Spring Apologetics Lectures
11th Annual Spring Apologetics Lectures
THE RESURRECTION: MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS
May 9, 2024 - North End Church of Christ, Parkersburg WV
Registration 1:00 pm
Program 1:30 - 4:30 pm
Lecture One: “Is the Resurrection Possible?
Lecture Two: “Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ”
Lecture Three: “Alternative Theories Answered”
SPEAKER: PHIL SANDERS
Phil Sanders is the speaker for In Search of the Lord’s Way—a television ministry which appears in all 210 television markets nationwide. It is also broadcast over Pacific Broadcast Radio, which is received by over 30,000 islands in the Pacific Rim. He is author of several books and is a contributor to The Utterance of God published by the Warren Center.
2022: 10th Annual SAL
Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach
Biblical roots of the american order
Dreisbach, professor in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University in Washington, D. C., has written extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in the American founding. He is author of Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers (published by Oxford University Press 2017), and a contributor to The Utterance of God.
2019: 9th Annual SAL
DEVIN BROWN, PH.D. -
C. S. LEWIS AND THE MORAL ARGUMENT
Devin Brown is a Lilly Scholar and a Professor of English at Asbury University. He has published with Zondervan, Eerdmans, Baker, Brazos, and Abingdon and is the author of 12 books, including the latest biography on Lewis -- which includes a Foreword written by Douglas Gresham, Lewis's stepson. Dr. Brown has been a keynote speaker at many Lewis conferences and also wrote the script for the video "Discussing Mere Christianity" produced by Zondervan and filmed in Oxford with Eric Metaxas as host. He has served as Summer Scholar-in-Residence at The Kilns where he got to sleep each night in C. S. Lewis's bedroom. He has an M.A. from the University of Florida and a PhD. from the University of South Carolina, and at both schools was the winner of a graduate fellowship. Devin lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife Sharon.
2018: 8th Annual SAL
Matt Vega, J.D. Yale -
A Lawyer looks at the trials of Jesus: Using Legal APologetics to Defend the gospel story
Having received his J.D. from Yale Law School, Matt is a member of the State Bars of Alabama and Tennessee as well as the American Bar Association. He has practiced before numerous federal district and appellate courts throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and has spoken in several international forums, including the World Customs Organization in Brussels and the APEC 2006 Vietnam Summit.
He currently serves as Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics at Freed-Hardeman University.
2017: 7th Annual SAL
Dr. Doug Burleson -
Once Delivered, Forever Established: The Certainty of the Holy Scriptures
How do we know God gave us the Bible? How do we know we have the writings God intended for us to have? How do we know that the Bible has been accurately passed along to us? How do we know that our English Bible reflects the original text?
Addressing these questions in four chapters (Inspiration of the Text, Canonization of the Text, Transmission of the Text, and Translation of the Text), Dr. Burleson thoroughly furnishes the reader with the evidence affirming that the Bible we hold in our hands is trustworthy in all respects.
2016: 6th Annual SAL
Dick Sztanyo -
Is Worldview only a Buzzword?
This series of lectures, delivered 12 May 2016, bring worldview into focus and give tools needed to determine which worldview is actually correct.
2015: 5th Annual SAL
Dr. Dale W. Manor -
Digging Deeper Into The Word:
THe relevance of Archeaology to Christian apologetics
In the classical tradition of apologetics relating to the proof for the inspiration of the Bible appeal is made to what are called external and internal evidences. External evidences are confirmatory in nature while internal evidences possess a primary significance in demonstrating the Bible to be of divine origin. . . . In harmony with the awareness of the classical apologetical distinction between external and internal evidences, and how the “science” of archaeology is relevant to apologetics through its confirmatory value, Professor Dale W. Manor and Warren Apologetics Center have partnered in the publication of this book. Dr. Manor’s expertise and scholarship in archaeology are recognized and respected by many. This, in conjunction with his respect for, and faith in, the biblical text evidences why we believe this book he has authored is of significant value and worthy of great circulation and careful study.
2014: 4th Annual SAL
Nobie H. Stone -
Genesis 1 and Lessons From Space: Faith, Reason, and Nature
This unique book reviews some of the most compelling scientific observations obtained from more than 45 years of space research and exploration. We will tour the Solar System-looking down on the planets from orbiting probes and peering out at alien landscape from rovers placed on the surface of distant worlds-and we will look through the NASA Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes almost to the limit of the visible universe. We will then consider the creation account given in Genesis Chapter One in the light of what has been observed, together with some of the most fundamental laws of nature and current scientific theory. The results will speak for themselves, but suffice it to say at this point, that they should shed serious doubt on the present consensus of scientific thought and suggest that perhaps one should look beyond the universe itself for an explanation as to how and why it came into being.
2013: 3rd Annual SAL
Roy Abraham Varghese - Dr. Robert M. Price - Dr. Ralph Gilmore - and Dick Sztanyo:
The Case for the Christ of the New Testament:An Adversarial Dialogue Concerning the Existence of Jesus Christ
The third Annual Spring Apologetics Lectures conducted 9 May 2013. A unique opportunity to sit in on a discussion of the very propositions upon which the Christian faith stands or falls--propositions relating to the person and work of Jesus Christ. It is a high-level adversarial dialogue in both substance and spirit--the pursuit of the truth with emphasis on drawing conclusions warranted by the evidence.
2012: 2nd Annual SAL
Rolland W. Pack -
Truth Acknowledged, Rejected, and Applied:
Engaging Moral Philosophy for Contemporary Apologetics
By Rolland W. Pack, former Professor of Philosophy and Biblical Studies at Freed-Hardeman University. Being the Second Annual Spring Apologetics Lectures held 10 May, 2012. Learning from an Encounter with Greek Moral Philosophy/Moving Back to the Knowledge of God/Insights from Heroes of Faith, plus extensive notes and bibliographical data.
2011: Inaugural Spring Apologetics Lectures
Everett Ferguson-
Thinking-Living-Dying: Early APologists SPeak to the 21st Century
Early Apologists Speak to the 21st Century. Unique apologetics material. Read what writers of the 2nd & 3rd centuries believed and defended regarding Christian living, moral questions, and intellectual challenges to Christian faith.