Launching Apologetics Academy

05 January 2010

The staff of Apologetics.com is committed to not only teaching apologetics but equipping believers to go out and engage in the conversation for Truth. That's why we're pleased to announce the launch of the Apologetics Academy, an extension of our ministry where you can be trained in the art and science of Christian apologetics from your own living room. To see what we're offering, click here.

To promote this new program, all subscription rates are half off.

The Causes of Atheism

Written by James Spiegel | 28 January 2010

THE ATHEISTS DISCUSSED thus far are all scholars. But, of course, not all atheists are academics. Like believers, they can be found in every sphere of society. In fact, some of the more well known atheists are celebrities. Actress Jodie Foster, for example, has spoken openly about her rejection of all things spiritual. In an interesting case of art imitating life, she has noted the similarities between her own beliefs and those of Eleanor Arroway, the astronomer she plays in the film Contact:

I absolutely believe what Ellie believes—that there is no direct evidence [for God], so how could you ask me to believe in God when there’s absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that’s out there that we haven’t discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don’t know any better.¹

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Jesus' Philosophy of Social Justice

Written by Rich Park | 25 January 2010

In an age of pain, poverty, sex-trafficking, and HIV-AIDS orphan rates of more than 15 million children to date – in such a drastic and dire age of helplessness, how are we to understand the idea of justice? As Jesus’ disciples and as His ambassadors, what is to be our role in the global scene of crises and catastrophes? What of the possibly 200,000 dead after the recent earthquake to hit the country of Haiti? Tune in tonight as host Rich Park and staff apologists Jeremy Livermore and Steve Tsai discuss the issues of social justice, poverty, and the Christian worldview.