Grace Life Community Church

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Grace Life Community Church

• APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE
• SHOW AND TELL

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Where are we Going?

• Where are we now A look at who we are and how we
  think . . . AND WHY?!?
• The Big Questions
• Does God exist?
• What about Neo-Darwinian Evolution?
• Are there errors in the Bible?
• Why is Christianity exclusive why are we the
  only ones who are right?
• Theodicy if God is Good and Omnipotent, why do
  we suffer?
• SPEAK A better method for apologetics- or, How
  to do apologetics without being sorry.
• QA

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Apologetics is first for . . .

• YOU

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So . . . Lets get this party started

• Think about it . . .

• . . . A little survey

• What is the most important ideal to you?
• What is the most important principle in our
  country?
• In our culture Western Culture.
• What does everyone strive for want desire?

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DID YOU KNOW?..

• There is a problem with the WAY you think . . .

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A little test . . .

• I say,
• Bacon, Lettuce and . . .
• Do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti . . .
• Money is the . . .
• This girl is on . . .
• Ba-da-ba-ba-ba . . .
• You only need the light . . .
• Only miss the sun . . .
• Only know you love her . . .

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A second approach
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WHAT ARE THESE IMAGES DOING?
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A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE?
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A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE?
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A risky experiment
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Maybe . . . ?

• 2-9 7
• 3-7 4
• 2-8 6

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How do I know these things?

• There is a certain way that we think
• Not just what we think about
• But, also . . . why we think that way.
• Do you know why?

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A quick flow of Western Civilization

• Graeco-Roman Roots
• Humanism We are the beginning/middle/end of our
  reality
• Modernity (enlightenment) we got it!
• Nihilism Life stinks, there is no point.
• Existentialism what we experience/feel is what
  is true
• Postmodernity Relativism, Pluralism, Duplicity

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Three terrible steps

• Relativism The Ideal
• Everything is relative no absolutes no truth
• This is only a half-truth, which quickly becomes
  a whole-lie
• Things are relative, but to a fixed point, NOT
  all things in motion
• Pluralism The Illusion
• All ideals are equal
• No one is wrong . . . So no one is right.
• My truth, True for me, My life
• Duplicity The Individual
• Put your best foot forward.
• Youre at church now!

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Points and realities are disappearing
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Points and realities are disappearing
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Points and realities are disappearing
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Points and realities are disappearing
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All that is left . . .
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Schaeffer said this . . .

• How Should we then Live
• Escape from Reason

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So . . . we could be in trouble

• Its not just out there . . . Its in here the
  Church.

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Unity, Humility, Obedience
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I said, Dont do it!He said, Nobody loves
me.
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I said, God loves you. Do you believe in
God?He said, Yes.
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I said, Are you a Christian or a Jew?He said,
A Christian.
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I said, Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?He
said, Protestant.
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I said, Me, too! What franchise?He said,
Baptist.
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I said, Me, too!Northern Baptist or Southern
Baptist?He said, Northern Baptist.
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I said, Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist
or Northern Liberal Baptist?He said, Northern
Conservative Baptist.
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I said, Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist
Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative
Baptist Eastern Region?He said, Northern
Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.
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I said, Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist
Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern
Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council
of 1912?He said, Northern Conservative Baptist
Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.
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I said, Die, heretic! And I pushed him over.
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You need to be your own person.
What matters most is that you are true to
yourself.
If you just try hard enough and believe in
yourself, you can do anything you want you can
be anything you want.
Chart your own course.
You need to make your own way.
Get out there on your own.
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• According to the Center for the Study of Global
  Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological
  Seminary, there are approximately 41,000
  Christian denominations and organizations in the
  world.

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At least we are not humanists, right?!?
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So . . . we could be in trouble

• I wonder . . . Do you believe?

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Not just what you know what do you believe?
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The Gospel in 10 Points

• God is Creator
• God created man
• God created man with/for a purpose
• Man desired another and said, no
• Man got what he wanted
• Man is now dead, in darkness and despair
• In steps Jesus our Substitute
• Man is saved from God, by God The Gospel Proper
• The Resurrection is the HOOK
• Believe in God
• The Gospel continues because Jesus is our . .
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So . . . we could be in trouble

• I wonder . . . Do you believe?

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Doctrine about . . .

• Creation
• Church
• Devil
• Resurrection
• Heaven
• Hell

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So . . . we could be in trouble

• I wonder . . . Do you believe? . . in the CHRIST
• of Christianity . . .

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Apologetics is first for . . .

• YOU

YOU CANNOT MAKE A DISCIPLE . . . UNTIL YOU ARE
ONE.
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ARE YOU ONE?
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Grace Life Community Church

• APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE
• SHOW AND TELL