Mission, Postmodernity and Apologetics
The late British missiologist Lesslie Newbigin made a profound impact on many evangelicals. His prophetical call to mission in the West was…
Advice to Christian Apologists
In 1983, when Alvin Plantinga delivered his inaugural lecture as the John O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre…
Where did God come from?
Where did God come from? Don’t we have to assume that if there is God, then there must have been something before Him that created Him?
How do you know God exists?
Is there truly a God? How can anyone be sure such a being exists? We believe that the existence of God, and questions such as these…
Out of nothing, nothing comes
Who Made God? Everything has a beginning and was caused to exist by something else. But what about God? Who caused Him to exist and when?
Psychological Barriers to Belief
Two talks on the 'Psychological Barriers to Belief' look at basic life patterns and past painful experiences.
Possible Answers to Basic Philosophical Questions
Francis Schaeffer considers how Christians might provide possible answers to some of the basic philosophical questions that challenge…
God as Wish Fulfilment?
A central task of apologetics is to create a situation in which it is possible to come to faith. Part of this responsibility involves the…
Assumptions Behind Derrida's Theory of Deconstruction
Derrida lays many of his presuppositions out in a hard but very important essay called 'Structure, Sign and Play' in the Discourse of the…