| — Introduction to Apologetics — Instructor: Mike Kozlinski — Class Objectives — Class Preliminaries — Class outlines posted www.xanga.com/MikeKoz10 — Email questions to
MikeKoz10@hotmail.com — Prayer sheet — Include spiritual items — Include apologetic opportunities — Let me know if I speak too quickly — Class Objectives — Spiritual formation — Learn, explain and defend basic reasons why Christianity is true — Provide framework for future study — Class Progression — Proving Christianity True — 1) Truth about reality is knowable — 2) The theistic God exists — 3) Miracles are used to prove the truthfulness of the message and the messenger — Proving Christianity True — 4) The New Testament is historically accurate — 5) In the NT, Jesus claimed to be God and proved it. — 6) Jesus taught that the Bible is the Word of God. — Step 1: Truth About Reality is Knowable — Truth is Reality — A true statement corresponds to reality — Correspondence — Tells it like it is — Truth Project slogan — Truth is — Absolute — Objective — Universal — Unchanging — Discovered (ie. not invented) — Step 2: The Theistic God Exists — 1) Worldview Overview — 2) Proof – Creation — 3) Proof – Design — 4) Proof – Morality — 5) Natural Law — Introduction to Apologetics — Class 4 Review — Worldview Overview Continued — Atheism — Pantheism — Introduction to Apologetics — Lesson 5: Proofs for God — Part 1 - Creation — Proof 1: Creation (Cosmological) — 1) Everything that has a beginning (contingent being) has a cause. — 2) The universe had a beginning. — 3) Therefore, the universe had a cause. — Proof 1: Creation (Cosmological) — Scientific Reasons — S – Second Law of Thermodynamics — U – Universe is Expanding — R – Radiation from the Big Bang — G – Great Galaxy Seeds (ripples in background) — E – Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity — Proof 1: Creation (Cosmological) — Philosophical Reasons — Infinite Regress — Time must have a beginning — Otherwise it would go backwards into infinity — If time went backwards into infinity, we would never get to today — But today is here — Objections — Scientific — Cosmic Rebound Theory — Suggests that universe has an everlasting series of bangs and crunches — Imaginary Time — Theoretical construct of time before time — Uncertainty — Quantum Physics — Don’t Know — But we’ll found out — Responses — Cosmic Rebound Theory — Expansion is accelerating — S of SURGE — Infinite Regress — Imaginary Time — Made up to avoid actual beginning of universe — Uncertainty — Only theoretical — Undermines science — Won’t Admit — Objections — Philosophical — Who Made God? — If all things need a cause, then God needs a cause. — Response — God is Uncaused Cause — God is Unmade Maker — God is Uncreated Creator — Only beings that have a beginning are caused — God is Necessary Being — Only contingent beings need cause — Why is there something rather than nothing? — Proof 1: Creation (Cosmological) — Universe — Material/Physical — Temporal (Time) — Finite in nature — Finite in power — In Space — Thing — Caused (Once was not) — Contingent (Can not be) — Sustained (held in existence) — Creator — Immaterial — Eternal — Infinite in nature — Infinite in power — Transcends Space — Personal (mind/will) — Uncaused (Always existed) — Necessary (Must exist) — Sustainer (holds in existence) — Application — If God is… — Immaterial — Eternal — Infinite in nature — Infinite in power — Transcends Space — Personal (mind/will) — Uncaused (Always existed) — Necessary (Must exist) — Sustainer — Then what does that do to my relationship with: — God — Family — Friends — Work folk — Other Christians — Non-Christians — Obligations — Responsibilities — Leisure Time — For Next Week — Read thru Chapter 6 — Will cover Design and Evolution next week — Pray the prayer list — Books/websites will be put on attachment that will go out with emails | 
