Meeting Presentations

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Jan 2024
The Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ (Todd Ryan)
Reviews the historical evidence the led historians (even secular agnostics) to an overwhelming consensus that the biblical accounts of the resurrection are historically reliable.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xwvZjUqK_5emCdttBLFRhZdvmhJW42Iu/view?usp=drive_link

Feb 2024
Design in Nature: The Universe to Molecular Machines (Todd Ryan)
An introduction to how the universe is exquisitely fine tuned for life to exist and reviews how the unimaginably complexity of cellular machines implies a designer.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TOSWBVXxU43mZZWRUrcCHV0O6lpdkWe7/view?usp=drive_link

Mar 2024
The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Todd Ryan)
Reviews the evidence from astrophysics, mathematics, and philosophy pointing to the existence of a personal, creator of the universe.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uYZyHImmzuokWCs1iesYKJdqhUMCYj5M/view?usp=drive_link

Apr 2024
Biblical Archeology (Dr. Brian Maggard)
Explores the historical reliability of the Bible
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C0AihhLmCTCyp6SRUgHPDA_qA9a3X4mt/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=115184129679830352984&rtpof=true&sd=true

May 2024
How We Got the Bible (Nate Herbst)
Reviews the process of how the books of the Bible were determined.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1arqlfC9PxA-1F7VGeCgr444Zxq1k1A1T/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LQkR9nGxrt9biEAEpDlncouHjRFyEE4X/view?usp=drive_link

Sep 2024
The Celestial Destruction of Tall el-Hammam and Biblical Sodom (Dr. Gary Byers)
Dr. Beyers has worked with Steve Collins on the Sodom site since they discovered it. He reviews the archeological and physical evidence the site was destroyed by a meteorite air burst.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rVdsLYQMWjLBD6S6J8Mz7-02B2lbrxe_?usp=drive_link

Oct 2024
Intelligent Design and Darwinian Evolution (Todd Ryan)
Reviews basics of molecular biology, standard Darwinian theories, and what the intelligent design movement is about.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NwJoMLAw9oz6I8BfDU9OIgfTghjflJSz/view?usp=drive_link

Nov 2024
The Deceptions of Progressive/Postmodern Christianity (Don and Damara Andrade, The Hitched Apologists)
Reviews what proponents of progressive "Christianity" are saying and how postmodern deconstruction gives a new intellectual veneer to an age-old phenomena.
For a secular appraisal of the "fashionable nonsense" of postmodernism we suggest reading about the Sokal Hoax by physicist Alan Sokal and Youtube critiques of postmodernism by Noam Chomsky.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BH860PSE4vyfwVb1xesH1SQoKL7DzXm/view?usp=drive_link

Nov 2024
Special Workshop on using Greg Koukl's, "Tactics."
An interactive workshop to train and practice how to artfully and diplomatically communicate the truths of Christianity and provide reasons for unbelievers to consider the Christian faith. Reading the book prior to the workshop is recommended but not required.
Presented by Don and Damara Andrade (The Hitched Apologists)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kst3JR6-82pU9MmPrGCd2WgMduN0AVup/view?usp=drive_link

Dec 2024
Presuppositional Apologetics
Presents the basics of Cornelius Van Til's (and Francis Schaeffer's) approach to apologetics, which argues that non-Christian worldviews must borrow or tacitly assume biblical presuppositions to make sense of reality.
Presented by Thad Bonzon
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uHI0KqZ4R6rw9NfNYpeSbgAlHCxSyB6j?usp=drive_link

Feb 2025
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Even when convinced the intellectual problem of evil has a rational solution, most of us still struggle with why God allows evil or commands what we consider to be evil acts. This is not an intellectual objection but an emotional/gut response. This talk will address the emotional/pastoral problem of evil and how to engage those who struggle with it.
Presented by Scott Hassett (local pastor)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bZAiKlM4bsXQaGjqLyEda5vnviMsqPD3/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=115184129679830352984&rtpof=true&sd=true

Feb 2025
The Moral Argument for God's Existence and the Problem of Evil and Suffering
This talk will review William Lane Craig's moral argument for God's existence and the intellectual problem of evil.
Todd Ryan
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Wx-LbfQmMOD-5tb82ZHXeoaHOqa4u4bT/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=115184129679830352984&rtpof=true&sd=true
Articles on the slaughter of the Canaanites by Clay Jones
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L9qnCAb-J1BKS87FUTnqUN2BPbPY6x21/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fw4JpzDy9DUzivpI-wQ_ItvPExOWzwIT/view?usp=drive_link

March 2025
The Scriptural Case for the Doctrine of the Trinity
Many religious groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and Muslims reject the Trinity. Why do Christians believe it? This talk will review the scripture basis for the doctrine of the Trinity. The goal of this talk is A) ground Christians in the scriptural basis for their beliefs to better engage others, and B) help non-Christians understand why Christians believe the Trinity and its importance to Christianity.
Pastor Clint Saxon (Family Pastor, Faith Church)
Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12J5Q-7Ljdae5wQrJgmYDh3MeK1LliYCC/view?usp=drive_link
Short Paper on answering JWs objections to Trinity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EIvfhPwzofzdatEbhYdPetcKKXLaSSrD/view?usp=drive_link

April 2025
Witnessing to Nontrinitarians
The purpose of this meeting is to help Christians better understand non-Trinitarian groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, or Muslims and how to clearly address their objections to the Bible.
Nate Herbst (Great Commission Alliance)
Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXbbo1GskDIIJnITS09AH8foRehbrsFP/view?usp=drive_link