Advanced Apologetics Part Five | Dr. Phil Fernandes | Shepherds Bible College

In this fifth session of AP 301: Foundations for Apologetics, Dr. Phil Fernandes of Shepherds Bible College in Bremerton, Washington shifts from the biblical basis of apologetics into the practical work of actually doing apologetics — beginning with two of the most foundational questions in all of philosophy: What is truth, and can man know it?

Dr. Fernandes walks through the logical progression of a Christian defense of the faith, explains how to tailor apologetic arguments to the individual, and makes a rigorous case that absolute truth exists and is knowable — dismantling relativism, postmodernism, and skepticism along the way.

Topics covered in this session:

• The 12-step logical progression for defending the Christian faith

• Why apologetics must be person-centered, not one-size-fits-all

• The Correspondence Theory of Truth — telling it like it is

• Why the claim "there is no absolute truth" is self-refuting

• Why the claim "man cannot know truth" is equally self-refuting

• Modernism, post-Kantian skepticism, existentialism, and postmodernism

• How Nietzsche inadvertently gave apologists three powerful arguments for God

• Deconstruction, political correctness, and the cultural consequences of rejecting truth

Taught at Shepherds Bible College | Bremerton, Washington
Part of the AP 301 Foundations for Apologetics course series