Apologetics Class Fall at Knox Seminary

Posted on Friday, July 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

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I would like to invite you to the upcoming apologetics class that will take place at Knox Seminary this Fall and tell you a little about my interest in this course since this will be the first time I have taught it.
I have been fascinated in the apologetic venture since my own crisis of faith in 1980. Perhaps I will tell you more about this in class, but the crisis drove me to make sure that my own Christianity was real and not just something that I had been ‘born’ into. I have spent a great deal of time investigating apologetic methods and have studied under Dr. Reymond as well as Dr. J. P. Moreland. I am also a historical Jesus specialist and have spent a good bit of time working on the reliability of the NT documents and especially the historical truthfulness of the resurrection of Jesus. With all of this behind me I hope to be a novice, but hard working and excited guide in this class.
In this class we will be looking at the why, how, and what of the apologetic method as well as spending a good bit of time actually doing apologetics.
We will wrestle with some of the most significant problems that the Christian faith has ever faced and will be doing so from some old, some new, and some of my own mixed methods.
I am excited about the class and about what the Lord is going to do in our lives as we study how we might glorify him and ‘give an answer to every man’ who asks us why we believe.
This will be a class with lots of dialog, lots of questions, and hopefully, many blessings as we realize the truthfulness of our faith does not just rest in ‘a leap of faith.’
It is my prayer that this class will be one that you will remember for many years to come as the Lord works in your life through his word.

For the Lamb,

DrSamLam

I look forward to seeing you in class where we will use a variety of teaching methods, from video, forum discussions, reading and listening to debates, and thinking deeply about the truth that is set before us.