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New books of interest to Christian apologists

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These might strike your fancy:

  • God Is Great, God is Good: Why Believing in God Is Reasonable and Responsible,
    by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister (InterVarsity Press, 2009)
  • God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades,
    by Rodney Stark (HarperOne, 2009)
  • Hitler’s Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress,
    by Richard Weikart (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
  • Life After Death: The Evidence,
    by Dinesh D’Souza (Regnery Press, 2009)
  • Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem,
    by Jay W. Richards (HarperOne, 2009)
  • The Recalcitrant Imago Dei: Human Persons and the Failure of Naturalism,
    by J.P. Moreland (SCM Press, 2009)
  • Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design,
    by Stephen C. Meyer (HarperOne, 2009)

Rodney Stark is an agnostic, but he does a good job of telling the truth about the history of Christianity. If you want to see a good book added to this list, leave it in the comments and I’ll take a look.

Oh, by the way, check out this quiz that The Way the Ball Bounces found from Apologetics.net.

Podcasts

Marvin O’Lasky interviews leading Christian thinkers

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Here are some interviews on a variety of topics of interest. (H/T Brian Auten of Apologetics 315)

Marvin O’lasky is the interviewer. There is an audience of students from the King’s College in New York, NY.

More lectures here.

Events

Calgary readers: apologetics conference and debate starts Friday!

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Here’s the schedule from the Faith Beyond Belief web site. This conference was organized by Jose Ruba, the same pro-life debater who has been shouted down at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia!

The debate is on Saturday at 7 PM at the University of Calgary, against a University of Calgary philosophy professor, who has 3 degrees, including a PhD, from Oxford University. The topic is “Do Objective Moral Truths Exist?”.

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
“Ambassadors for Christ: Why Christians Need to have a Faith Beyond Belief”
Clergy and Ministry Workers’ Lunch
(12 pm – 2:30 pm)
Greg Koukl will speak to clergy and ministry workers about the unique challenges and opportunities in reaching our postmodern generation. As a former pastor, Greg will delve into what church workers in particular need to do to equip their congregations to be good ambassadors for the kingdom of God.

Friday, October 23rd, 2009
“Ice Cream is not Insulin”
A Youth Event
(7 pm – 10 pm)
This event is geared towards, youth, youth pastors and parents to help them understand what kind of culture youth are dealing with. Greg will examine how we can help young people embrace the truth of the gospel.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Ambassador Training Sessions
(9 am – 2:30 pm)
A detailed and informative way to learn about the Christian worldview and how to defend that view in our culture. Christians will be trained to be good ambassadors for Christ: equipped with the right knowledge, trained to share that knowledge wisely and challenged to embody the right character.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
“Do moral truths exist?”
Rm. ICT 102 , University of Calgary
(7 pm – 10 pm)
Join Greg as he debates Prof. John Baker, a philosophy professor from U of Calgary. This event is co-sponsored by the U of Calgary Freethinkers.
For more details check out: www.calgarydebate.ca

Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Full Gospel Tabernacle Sunday AM service
(10 am – 12 pm)
Join our host church’s Sunday morning service. Greg Koukl’s talk will be part of a series at the church on how Christians can defend and articulate their faith.

Sunday, October 25th, 2009
“Where do we go from here?”
Sunday Volunteer Lunch
(12:30 pm – 3 pm)
After hearing Greg Koukl speak during the weekend, we’ll challenge volunteers and others about what we should do locally to help create Christian ambassadors.

Hosted by Faith Builder International Church
Calgary Saddle Ridge Community Hall 7614 – 42nd Street NE.

*Note: All events will be held at the Full Gospel Tabernacle, unless otherwise indicated.
Events are free but a free-will offering will be taken.

Full Gospel Tabernacle
155 Falconridge Cres NE, Calgary, Alberta T3J 1Z9
fullgospeltabernacle.org

Does this schedule give you any ideas for your own church and local university? He’s really done a good job on this conference, hasn’t he? You can still send him a donation if you want!