Out and About

I haven’t posted here in a while since things have been crazy busy. Went down to Charlotte NC for some schoolin. I’m an external student at SES and they require four module classes to be taken on campus. A module is basically a week long class from 6-10pm Mon-Fri and from 8-4 on Saturday. You basically get an entire semester’s worth of teaching in one week. It’s a good way for me to kick start my degree path since being an external really bites.

I attended a class by Gary Habermas on C. S. Lewis. It was a very interesting class, especially from Habermas.

If you don’t know who Habermas is, he’s a guy who has pretty much specialized in the resurrection of Jesus. He got his doctorate in it, he’s written tons of books about it, and that’s just his thang.

He gave a little bit of his testimony and basically he became a Christian and then pretty much doubted everything about it for a little bit…. like 10 years. And one of the things that brought him back was the resurrection. For him the resurrection of Jesus is the center of Christianity and everything is relative to it.

And indeed, in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 (the resurrection chapter) Paul makes this same statement because if Jesus isn’t raised from the dead, then we’re the most miserable people on earth.

But what also makes Habermas interesting is that when he debates atheists, he uses only material that they’ll accept. Paul & 1 Corinthians 15 is accepted as early and historical by skeptics and Mark is accepted by skeptics. From a handful of points that all the skeptics accept, he goes on to demonstrate that the resurrection of Jesus is a historical event.

I watched Habermas debate the famous atheist Anthony Flew (who has become a theist recently – but he’s not a Christian) on the John Ankerberg show. If you haven’t seen this debate it’s off the hook!

Habermas presents 12 lines of evidence and Flew couldn’t refute one of them. It’s really interesting especially since Flew is probably The Foremost Hume Scholar in the world.

You can watch the video on Habermas website.

He talked with an atheist while he was down in Charlotte (actually he talked with several) and this guy asked for one book that defined what he believed and Habermas said “The Risen Jesus and Future Hope” – I’m going to have to get that one.

I’ve got his “Historical Jesus” which is fascinating especially when all the skeptics are running around looking for the “historical Jesus”.

I hope to get me some time to post up in here in the next few weeks. I’d like to post more about Mormonism, especially the doctrine that they taught back in the good olde days that Adam was God, I want to post some C. S. Lewis articles, and some other stuff.

Hey, if you guys have any questions or criticisms about the Bible, Christianity, or Terry Pratchett, email me at bishopbooyah at gmail.com. And I’ll post on those whenever I get a chance.