tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54388890062308032412024-03-19T13:34:35.836+10:00Operation 513 - Apologetics BlogLearn how to defend your faith against any sorts of attacks against Christianity, the Bible, and God. At the Apologetics blog, you will gain confidence in God's Word.Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-16797128770938820592013-11-08T12:51:00.000+10:002013-11-08T12:52:07.624+10:00Why must the Cause of the Universe be Personal?<img alt="Personal or Impersonal Cause of the Universe?" src="http://www.operation513.com/uploads/images/witnessingweekly/storm-clouds-1345441-m.jpg" style="float: right; border: 0px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; width: 150px; height: 113px;" /><p>Have you ever wondered how we can know that the cause of the universe is indeed personal and not simply some impersonal force or entity.</p><p>Watch the following 2 minute video as Dr William Lane Craig answers this question.</p>
<iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/v2mFogzBO-Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-68549625882481227582013-05-17T15:20:00.001+10:002013-05-17T15:21:33.709+10:00Was Jesus just a Great Teacher?<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTUJZWBleXVW9eiMn-Oo8wvAbqVFGzNDoWzXLsrsWx4zfDBX5XgKXU9vYQLI_a7IKz9F7CRywwfmq0wopqHi3PhQLK9FY0gtKTScqMNgsW-AdzMCfEpkj5eN2jYl1Cc_oNGnjZiYKp8gU/s320/stonecross.jpg" alt="Cross" style="float:right;padding:0px 0px 10px 10px;" /><p>Many people who are not happy to call Jesus, God are happy to say he was a great teacher. Is that really a legitimate position to hold?</p><p>Watch this 1 and a half minute video to find out.</p>
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Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-48646373842954393582013-05-09T18:48:00.002+10:002013-05-09T18:48:39.333+10:00How can God exist if there is evil and suffering in the world?<img style="float:right;padding:0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="Suffering" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRiCsLK4IruIkRdobVBumR1E4ke5YrXyevqHQsLq1-exVen59A6G1LTpbNfljK8ynGzGsbJKNobE4cbtcbBK5oTQ44F8RLAcj8IpsLtb4rPE6a7LO4fgg50o6G0VltmazNJe4SEikCiXV/s320/holocaust_memorial_5.jpg" /><p>You've undoubtedly come across a person who argued that God can't exist because there is evil and suffering in the world. Do you know how to respond to this objection? Did you know evil and suffering, instead of disproving God, actually supports his existence?</p>
<p>Greg Koukl in the following video answers these questions, take a listen.</p>
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Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-23227618959940495822013-04-26T15:51:00.000+10:002013-04-26T16:01:30.838+10:00Is belief in God like a belief in Santa Claus?<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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<p>Skeptics sometimes ask when they hear that a Christian believes in God, "Do you believe in Santa Claus too?" Is that a far enough criticism or have they made an error in logic?</p>
<p>Watch the following video where Dr. William Lane Craig responds to this objection.</p>
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<p>Skeptics love throwing out the objection, "How can you trust a book written by men?" They conclude that Christians must have been indoctrinated into their belief as a child or have just taken a giant leap of faith into the dark by believing the Bible.</p>
<p>But as you'll see in this 2 minute video below, there are many good reasons for trusting the Bible as a book that is truth.</p>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HhT4kFyFEeg?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-44651868884551246432013-03-25T23:27:00.002+10:002013-03-25T23:30:12.557+10:00What is tolerance? William Lane Craig Explains<img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbhsP4vZAwJ1t5wPZX84XLzAdXP5Mx7J8m-iYOlgc2olB9NYOtfALDsa7xuz93v6QxcbtNFDBQ9W0tMXScLg5OaDYHVKEUoG4tjsq5bd1LXYsx50qZoRRy0bpPn4IlD0omk_RYQGse0-c/s200/feuding_cups_1.jpg" style="float: right;padding:0px 0px 10px 10px" width="200" /><p>Many people object to Christians saying "Why can't you be tolerant of other people's viewpoints?" But what exactly does tolerance mean?</p><p>Find out in this 2 minute video by William Lane Craig.</p>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RzbVCV6XhvQ?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-87213009836972774662011-03-31T14:18:00.003+10:002011-03-31T14:38:31.391+10:00"But Who Created God?"<p>It is likely that you have heard atheists say to Christians, <i>"But who created God?"</i> They ask this usually when the Christian has shown that the universe had a beginning, and so in the atheist's mind it's a little like, "If I can't have an eternal universe, then you can't have an eternal God." But does this question really present a problem for Christianity? In this video, Randall Niles explains the impossibility of infinite regression, showing there must be an uncaused God.</p>
