Section outline


  • THE 320 - Christian Apologetics (3 Cr)

    Instructor: Dr. David Feddes

    DavidFeddes.com

    என்னை பதிவு செய்யவும்


    Contributors: Dr. Voddie Baucham, Dr. Gary Habermas, Dr. Tim Keller, Dr. John Piper, Dr. Alvin Plantinga

    Overview:     This course introduces students to fundamental issues in apologetics (defending and contending for the faith). Students learn biblical worldview, cultural analysis, and presenting the gospel in a way that shows its plausibility and addresses common objections.

    Course Outcomes:

    1. Understand the role and limits of apologetics in Christian witness.
    2. State Christian truth accurately and persuasively in various situations.
    3. Address common objections to Christian belief.
    4. Interact sensitively with atheists, agnostics, and people of other religions.
    5. Develop a biblical worldview and sound epistemology in which Christian faith is real knowledge.


    Assignments:

    1. Read the online articles for each unit. You may also save these articles to your own computer for further study.
    2. Listen to online video lectures. For some videos, there is also a corresponding article. Slides for each video are posted as a PDF file. If you wish, you may save each file on your computer and adapt the slides to use when you teach others.
    3. Use the discussion forum to ask questions and exchange ideas with others.
    4. Take the online quiz for each unit. You will have 60 minutes to answer 15 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. Once a quiz starts, you must finish it and can't retake it. So be ready ahead of time. Each quiz covers readings and video lectures for that unit. While taking the quiz, you may use your notes and refer to articles and other materials. Tip: First, answer all the questions you know. Then try to look up answers to questions you don't know. When you have entered an answer for every question, submit the quiz for grading before the 60-minute limit.


    Grading Scale:


    A 95-100%   A- 90-94%   B+ 87-89%   B 83-86%   B- 80-82%   C+ 77-79%   C 73-76%   C- 70-72%    D+ 67-69%   D 63-66%   D- 60-62%   F 0-59%

    Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no credit.


    Deadline: You have 180 days to finish the course. Complete all assignments before the final deadline, or you will be automatically unenrolled, and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and take the class again to receive credit.


    Course Forum: Each course forum is at the beginning of the course, right before the first course content section, and has comments and questions from other students in the class. The forum is a great way to post a question or comment for other students who are currently enrolled in the course to see. Additionally, you can search the forum to see if anyone in the past has addressed or discussed the issue, question, or comment you wanted to post about.