The 11th
and 12th graders began digging into the meat of their apologetics DGroups
Sunday night and started by exploring truth. We discussed the law of
noncontradiction and how laws of logic flow from God. That truth is
absolute--it is true for all persons at all times in all places. We discussed
what Frank Turek calls the Road Runner
tactic which is turning a claim on itself to explore if it is true. When
someone claims "You can't know truth" ask them if that is true. This
tactic exposes self-defeating claims. We discussed how and why society today
believes that religious beliefs are mere
opinions and not truth. We have to be able to show that truth exists to be able
to talk to others about Christianity being the only way to salvation. We explored what faith is and the
difference between evidence and proof, between assertions and arguments.
For a brief
summary of these points, go to the Cross Examined app, quick answers and
explore the entries under the 'truth' tab.
The 12-point progression
we will cover in this course:
1. Truth about reality is
knowable
2. The opposite of true is
false
3. It is true that the
theistic God exists (we'll learn the major arguments)
4. If God exists, then
miracles are possible
5. Miracles can be used to
confirm a message from God
6. The New Testament is
historically reliable (evidence will be explored)
7. The New Testament says
Jesus claimed to be God
8. Jesus' claim to be God
was miraculously confirmed (evidence will be explored)
9. Therefore, Jesus is God
10. Whatever Jesus (who is
God) teaches is true
11. Jesus taught that the
Bible is the Word of God
12. Therefore, it is true
that the Bible is the Word of God (and anything opposed to it is false).
The Four Major questions
explored:
1. Does God exist?
2. Does truth exist?
3. Are miracles possible?
4. Is the New Testament
reliable?
Resources of the week:
Check out--
Great short interviews on
tough questions. See episode #429 for Frank Turek talking about the truth
issues above. You can search by topic, etc. Very cool. Explore them together as
a family and discuss. Let everyone pick a topic.
And for a free chart on
logical fallacies:
Julie