Apologetics Digital Download Bundle

Description

Each Course at a Glance:

(each session is 25-30 minutes long)

Christian Apologetics

Doug Groothius

1. Introduction to Apologetics
2. The Biblical Basis for Apologetics
3. Logic, Methodology, and Worldview Analysis
4. Apologetical Limits and the Christian Worldview
5. Objections to Christianity
6. Truth: Defined and Defended (Part 1)
7. Truth: Defined and Defended (Part 2)
8. The Search for and Significance of Truth
9. The Place of Prudence in Apologetics
10. Objections to Natural Theology
11. The Ontological Argument
12. The Cosmological Argument
13. The Design Argument
14. Darwin and Intelligent Design (Part 1)
15. Darwin and Intelligent Design (Part 2)
16. The Moral Argument
17. The Religious Experience Argument
18. The Uniqueness of Humanity
19. Deposed Royalty: Pascal’s Anthropological Argument
20. Jesus and History
21. Claims and Credentials of Jesus
22. The Incarnation of Jesus
23. The Resurrection of Jesus (Part 1)
24. The Resurrection of Jesus (Part 2)
25. The Problem of Religious Pluralism
26. The Problem of Islam
27. The Problem of Evil
28. The Problem of Hell
29. Apologetics and the Old Testament
30. Taking It to the Streets

The Historical Jesus

Darrel Bock

1. Non-Christian Sources and Historical Jesus Studies
2. Three Quests for the Historical Jesus
3. Three Models for Historical Jesus Studies
4. Seven Criteria of Authenticity and the Burden of Proof
5. Early Transmission of Jesus’ History
6. Three Models of Orality in Historical Jesus Studies
7. Sources and Their Critical Use in Historical Jesus Discussions
8. The Nature of Second Temple Judaism in the Time of Jesus
9. The Characteristic Jesus and the Ancient Bíos Genre
10. The Infancy Material: Census, Virgin Birth, and John the Baptist
11. The Ministry of John the Baptist
12. The Kingdom of God and How it Works
13. Translating Jesus: From the Gospels to Paul
14. Second Temple Judaism and the Intensification of the Torah
15. The Twelve Disciples and Jesus’ Relationship to Sinners
16. Miracles and Exorcisms of Jesus
17. The Messianic Secret of Jesus
18. Jesus’ Intended Audiences
19. The Demands of Being a Disciple of Jesus
20. An Overview of the Final Week of Jesus’ Life
21. How Jesus Saw Himself: Titles and Self Reference
22. The Un-Triumphal Entry of Jesus
23. The Cleansing of the Temple
24. Controversies During Jesus’ Final Week
25. The Last Supper
26. The Jewish Examination of Jesus
27. Jesus Before Pilate
28. The Resurrection of Jesus

The Historical Reliability of Scripture

Craig Bloomberg

1. Widely Held Myths About Ancient Sources
2. The Formation of the Canon and the Choice of the Synoptic Gospels
3. Books Not Included: The Contents of the Apocryphal and Gnostic Gospels
4. The Text of the New Testament and Especially of the Gospels
5. The Translation of the New Testament and Especially of the Gospels
6. The Authorship and Dating of the Gospels
7. The Reliability of the Oral Tradition (Part 1)
8. The Reliability of the Oral Tradition (Part 2)
9. The Composition of the Synoptic Gospels
10. The Literary Genre of the Gospels
11. Archeology for the Gospels
12. Non-Christian Evidence for Jesus
13. The Apocryphal and Gnostic Gospels Further Evaluated
14. The Quests for the Historical Jesus
15. Why Such Diversity Exists and the Criteria of Authenticity
16. The Most Authentic Parts of the Synoptic Tradition
17. The Resulting Identity of Jesus
18. Problems of Harmonization Among the Synoptics
19. Problems of Harmonization Between the Synoptics and John
20. The Reliability of John (Part 1)
21. The Reliability of John (Part 2)
22. A Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus
23. The Knowledge of the Jesus Tradition in the Early Epistles (Part 1)
24. The Knowledge of the Jesus Tradition in the Early Epistles (Part 2)
25. The Unique Problem of Miracles (Part 1)
26. The Unique Problem of Miracles (Part 2)
27. The Virginal Conception: Nativity or Naiveté
28. The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction
29. The Jesus We Never Knew
30. Summary and Conclusions

Textual Criticism

Daniel B. Wallace

1. Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism
2. How to Count Textual Variants
3. The Number of Variants
4. Weighing the Discrepancies
5. Recent Attempts to Change the Goals of NT Textual Criticism
6. Materials and Methods in Making Ancient Books
7. The Materials Used Making a Codex Manuscript
8. A Brief History of the Transmission of the Text
9. The Role of the Canon in Shaping the NT Text
10. The Emergence of Local Text Forms
11. Illustrations of Scribal Corruptions (Part 1)
12. Illustrations of Scribal Corruptions (Part 2)
13. Some Famous Manuscripts: Papyri (Part 1)
14. Some Famous Manuscripts: Papyri (Part 2)
15. Some Famous Manuscripts: Majuscules (Part 1)
16. Some Famous Manuscripts: Majuscules (Part 2)
17. Resources for NT Manuscripts
18. Resources for NT Manuscripts: CSNTM
19. The Greek Text Behind the KJV
20. Textus Receptus/Doctrine of Preservation (Part 1)
21. Textus Receptus/Doctrine of Preservation (Part 2)
22. Tischendorf and the Discovery of Sinaiticus (Part 1)
23. Tischendorf and the Discovery of Sinaiticus (Part 2)
24. History of NT Textual Criticism Since the TR
25. Who Were Westcott & Hort?
26. Reasoned Eclecticism (Part 1)
27. Reasoned Eclecticism (Part 2)
28. Reasoned Eclecticism (Part 3)
29. Some Famous Textual Problems (Part 1)
30. Some Famous Textual Problems (Part 2)
31. Some Famous Textual Problems (Part 3)
32. Some Famous Textual Problems: Matthew 24:36
33. Some Famous Textual Problems: John 7:53-8:11
34. Some Famous Textual Problems: Mark 16:9-20
35. Which Translation is Best?
37. Is What We Have Now What They Wrote?

The Resurrection of Jesus

Gary Habermas

1. The Importance of the Resurrection of Jesus
2. A Priori Objections (Part 1)
3. A Priori Objections (Part 2)
4. Principles of Historiography
5. Methodology: How Do We Use Historiography in Apologetics
6. Approaching Scripture
7. Minimal Facts Method
8. Preaching before Completion of the New Testament
9. Naturalistic Theories: Alternative Explanations for the Resurrection
10. Naturalistic Theory 1: The Disciples Stole the Body
11. Naturalistic Theory 2: Someone Else Stole the Body
12. Naturalistic Theory 3: The Swoon Theory
13. Naturalistic Theory 4: The Hallucination Theory
14. Naturalistic Theory 5: The Copycat Theory
15. Supernatural Alternative Theories
16. Categorical Problems with Naturalistic Theories
17. Understanding the Mind of a Skeptic
18. Changing the Skeptical Mindset of the Naturalist (Part 1)
19. Changing the Skeptical Mindset of the Naturalist (Part 2)
20. Evidence for the Death of Jesus
21. Evidence for the Appearances of Jesus
22. Evidence for the Empty Tomb
23. Constructing a Historical Timeline
24. Apologetics: Building a Bridge from Miracles to Christianity
25. Apologetics: Establishing a Connection between the Resurrection and the Existence of God
26. Who Did Jesus Think He Was? Establishing the Deity of Christ
27. Grounding Theology (Part 1)
28. Grounding Theology (Part 2)
29. Grounding Christian Practice: Application Based on the Resurrection
30. The Resurrection of Jesus