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- Know WHY You Believe -
"Critical Thinking" (Logikos),
Psycho-Spiritual Deceptions,
Evidence for the Bible,
& Apologetic Answers
© Sid Galloway BS, M.Div.
Just an old sheepdog of the Good Shepherd
Genesis 1:1
Communicating conclusions from 100's of PhD scholars
Supporting the authority of His Word & the consistency of His character
Human Rights? Slavery? - Animal Rights? Cruelty?
What about God's right to command compassion for all of His creatures?
* Biblical Biology Course & Scores of Biology Notes/Lessons available online
Critical Logikos Thinking
Sample Power Point Presentation Slides:
Far too often, what is called "critical thinking" is merely politically correct consensus. Genuinely analytical, logical thinking requires the intentional effort to examine all sides and all relevant evidence. Remember, the majority does not guarantee accurate authority.
Psychospiritual Deceptions
"What if God told me, that He did NOT speak to you?"
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Napoleon Bonaparte
** See video by Dr. John MacArthur on "God told me" extremes
-- also see Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
(the full audio of all 6 parts is free to download at GTY)
* See Video Clip by Dave Hunt on the dangers of false prophecies
See also the related PPT and MP3:
"How to Know God's Will & Make Wise Decisions"
"Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains."
Matthew 24:4-8
So when the money failed
in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,
"Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence?
For the money has failed."
Genesis 47:15
Below are Sample Power Point Presentation slides:
Why so many wild claims in the name of God?
Why so many modern false "prophets"?
"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen,
masquerading as apostles of Christ.
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade
as servants of righteousness.
Their end will be what their actions deserve."
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Evidence for the Bible
Sample Power Point Presentations slides:
Why believe the Bible is God's Word?
(See also the article: "Issue of Issues" by Dr. Carl Wieland)
- Not because of a cultic circular argument:
* No, not "Because it says it's God's Word" (Cults claim that for their writings)
- But because of a consistently, logikos-reasoned argument:
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Because of the massive mountain (the overwhelming ocean) of objective evidence leading to the conclusion that it alone is God's pure Word
DVD - Jesus in Genesis: The Messianic Prophecies
by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
Mark Twain wrote and spoke with admiration of the Jewish people, confirming, after 2,000 years of dispersion across the world from AD70 until now, the prophetic fulfillment of God's promise to preserve them as a unique people group and nation, Israel:
"The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then . . . passed away. The Greek and the Roman followed. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts. … All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains.
What is the secret of his immortality?"
(http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/twain.html)
See Dr. John MacArthur's related message on God's prophetic promises to preserve Israel as a nation both physically and spiritually:
(http://www.biblebb.com/files/mac/sg1609.htm)
"Apologetic Answers"
Throughout the history of the church, the LORD has called upon His people to "give a defense for the hope" (defencio fidei) that is in us (2 Pet 3:15). From Peter to Paul to Justin Martyr, Van Til, James Warwick Montgomery, McDowell, Geisler, et al, the church has proclaimed the divine authority and trustworthiness of the Scripture and its gospel.
However, there is a growing conflict brewing among modern apologists that I believe is unnecessary because both sides are right. Remember that Lucifer's strategy is often an effort to divide and conquer by causing misunderstanding and encouraging extremes. The conflict to which I refer here is between evidential apologists and presuppositional apologists. Conflict, however, if handled well can be constructive - at least it gets people thinking.
Each group believes that their method of defending their hope in the Bible and the good news of Jesus is better. Some are even convinced that their method is the only valid way of apologetics. I believe that Scripture not only supports both methods, but in fact shows that each is inseparably interdependent upon the other.
All evidential apologists are in essence standing on presuppositional (a priori truths / assumptions, such as laws of logic, etc.). Likewise, all presuppositional apologists are using their laws of logic and reasoning evidentially. God through the prophet Isaiah (see chapters 41-45) repeatedly promised to provide predictive proofs of the Divine authorship of His Word. Jesus through many "convincing proofs" demonstrated who He was and the apostles based their early sermons on the historical, evidential facts to "persuade" others to believe.
Sadly, but not surprisingly, many liberal theologians and evolutionary scientists hold to their "theory" with blind faith in spite of the evidence.
Genuine belief in the Bible as God's Word is rational faith (Prov 14:15; Heb 11:1) based on the "evidence of things not seen", never blind faith. Smoke is evidence leading to belief in a fire not yet seen. Similarly, the logical, historical, legal, scientific, and subjective evidences for the supernatural authorship of the Bible are what God uses to lead a person to faith that it is uniquely God breathed and that its central character, Jesus the living Word, is the Lord and Savior of rebellious man.
Once a person embraces the living and written Word of God as the Truth, the Bible then becomes the presuppositional standard, the perceptual filter (worldview) through which all else is examined. Therefore, a truly biblical apologetic is evidentially-presuppositional.
It is a common human problem to elevate one side of an antinomy to the near or actual exclusion of the other. Once that occurs, we then are tempted in human pride to dig in and become more and more unbalanced when questioned. Remember the historical debates regarding the humanity and deity of our Lord Jesus, and the heretical extremes to which so many swung.
The cornerstone of Christianity is the character of our Creator, inseparably linking Christ and His cross to the historical necessity of a real Adam in the paradise of Eden. If Adam's rebellion did not cause death, then Jesus, the second Adam (Romans 5) died for nothing.
Much, much more . . . .
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Two Decades writing - 100's of articles - 1,000's of files -Not gone
- The OLD resources are not gone, just retired (archived).
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