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Is Christianity just another world religion? It is all about subjective feelings, or can it actually be tested? In this plenary presentation, Dr. Craig Hazen introduces the conference and explains how a thoughtful person would begin a religious quest, training you to demonstrate the uniqueness of Christianity and our reasonable faith to an uncertain world.
Lectures from this conference set are perfect for busy, everyday defenders of the faith. Listen in the car, at the gym, while doing chores around the house, or wherever your day takes you. Grab apologetics training on the go for less than the price of a trip to Starbucks®.
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This presentation is part of a Christian apologetics conference organized by Mikel Del Rosario and recorded live at Bridgeway Christian Church in Rocklin, California.
Original Recording Date: March 23, 2012
Running Time: 01:09:38
Download: 65.3 MB. MP3 Format
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Alan Anderson – :
This topic is very important in a modern day secular society because many skeptics are under the false impression that NO faith is founded in any objective evidence. While this may be the impression among society, Dr. Hazen is acutely in tune with the fact that it is a completely invalid assertion without any evidential basis.
Dr. Hazen has earned his doctorate from the University of California in religious studies. That essentially means that he has a vast amount of knowledge on Christianity as well most other religions around the globe. His knowledge on topics of religion contains the solid foundation of scholarship necessary to validate the claim that you can be “certain of Christ in an age of unbelief”.
While I want to review the lecture, not summarize it, I do want to bring into attention some of the key points that I found to be the most beneficial for a listener of belief or of non-belief. Anyone who is planning on listening to this lecture can be certain that they’re going to be entertained. Dr. Hazen is not only informative but also an entertaining speaker. During the lecture, he has multiple stories that are comical and really keep your attention while maintaining focused on the topic of the lecture. Dr. Hazen is certainly a breath of fresh air in comparison to many other academics.
While the lecture was entertaining and comical, Dr. Hazen has a passion for Christ that really is exemplified through his delivery and speech. It shows that he loves Christ and that he has spent his entire life examining this subject matter in order to know Christ at a deeper level. When he was reflecting on the solid evidence for Christianity, he said, “I can’t NOT believe in God”. His certainty in the fact that Jesus Christ existed, died, and resurrected for our sins is without question. However, he doesn’t do so on blind faith. He gives the reasons for how Christians can know with certainty that Christianity is the right answer that makes the best sense out of the information that we have today.
In conclusion, I would encourage anyone to listen to this lecture from Dr. Hazen because he provides a perspective that is rather unique because he is speaking from a “world religions” perspective. He has investigated religion thoroughly and has the qualifications necessary to make a reliable judgment on their historicity. For a note to those on a spiritual journey, this lecture is particularly aimed directly at you. Personally, Dr. Hazen is the guy I would want to sit down and speak with if I was an individual searching for Christ.