Class MP3's and Notes

The MP3's and Notes for Each Session Will be Posted Here:

Note: The links below died with my file server.  I put all the mp3's up on my google drive.  They are at this link:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5yLYrSTDvD7ZWdFbnQ0T2xWLUU&usp=sharing


Syllabus (MP3, Handout)

Session 1: Introduction - October 2
Part 1: What is the role and goal of Apologetics? (Dan: MP3, Notes, Handout)
Part 2: Why People Believe Stuff (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)

Session 1b: Origins Seminar - October 5
Trilobites and Taninim:
Reconciling the Biblical and Scientific Origin Narratives (MP3) (Slides)

Session 2: Positive Arguments for God’s Existence – October 16
Part 1: The Colmological and Moral Arguments (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: The Teleological* Argument and Several Others (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)
      *Focus on Fine Tuning Form

Session 3: Evil and Suffering - January 15
Part 1: The Free Will Defense (logical and probabilistic)  (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: Cheeky Counter ?'s, Philosophical Options and Theological Options
                                                             (Stanford: MP3, Notes)

Session 4: Pluralism - January 29
Part 1: Technical Responses to 3 Forms of the Pluralist Critique (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: 3 Questions About Pluralism* (Stanford: MP3, Notes)
      *Including how did it come to be our defalut cultural position.

Session 5: Scripture and 5 Other Questions
Part 1: Why do we think the Scriptures are reliable? (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: Stanford Answers 5 Other Student Questions* (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)
        -Free Will/Predestination
        -Why do Christians Disagree**
        -How can the Cross Affect Eternal Consequences
        -Hell?!?
        -What's up with the Flood
* The students in the class submitted questions and I answered as many as I could in the time
**This one was not partinularly clear.  I tried to abreviate it and I made it confusing.

Resources

There are two great sites with abundant MP3s by engaging and credible speakers:

The Veritas Forum: www.veritas.org/Media

Be Thinking: www.bethinking.org/audio

Also, if you are interested in more from Keller: http://sermons2.redeemer.com/

There are several good books we will talk about and cite. To get started we recommend:

Tim Keller: The Reason for God

Peter Kreeft: Handbook of Christian Apologetics