11th and 12th Grade DGroup

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--

www.oneminuteapologist.com 

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:

www.yourlogicalfallacyis.com

 

Julie