Want to bring accessible apologetics to your group? Today, I’m releasing all 5 lessons of the Accessible Apologetics curriculum in one convenient download: Accessible Apologetics: The Complete Course (5 to 10-week series). You’ll have the same materials I use to teach my workshops—the leader’s guides, students guides, professionally-designed PowerPoint presentations and more. I’m talking about [...]
William Lane Craig Talks About Debating Richard Dawkins
Better Than Boxing Last weekend, I was probably one of the only Filipino guys more excited about a philosophical debate than the Pacquiao/Margarito fight. But hey, that’s me! Of course, I’m talking about the panel debate, Does the Universe Have a Purpose? which happened at Complejo Cultural Universitario in Pueblo, Mexico. Get in the Ring [...]
Watch William Lane Craig Debate Richard Dawkins
The Live Debate I’m watching the panel debate, “Does the Universe Have a Purpose?” LIVE from Complejo Cultural Universitario in Puebla, Mexico—right now via this link (11/13/2010). The affirmative aside is being argued by Rabbi David Wolpe, William Lane Craig, Douglas Geivett. The negative side is being argued by Matt Ridley, Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins. [...]
New Lesson on Faith and Reason
Want to bring accessible apologetics training to your group? I’m calling November “Accessible Apologetics” month! Each Friday, I’ll be releasing a new offering from the new Accessible Apologetics curriculum I wrote for just you. Today, I’m officially releasing Lesson 2, which is called, “Faith and Reason: How Do I Know Christianity is True?” It’s Christians [...]
The Monthly Report
Mikel is back! Even though apologetics isn’t about apologizing, today’s post begins with an apology to my readers: I’m sorry the blog hasn’t been updated much apart from a daily tweet or two recently. I’ve been super-busy teaching and preparing my apologetics training materials. But the good news is you’ll soon be able to benefit from the [...]
Video: Atheists Turned Apologists
Watch This Some Christians say, “people don’t come to faith through apologetics.” My guess is they just don’t know anybody who came to faith this way. But that doesn’t mean nobody does. For example, Paul’s efforts to persuade Jews and God-fearing Greeks resulted in “large numbers” coming to faith (Acts 17:2-4). We also know Augustine [...]
Quoted by Focus on the Family
While I was living in the Bay Area, I joined a number of parents—including an atheist and a Muslim—in opposing elementary school lessons which taught a functional view of the family. These controversial lessons also included an implication that homosexual behavior was no big deal in the Christian community as a whole and totally consistent with biblical teaching. A [...]
Professor Fired Over Catholic Views
I was grading some papers when I saw this on the news. An adjunct professor of religion at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign was fired after explaining the Catholic view of homosexual behavior in a class on Catholicism. According to the Huffington Post, a student complained to the department chair, stating:









