Apologetics

Lectures and readings in English.

1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

   • No Apology for Apologetics Dr. John Blanchard 51 min Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Blanchard (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Defending Your Faith 1-32 Dr. R.C. Sproul 14 h Open source Doctrinal printed as [14] without unit; read as hours
   • Apologetics 1-44 Dr. Douglas Groothuis 31 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Douglas Groothuis (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Christian Apologetics 1-17 Dr. Ronald Nash 14.5 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Ronald Nash (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Objections Answered 1-8 Dr. R.C. Sproul 3 h Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 62.5 hours

2. 2. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries:

   • Apologetics, or the Rational Vindication of Christianity Francis Beattie 624 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy Scriptures Archibald Alexander 322 pp. Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 946 pages

3. 3. Assignment Write a 30 page paper outlining your personal approach to apologetics and present a defense of the Christian faith with a special view to answering modern objections.

   Open the assignment

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.