Teaching Logic to Kids
By Ramon Margallo, Not surprisingly, a home at the entrance of our subdivision got some early Halloween decorations up. Hmmm, that actually reminded me of the Straw Man Fallacy; a type of argument that fails due to a misrepresentation of the facts that make the opponents positions seem weaker than it actually is. My goal […]
ISIS 101: What Christians Need to Know
Hello, My name is Zach Turek. I’m a graduate of Southern Evangelical Seminary, having earned an MA degree in Philosophy. The title of my session at this year’s National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA) is ISIS 101: What Christians Need to Know. I am excited to present on this topic that is so crucial to […]
How to Get Through When They Don’t Want to Listen
My name is Kathy Vohs, and I’m a graduate of Southern Evangelical Seminary (MA – Apologetics). I will be speaking at the National Conference on Christian Apologetics in Charlotte, NC on Oct. 13-15, 2016. My topic is “How to Get Through When They Don’t Want to Listen.” In 1 Peter 3:15, Peter admonishes us to “always […]
Gender: Scriptural Authority and Reality
“The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the works of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). No place on earth exists where the unspoken words of the natural creation are not seen, thus no place exists where the invisible attributes of the Uncaused Causer, and the Undersigned Designer cannot be deduced. Humanity is without […]
Structure of Dinosaur Collagen and the Age of the Earth.
This fall I will be presenting at the 2016 National Conference on Christian Apologetics. My two topics are “The Cell’s Design” and “Dinosaur Blood and the Age of the Earth.” One of the most provocative pieces of evidence young-earth creationists cite for a 6,000- to 10,000-year-old Earth is the discovery of soft-tissue remains in a […]
A Fundamental Problem With The Presuppositionalism of Cornelius Van Til
By, David Haines Cornelius Van Til was, without a doubt, one of the most influential apologists of the Neo-Calvinist movement of the twentieth century. Van Til received his philosophical training under W. H. Jellema at Calvin College (a gifted philosopher who had received his training under well-known English Idealists such as Josiah Royce, F. H. […]