How to think and respond effectively to…

• Honest questions by spiritual seekers;

• Critical challenges by religious skeptics; and

• Off-the-wall comments by argumentative contrarians

Instructors: Dr. Jefrey Breshears and Bruce Phillips.

Times: Tuesdays, Aug. 28 – Nov. 13, 6:45 PM

Location: Eastside Baptist Church, Room 270

Readings:
• Jefrey D. Breshears, The Problem of Christian Anti-Intellectualism (Areopagus Publications, 2010).
• Gregory Koukl, Tactics (Zondervan, 2009).
• Paul Copan, True for You But Not for Me (Bethany House, 2009).

Tuition: $50 or $90/per couple. (Scholarships available for special needs.)

Overview
A major reason why many Christians are hesitant to share their faith is because they feel unprepared to handle tough questions and challenges from non-believers. Such situations can be unnerving and even embarrassing, and it often takes only one such encounter before many Christians decide to never again risk sharing their faith.

The purpose of this course is to identify many of the challenges that skeptics raise against the Christian faith, and to equip Christians to handle these objections clearly and effectively. As a practical and interactive study, we address a wide range of issues including…
• There are many paths to God, and it doesn’t much matter what you believe so long as you’re sincere.
• Christians are too intolerant and judgmental.
• If Jesus is the only way to God, what about all those who have never heard of him?
• Christianity and modern science are incompatible.
• What’s wrong with homosexuality? Aren’t some people just born that way?
… and many others.

Note on the Instructors:
Dr. Jefrey Breshears is a historian, a former university professor, and the president of The Areopagus, a Christian study center and education ministry in the Atlanta area.

Bruce Phillips is a Certified Apologetics Instructor by the North American Mission Board (SBC) and BIOLA University, and an associate director of The Areopagus.