Contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 3
For our next forum we’ll be discussing the implications of Luther’s Two Kingdom theory and what it means for us today. This topic is so important that we’ll take the next couple of forums to go through it. For now, however, we’ll start with Anders Nygren’s essay Luther’s Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms, from the book, One Lord, Two Hands?: Essays on the Theology of the Two Kingdoms.
For our next quarterly apologetics forum, we’ll be reading and discussing C. S. Lewis and the Uses of Apologetics by Donal T. Williams and an article by Lewis called On Obstinacy in Belief. We’ll probably focus a little more on the Lewis article. Be sure to come with questions of your own from the readings!
For our first quarterly discussion for 2024 we will be reading two essays by the Christian thinker and apologist C. S. Lewis. The first one is Meditations in a Toolshed, and the second one is entitled Is Theism Important? Discussion questions will come soon!
For our time together, LaVerne will be conducting this discussion. We’ll be exploring Wokism. Here are our readings:
Presenter: Christie Trolinger
Topic: Book talk on The History of Apologetics: A Biographical and Methodological Introduction, Forrest, Benjamin K., Josh Chatraw and Alister E. McGrath, eds.
Focus: Part One – Patristic Apologists
Prep Item #1 – Episode 3142 of Issues, Etc. “A Lutheran Approach to the Church Fathers” This episode is 36 minutes. It provides a brief but useful introduction to the Church Fathers and a rationale for our study of them.
Prep Item #2 – 12/18/21 Episode of Concord Matters “Gnosticism in America Today” This episode is 58 minutes. Much of the apologetics work of the early Church Fathers was directed at heretical groups, Gnostics in particular. This episode is very helpful for understanding the historical roots and key ideas of gnosticism, as well as the influence of gnosticism today.
This forum will be hosted by our very own Boyd Trolinger!
Our readings for this session:
Here are the readings for our forum together on Nov. 4: Tactics chapters 11 and 12. Enjoy!
Here are the Koukl readings: Chapters nine and ten of Tactics. Grab some coffee and enjoy!
