Bill Pratt | September 8, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt I sometimes hear skeptics say that they need extraordinary evidence to believe that Jesus rose from the dead. The reason they need extraordinary evidence, they claim, is that the resurrection is an extraordinary claim. It is true that the resurrection is an extraordinary claim, but there are many extraordinary claims made [...]
Bill Pratt | September 6, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Yesterday, I posted on the issue of free will and God’s knowledge of of human free acts in the future. This is an area the church has grappled with for centuries. But how do other major worldviews deal with this issue? Most atheists think they can avoid the issue by denying [...]
Bill Pratt | September 5, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Some people get hung up on the idea that God can know, for sure, what I will freely do in the future. Their argument goes something like this: if whatever God knows will certainly occur (as virtually all Christians agree), then either I am not free to act or God does [...]
Bill Pratt | September 3, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt In a recent post, I mentioned some of the speakers at an upcoming apologetics conference sponsored by Southern Evangelical Seminary. One blog commenter noticed that Catholic speakers were being featured at the event and argued that they should not be. He believes that Catholics are not Christians, and therefore cannot properly [...]
Bill Pratt | September 1, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Southern Evangelical Seminary is hosting their annual apologetics conference on Nov. 13 and 14 in Charlotte, NC. The conference will feature speakers such as William Lane Craig, Chuck Colson, Dinesh D’Souza, Greg Koukl, Gary Habermas, Hank Hanegraaff, and Peter Kreeft (click here for the full speaker list). These men are all [...]