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<p>There are arguments that can be given which show that the uncaused cause of the universe must be personal, meaning that it must refer to God and not simply to a singularity. Check out the <a href="http://operation513.blogspot.com/2008/07/kalam-cosmological-argument-for-gods.html">Kalam Cosmological argument</a> article for more information.</p>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-86316804874659487692011-02-23T17:13:00.003+10:002013-04-12T15:02:31.274+10:00Why does the Bible mention Unicorns?<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 200px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggjMzS4oZ0DAQxBQXMWUPYxLOzmkZV6MbuL_yzP1s__Jb_1zWV3YAJ9mcUZntidPT0a5z6hgGo2J29uVVFHY96STGDCXEnyol_ztvBU8XOptY8LE3SU9fkwEBPxxhfsG_7L_OLAh_AdNV/s200/the_unicorn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576781326295082882" alt="The Unicorn" />
<p>If you've ever been reading some of the Old Testament books of the Bible in the King James Version you might have come across something you found very strange, and that is that it speaks about unicorns. Why does the Bible talk about them? And what is a unicorn in the first place? The following video will endeavour to answer the important question of 'Why does the Bible mention Unicorns?"</p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CqTMvuDUpYM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-33492633596393599242010-11-23T12:52:00.003+10:002010-11-23T12:52:00.179+10:00Is the God of Islam Unjust?<p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl64DiLDG72xkEn9ZPBNwQstf2FwwwYr0thcpMomgm3PQ-XyHWklQlfQhouLke7_tlyv-MO925waeBLeRQSbBoLGJoYATSewykkKK_mcqdE7PlmeMDna-O7ghKmjwJASu3Kug45DMlF7pK/s320/quran1.jpg" border="0" alt="Qur'an" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540903650224362450" />
How does divine justice compare in Christianity compared to Islam? Does Allah always act in a way that is just. Or does he sometimes act deceptively? This is what the following video will discuss. It is a snippet from the <a href="http://www.operation513.com/join-a-street-team/">Operation 513 Gold Coast outreach</a> held on the <a href="http://www.operation513.com/battlelog/id/487/">23rd July 2010</a>, where Ryan Hemelaar responds to Muslim hecklers.</p>
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On 23rd July 2010, as part of the <a href="http://www.operation513.com/battlelog/team/2/">Gold Coast Operation 513 outreach</a>, there were a few Muslims heckling the preacher, Ryan Hemelaar. One of the questions they asked was: "Why God can't simply forgive sin if someone repents? For that way, Jesus didn't have to die." Watch the follow video to hear how Ryan responds.</p>
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<p>Many have wondered what the outcome of the debate was last week. Here is what one person said:</p>
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<p>The DVD of the debate can now be <a href"http://www.operation513.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/53">purchased</a> for only $6 from the <a href="http://www.operation513.com/shop/">Operation 513 Web Store</a>.</p>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-45547586868806269402010-08-02T11:05:00.003+10:002010-08-02T11:11:52.470+10:00How is Christianity Different?<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcsJYLqB7Sk8f9dnNSD87QOZwN4IlAqjvmmAVRDyyUQIpjkfK3RyvbJY_Oo2bA-u3uvr0DoeKXES-nA9FJA60YxoowIp64dF3iqf4PyVz2N3zszcB09Cl6KDS3dGDxvQFJ9tDNJJHxilt/s320/bible+(150x100).jpg" border="0" />
<p>Ever wondered how different Christianity is to all the other religions in the world? Why is it any better? Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason endeavours to answer this question in the following short video.</p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qip5McybtDs&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qip5McybtDs&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-38894465063225075562010-06-29T18:26:00.003+10:002010-06-29T18:31:54.597+10:00Are the passion narratives in the Gospels early and accurate?<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 150px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5lCQUv1C_tSPI9NbVkRf5DMm3eFWncWAe9fjUDaJPtu8xC84JjW8xJjwi6O2udYIFneKFEG1H77X8FBMnmXY3dZnyFFLE_C8Qc_gVOsXgTYsc2TGMii_dHf4lGvFSCgpeS6341S-u_Uz/s320/pens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488109625764761746" />
<p>Have you ever wondered why scholars today consider the passion narratives in the Gospels to be early and accurate? The following clip is from an interview with Dr. William Lane Craig on the John Ankerberg show which seeks to answer this question.</p>
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<p>Often atheists like to dismiss the testimony of the eye-witnesses of Jesus' resurrection by saying that the only people who saw Jesus alive were those who were already believers. But John Warwick Montgomery in this video shows why this is not the case, and why that objection in the first place is not logically valid.</p>
