Justified True Belief

Mapping the Landscape of Good Reasons for the Truth of Christianity

Natural Theology

Arguments for Theism

Cosmological

Arguments from Causation

The Kalam Argument

Leibniz' Contingency Argument

Teleological

Arguments from Design

Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Paley (The Watchmaker)

Applicability of Mathematics

Moral & Rational

Arguments from Morality & Reason

The Moral Argument

Free-Thinking Argument

Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN)

Modal Ontological (Maximal Greatness)

Five Ways

Arguments from Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

First Way – From Motion/Change

Second Way – From Efficient Cause

Third Way – From Contingency

Fourth Way – From Degrees of Perfection

Fifth Way – From Finality / Teleology

Christian Evidences

Evidence & Arguments for Christian Theism

Resurrection of Jesus

Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ

Maximal Data Method (McGrew)

The A.L.I.V.E. Argument (McGrew)

Core Facts Argument (Craig)

Minimal Facts Argument (Habermas)

Harmonization of the Resurrection Accounts

Contra Conspiracy Hypothesis (Stolen-Body Theory)

Contra Apparent Death Hypothesis (Swoon Theory)

Contra Displaced Body Hypothesis

Contra Hallucination Hypothesis

Contra Legend Hypothesis

Contra Ehrman's Hypothesis

Contra Lüdemann’s Hypothesis

Divinity of Christ

Biblical Evidence for High-Christology: Jesus is God

TBD

Prophecy Fulfillment

Messianic Prophecy in the Old Testament Fulfilled in Jesus

TBD

New Testament Criticism

Evidence for the Reliability of the NT Bible

The Gospels: Real History

Textual Transmission and Manuscript Evidence

Early Dating and Eyewitness Proximity of the New Testament

Convergence of Independent New Testament Traditions

Undesigned Coincidences as Evidence of Gospel Reliability

Internal Marks of Eyewitness Testimony and Verisimilitude

External Corroboration – Archaeology and Non-Christian Sources

Literary/Historical Character of the Gospels

Alleged Gospel Contradictions and Historical Harmonization

Transformation and Conduct of the Key Witnesses

Early Christian Persecution

Old Testament Criticism

Evidence for the Reliability of the OT Bible

TBD1

Common Objections

Objection Analyses to Christian Theism

Problem of Evil

If God is Good...Why Evil?

Intellectual PoE: Logical

Intellectual PoE: Probabilistic

Intellectual PoE: External

Emotional PoE

Proof of God from Evil

Animal Suffering

Did God Command Genocide?

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?

Binding of Isaac Dilemma

Science

Is Science Compatible with Christian Theism?

TBD

Bad Claims

Common "Bad Information" Challenges to Christianity

Bad Claims: God's Existence

Bad Claims: Bible Reliability

Bad Claims: Bible Interpretation

World Religions

Critical Analyses of Non-Christian Religions

Mormonism

Critical Analysis of Latter-day Saint Claims

Fraudulent Prophetic Claims

Failed Prophecies

Book of Mormon Historical Fiction

Fraudulent Book of Abraham

Lack of Credible Witnesses

Plural Marriage Motivation

Infinite Regression of Gods

Fraudulent Isaiah 29 Claim

Christian and Mormon Differences

Islam

Critical Analysis of Islamic Claims

The Islamic Dilemma

Jehovah's Witness

Critical Analysis of Jehovah's Witness Claims

TBD

Philosophy

Phileō Sophia - to Love Wisdom.

Logic

Study of Reasoning and Argumentation

First Principles

Deductive Arguments

Inductive Arguments

Cumulative Case Arguments

Symbolic Logic

Logic: Common Fallacies

Invalid Reasoning in Logical Arguments

TBD

Epistemology

Study of Knowledge

Dunning-Kruger Effect

Three Types of Knowledge

Justified True Belief (JTB)

Warrant

Philosophical Theology

Analytical Analyses of Christian Systematic Theology

Prolegomena

Methodologies and the Rationality of Faith

Meta-Apologetics: Soft-Classical

Meta-Apologetics: Evidentialist

Meta-Apologetics: Reformed

Meta-Apologetics: Presuppositional

Bibliology

The Doctrine of Scripture

New Testament Canon

Sola Scriptura

Theology Proper

The Divine Nature and Properties of God

Divine Simplicity (Classical / Strong)

Divine Simplicity (Weak)

The Trinity

Analysis of God in Three Persons

The Christian Doctrine of the Trinity

The Trinity in Scriptures

Early Church Creed

Trinity Heresies

The Trinity & Love

Is the Trinity a Contradiction?

Creation

The Doctrine of Creation

TBD

Anthropology

The Doctrine of Humanity

TBD

Christology

The Doctrine of Christ

TBD

Soteriology

The Doctrine of Salvation

TBD

Ecclesiology

The Doctrine of the Church

TBD

Eschatology

The Doctrine of Last Things

TBD

Public Theology

Theological Analyses of Societal Issues

Theology of the Family

Where Faith and Family Intersect

Unequally Yoked Christian Dating

Child Discipline & Spanking

Biographies

Notable Works & Great Quotes from Key Figures

Ancient History

3000 BC – 500 BC

Classical Antiquity

500 BC – 500 AD

Socrates of Athens 470 – 399 BC

Plato of Athens 427 – 347 BC

Aristotle of Stagira 384 – 322 BC

Epicurus of Samos 341 – 270 BC

Philo of Alexandria 20 BC – 50 AD

Jesus of Nazareth 6–4 BC – 30 AD

Paul the Apostle 5 – 64/67 AD

Medieval Period

500 AD – 1500 AD

Early Modern Period

1500 AD – 1800 AD

Late Modern Period

1800 AD – present
How does one become a Christian?

(P1) All humans have sinned and fall short of God's glory. + Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

(P2) The consequence of sin is death, but God offers the gift of eternal life. + Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

(P3) God demonstrated His love for us through Christ's death for sinners. + Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

(P4) Salvation comes through confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in His resurrection. + Romans 10:9-10 "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."

(P5) Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. + Romans 10:13 "for, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'"

(P6) Baptism is the normative public response to the Gospel, commanded by Christ, and the sign by which one is received into the community of the Church. + Acts 2:38 "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Baptism is commanded by Christ and practiced universally across Christian history. All traditions agree it is the normative public act by which one enters the visible Church. Christians differ, however, on the precise relationship between baptism and the inner work of the Spirit. Catholics, Orthodox and some Protestants hold that baptism is itself the sacrament of regeneration, the instrument through which God washes away sin and imparts new life. Some Protestant and Evangelical traditions hold that regeneration and the gift of the Spirit are inward acts of God that baptism then publicly signs and seals. Scripture itself hints at both patterns: in Acts 2:38 Peter commands baptism for the forgiveness of sins; but in Acts 10:44-48, the Holy Spirit falls on Cornelius and his household before Peter has them baptized. Peter's response is telling: "Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" Both sequences point to the same Lord, the same Spirit, and the same baptism as the expected outward mark of belonging to him.

(C) Therefore, becoming a Christian means turning from sin, trusting in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, confessing Him as Lord, and being baptized into his Body the Church. + John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." Acts 2:41 "Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day." The consistent pattern throughout the New Testament is: hear the Gospel, repent and believe, be baptized, and be added to the community of the Church. Christians across traditions have always together answered the question "what must I do?" with: repent, believe, and be baptized.

Faith = One moving from "Belief That" to "Belief In". An act of trust, publicly confessed in baptism.

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