Pluralization. To be certain, there are many positive qualities found in Pluralization. Art / Architecture Language Culture People Food But, as I discuss in the … [Read more...]
Solving The Problem of Secularization
Having defined 4 key epistemologies in my previous video posts on Rationalism, Agnosticism, Experientialism, and Pragmatism. It is a good time to remind new readers that the focus of this series is to develop a healthy Incarnational Apologetic which I define as follows. Incarnational Apologetics is not to convince others that the Church is “relevant” NOR to persuade them of … [Read more...]
The Search For Truth — Experientialism and Pragmatism
To build an Incarnational Apologetic capable of reaching the post-modern person, it is important to understand four basic epistemologies. Rationalism Agnosticism Experientialism Pragmatism The first two have already been covered in my previous posts, in this video-post I want to define both Experientialism & Pragmatism. What is Experientialism? Experientialism is a … [Read more...]
The Search For Truth — Agnosticism
To build an Incarnational Apologetic capable of reaching the post-modern person, it is important to understand four basic approaches in the search for truth. Rationalism Agnosticism Experientialism Pragmatism In my previous post, I outlined Rationalism. In this video post, I want to focus on Agnosticism which is defined as follows: … [Read more...]
Don’t be discouraged: Why don’t people listen?
(The following is based on a talk I gave two weeks ago to a Thinking Matters event and also at a church camp, which is why it’s not written like an essay or article. It was presented as the last in a series of talks on faith and reason.) If I’m right, then faith in God – belief that God is real and trust that God makes a difference through Christ – is reasonable. There really … [Read more...]
The Search For Truth – Rationalism
In the ongoing effort to develop an Incarnational Apologetic to reach the post-modern person, it is important to understand four basic approaches in the search for truth. Rationalism Agnosticism Experientialism Pragmatism In this video post, I want to focus on Rationalism which is defined as follows: Rationalism is any system that stresses reason as the means of … [Read more...]
Apologetic Character
“God is just an invention that humans created to deal with the harsh realities of the world.” A statement like that began several weeks of my college Sociology professor giving his apologetic for atheism. “If you believe in God, you need to leave it at the door. God is not welcomed in scientific inquiry.” As a psychology major and a Christian, it was difficult to know how to … [Read more...]
Speaking the Truth in Love
William Lane Craig was my teacher This was while I was doing my graduate work at Biola University. In this post, I’ll share an important lesson I learned from William Lane Craig about speaking the truth in love. I remember how he began our “Philosophical Issues for Apologists” course by saying he often signs his books with 2 Corinthians 10:5 as a subscript: We demolish … [Read more...]