Bill Pratt | October 8, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Have you ever been arguing (holding a rational discourse where you are giving evidence to support your position) with someone and realized that they are not arguing against your position at all? Instead, they are arguing against a distorted or false version of your position. As I’ve discussed the beliefs of [...]
Bill Pratt | November 22, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Not according to an article published last year by the Wall Street Journal. The columnist cites research which indicates that people who never worship at a traditional house of worship are more likely to be superstitious. Below is an excerpt: The Gallup Organization, under contract to Baylor’s Institute for Studies of [...]
Bill Pratt | November 18, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most difficult things to do is carry on a rational and calm conversation with someone that disagrees with you. When I first started studying Christian apologetics, I figured that all I had to do was learn all the evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity and then tell people [...]
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 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 [...]