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<p>Are miracles inconsistent with science? The philosopher David Hume thought it was. Was he right? John Lennox in this video discusses why David Hume was incorrect about the impossibility of miracles and shows that miracles are not at all incompatible with the things we have learned from science.</p>
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Have you ever heard the argument that since matter cannot be created nor destroyed, this universe must be eternal? Or since miracles go against the laws of nature, therefore miracles cannot occur? William Lane Craig, John Kennedy, Alvin Plantinga, and Doug Thrower in this video discuss whether miracles do actually violate the laws of nature.</p>
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<p>Richard Dawkins is well-known for saying that faith is irrational and not based on evidence. Here though, he comes unstuck, and admits that faith does have evidence.</p>
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<p>Have you ever heard someone say that the physical world is all there is? That belief is called naturalism. But as William Lane Craig proves in this minute and a half video is that naturalism is not based on evidence, but on faith.</p>
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<p>John Dickson, of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.publicchristianity.com/">Centre for Public Christianity</a>, interviews Karin Sowada on the relationship between archaeology and the Bible. Karin has been a politician in Australia, is Assistant Curator of the Nicholson Museum at <span class="mw-redirect">Sydney University</span> and is a researcher in Egyptian archaeology with Macquarie University in Sydney. She has carried out excavation work in Jordan, Egypt and Israel and is a specialist in the foreign relations of Egypt and the Near East during the Bronze Age.</p>
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<p>Many people mistakenly think that if evil exists, then therefore God cannot exist. But the question must be asked, "How are the two incompatible with each other?" Dr. William Lane Craig in this short two-minute video shows that the atheist is actually the one who has the burden of proof to shoulder, showing that the two cannot co-exist.</p>
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<p>For sure one of the most common arguments used against the existence of God is the fact that there is evil in the world. But in actuality, evil much less than being an argument against God's existence, actually proves His existence. Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Greg Koukl in this close to 3 minute video explain how this is the case.</p>
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<p>The Ontological Argument for God's existence is one that has been greatly discussed as to its validity ever since its first formation by Anselm in the 11th century AD. Since then, the argument has been developed further by various philosophers in response to some of the criticism the argument has received. Dr. William Lane Craig in the following 5 minute video lays out the Modal Ontological Argument, and then addresses some of the criticism that Richard Dawkins has made against the argument.</p><br />
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<p>With the sheer amount of Muslims migrating to Western countries these days, undoubtedly you have seen many in your day to day life. But would you know how to witness to a Muslim? Are there any points of commonality? Do they have different concept of God and salvation? Dr. R.C. Sproul, from <a rel="external" href="http://www.ligonier.org/">Ligonier Ministries</a>, with special guest Abdul Saleeb have recently given an 8-part lecture series (20 some minutes each) answering these sorts of questions. This dialogue was recently broadcast on Dr. Sproul's <a href="http://www.ligonier.org/rym/podcast/podcast.xml">Renewing Your Mind Podcast</a>.</p>
<ul style="list-style-type:square"><li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100426.mp3">Opposing Foundations</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100427.mp3">The Fatherhood of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100428.mp3">The Trinity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100429.mp3">Man the Sinner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100430.mp3">The Necessity of Grace</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100503.mp3">The Necessity of the Atonement</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100504.mp3">Christ: God and Man</a></li>
<li><a href="http://broadcast.ligonier.org/podcast-media/rym20100505.mp3">The Authenticity of Scripture</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Alternatively, you can <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/renewing-your-mind-r-c-sproul/id110916650">subscribe</a> to the <a href="http://www.ligonier.org/rym/podcast/podcast.xml">Renewing Your Mind Podcast</a> through iTunes and download them all there.</p>Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.com0