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CHAFER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
APOLOGETICS 601: INTRODUCTION TO APOLOGETICS
FALL SEMESTER 2006
Dr. JOHN C. BECK, JR.
*COURSE SYLLABUS*
Week 1 ~*An Introduction to Apologetics [P.L. 11-19]
August 28 ~*Questions People Ask
~*Controlling Scriptures
September 4 *LABOR DAY*, no classes
Week 2 ~*Methodology: Tests for Truth, Geisler/Christian Apologetics/
September 11 by Norman Geisler
Week 3 ~*Theistic Apologetics, Geisler/Christian Apologetics/
September 18 ~*Christian Apologetics, Geisler by Norman Geisler
Reading Assignment: Each week read the appropriate sections in the lecture notes; Josh McDowell's [J.McD.],
/A Ready Defense/; Paul Little's [P.L.], /Know Why You Believe/
Week 4 ~*Are Miracles Possible?
[J.McD.
pp.
123-125]
September 25 [P.L. pp.
89-100]
~*The Existence of God [J.McD.
pp.
315-331, 405-407]
[P.L. pp.
20-30]
~*Is The Bible Reliable?
[J.McD.
pp.
23-121]
[P.L. pp.
64-88]
Assignment: Ask three people what question they would ask if they could ask any question they wanted about God, the Bible and Jesus Christ.
Week 5 ~*Can Good Works Get You To Heaven [J.McD.
pp.
420-421]
October 2 ~*Is Christ The Only Way To Heaven? [J.McD.
pp.
408, 418]
Week 6 ~*Why Do The Innocent Suffer? [J.McD.
pp.
411-413]
October 9 [P.L. pp.
117-128]
~*How About Those Who Have Never Heard [J.McD.
pp.
416-417]
~*Jesus, His Humanity and Deity [J.McD.
pp.
187-270]
[P.L. pp.
31-51]
Week 7 ~*What Does Believe Mean? [J.McD.
pp.
418-420]
October 18 ~*Can Anyone Be Sure of Salvation?
~*What About the Hypocrite?
[J.McD.
pp.
414-415]
Week 8 ~*What About The Jew?
October 23 ~*The Nature of World Religion
~*What About Non-Christian Religions?
[J.McD.
pp.
271-314]
[P.L. pp.
129-139]
Week 9 ~*Using Apologetics to Lead People to Christ Guest Lecturer
October 30 ~*Apologetics Discussion Techniques Don Barkley, ThM
Week 10 ~*What About the Cults?
[J.McD.
pp.
332-364]
November 6 ~*What About the Occult?
[J.McD.
pp.
365-404]
~*What About Near Death Experiences?
Week 11 ~*Answering the Bible's Critics [J.McD.
pp.
123-186]
November 13
Week 12 ~*What About Creation and Evolution?
[J.McD.
pp.
421-423]
November 20 [P.L. pp.
101-116]
November 21-24 *THANKSGIVING VACATION*
Week 13 ~*Bible Difficulties, Part 1
November 27
Week 14 *TAKE HOME FINAL EXAM DUE*
December 4 ~*Bible Difficulties, Part 2
Week 15 *ORAL PRESENTATIONS*
December 11
!!!!!! SYLLABUS TABLE OF CONTENTS
WEEKLY SCHEDULE .
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!! COURSE REQUIREMENTS
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*TEXT BOOKS*
/Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics/ by Norman L. Geisler
/The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict/ by Josh McDowell (or any other of his evidence books)
OPTIONAL: /Christian Apologetics/ by Normal L. Geisler
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!! TERM PAPER
TERM PAPER: Write a *TEN PAGE* research paper (including title page, table of contents, main text and bibliography) using six to ten references in thesis style in conformity to the standards outlines in /A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations/, 6th ed., by Kate L. Turabian.
Check your term paper with the section "A Term Paper" you received with this syllabus.
Choose a topic for your term paper from the topics listed for study in the syllabus above.
You may also choose a topic from the topics listed in the bibliographies found later on in this syllabus.
RESEARCH TERM PAPERS: / Students should read widely in the written labors of our spiritual forefathers, such as Luther, Calvin, Hodge, Warfield, and Chafer for the purpose of understanding the theology of these areas of study as it has developed to the present day [first two years of study].
Our goal, however, is to train our students to do theology as these men did [second two years of study].
We want each student to leave CTS able to think through categories of Scripture for himself [summary of four year study of theology].
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! BOOK REVIEW (Optional)
A book review of 5–10 pages may be written on a book approved by the professor.
The book review will need to conform to the style found in the CTS Journal.
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