Summary
In this episode, Amy is joined by Tricia Scribner, a classical apologist, to explore how we can know Christianity is true. They walk through a systematic, logical framework known as classical apologetics, beginning with the existence of truth and culminating in the evidence for Christ’s resurrection and divinity. They compare this approach with cultural apologetics and emphasize the importance of understanding presuppositions in conversations about faith. The episode provides a high-level overview of the evidential and logical basis for Christianity’s truth claims and previews an upcoming series that will break down 20 evidences for the Christian faith.
Main Points Covered
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Introduction to Classical vs. Cultural Apologetics
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The Role of Presuppositions in Truth Claims
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A Systematic Framework for Christian Apologetics
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Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus
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Reliability of the New Testament Documents:
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Common objections
People and resources mentioned
- Scriptures:
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1 Corinthians 15:3–8
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Isaiah 9 and 53
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Colossians 2
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John 2:19
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Books:
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Life Givers Apologetics by Tricia Scribner
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I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler & Frank Turek
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How We Got the Bible by Greg Lanier
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Scribes and Scripture by Peter Gurry and John Meade
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Unfamiliar Vocabulary
- Classical Apologetics: A logical, step-by-step method of defending the Christian faith beginning with the existence of truth.
- Cultural Apologetics: Addressing faith issues by engaging with contemporary cultural beliefs and worldviews.
- Presuppositions: Assumptions or beliefs that are taken for granted without being explicitly stated.
Quotable Quotes
No matter what you believe, you need to know why you believe it. - Tricia Scribner Share on X To claim something is true is to presuppose that truth actually exists. - Tricia Scribner Share on X The Gospel is testable, it’s knowable, and it will stand up to the challenge. - Tricia Scribner Share on X
We are all in this together, so sometimes our posts are a bit of all of us.
Think critically…???
Hmmmm…. I’m sorry that’s not what’s Happening Here
However the egocentric, self aggrandizing elitism – now that’s very much manifest here. WHO exactly decides what the Christian worldview is, etc. Your ego taking that mantle on yourself and propping yourself up as God – THAT is the pretty big issue.
I would challenge this lady right off about these hundreds of times that Messiah spoken about in the TNK.
Most of these if not essentially all – assuming Messiah is even referenced – of the post facto applications made to Jesus of Nazareth are fantasy.
The problem is that she, like her teacher, is going to be able to take advantage of people who are uneducated in these matters as well as quality critical thinking (which is 99% of the human population about the Bible).
This is exactly how cults work.
Further, at no point did Paul did not state that “Christ was God In the Flesh” in any canonical text.
This lady is, sadly, simply regurgitating her own ego Dogma – not Christ.