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Is the Christian faith rational? Reasonable? How do we respond to other faiths in this world?

These lectures were originally delivered in the Fall of 2004 on the campus of Denver Seminary, by Dr. Douglas Groothuis (Professor of Philosophy). They are provided here, with permission, to challenge and edify. Provided also are lecture notes supplied to attendees, and relevant books to supplement the lectures.

Introductory Lecture	Audio (26 minutes)	n/a
Nature of Apologetics, 1	Audio (1 hour, 21 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Nature of Apologetics, 2	Audio (38 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Developing an Apologetic Mind, 1	Audio (1 hour, 10 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Developing an Apologetic Mind, 2	Audio (1 hour, 14 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Worldviews, Truth, and Knowledge, 1	Audio (1 hour, 15 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Worldviews, Truth, and Knowledge, 2	Audio (57 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Truth and Knowledge	Audio (50 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Conventionalism	Audio (14 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Testing Worldviews	Audio (47 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Natural Theology	Audio (26 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Atheism	Audio (24 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Cosmological Arguments, 1	Audio (38 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Cosmological Arguments, 2	Audio (34 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Cosmological Arguments, 3	Audio (53 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Design Arguments, 1	Audio (51 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Design Arguments, 2	Audio (41 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Design Arguments, 3	Audio (52 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Design Arguments, 4	Audio (39 minutes)	Lecture Notes
God and Moral Meaning, 1	Audio (40 minutes)	Lecture Notes
God and Moral Meaning, 2	Audio (29 minutes)	Lecture Notes
God and Moral Meaning, 3	Audio (43 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Argument from Religious Experience	Audio (40 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Question and Answers	Audio (20 minutes)	n/a
Pascal's Wager	Audio (56 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Miracles, 1	Audio (44 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Miracles, 2	Audio (37 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Reliability of the New Testament, 1	Audio (43 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Reliability of the New Testament, 2	Audio (35 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Reliability of the New Testament, 3	Audio (46 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Apologetic Role Playing	Audio (43 minutes)	n/a
Claims of Jesus and Resurrection	Audio (39 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Easternism and New Age, 1	Audio (29 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Easternism and New Age, 2	Audio (1 hour)	Lecture Notes
Easternism and New Age, 3	Audio (44 minutes)	n/a
Testimony on New Age	Audio (32 minutes)	n/a
Religious Pluralism and Exclusivism	Audio (1 hour, 6 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Islam, 1	Audio (36 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Islam, 2	Audio (28 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Brief Comments on the Medium of Video	Audio (10 minutes)	n/a
Intelligent Design and Science, 1	Audio (53 minutes)	Lecture Notes
Intelligent Design and Science, 2 (Closing Comments)	Audio (15 minutes)	n/a
God and the Problem of Evil, 1	Audio (56 minutes)	Lecture Notes
God and the Problem of Evil, 2	Audio (1 hour, 12 minutes)	Lecture Notes

 

Additional Readings Pertinent to the Lectures: 

No Doubt About it. Winfried Corduan (Nashville, TN: Broadman, Holman, 1997) 

Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism. Douglas Groothuis (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000) 

On Jesus. Douglas Groothuis (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2003; published June 2002) 

Confronting the New Age. Douglas Groothuis (InterVarsity, 1988) 

Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity. J.P. Moreland (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1987) 

The Universe Next Door, 4th edition. James Sire (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004)

Other Pertinent Works:

The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues & Commentary. Craig L. Blomberg (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001)

The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Craig L. Blomberg (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1987)

Breaking the Da Vinci Code:  Answers to the Questions Everybody's Asking. Darrell L. Bock (Nashville, TN:  Nelson Books, 2004)

The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities. Darrell L. Bock (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2006)

Studying the Historical Jesus: A Guide to Sources and Methods. Darrell L. Bock (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002)

The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? F.F. Bruce (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1981)

What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography. Richard A. Burridge (Dearborn, MI: Eerdmans, 2004)

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan. Paul Copan, ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998)

Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. Craig A. Evans (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006)

The Canon Debate. Lee Martin McDonald and James A. Sanders, eds. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002)

The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Bruce M. Metzger (Oxford University Press, 1997)

Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Michael J. Wilkins and J.P. Moreland, eds. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995)

Judas and the Gospel of Jesus: Have We Missed the Truth about Christianity? N.T. Wright (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2006)