Session 1
The Gospel
Why is it important?
What is
The Gospel
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It separates Christianity from all other
religions (Do and Done).
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John 14:6 (one way)
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Acts 4:12 (Salvation in no one else)
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Romans 1:16 (power of God to save)
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1 Peter 1:3 (our only hope)
IT IS GOD’S GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT!
What Is The Gospel?
For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.
John 3:17
God
• God’s creation was perfect
• He sets the rules
• We are accountable to Him
• Why we call Him Lord
God
Man
• The Fall – sin (separation from God)
• The problem – man disobeyed God
• Why we die
• Why we need a Savior
God
Man
Christ
• God’s solution - Jesus Christ
• How He acted to save us
• The center/core of the Gospel
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the
scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he
rose again the third day according to
the scriptures:
God
Man
Christ
Response
For by grace you have
been saved through
faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the
gift of God, not of
works, lest anyone
should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
Psalm 11:3
God
Man
Christ
Response
The foundation
for the Gospel
is under attack
Things that cannot save you
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Holding a position in the church: a
deacon, pastor, elder, or serve on a
committee
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Praying, reading the Bible, or attending
Bible studies
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Wearing a tie to church, a sport coat, a
dress or a suit
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Calling yourself a Christian, a Baptist,
a Presbyterian, or other title
Things that cannot save you

Knowing the Bible better than others,
quoting Bible verses, or being the one
everyone in your church goes to with
Bible questions

Being a founding member of your
church

Being a trustee or member of the
church board

Being a great humanitarian
The First 3 Chapters
God’s plan of redemption is based on
what happened in Genesis. Genesis is
key to understanding the Bible!
Literal 6-day creation
Adam and Eve
Marriage
The Fall
The promise of a Savior
Origin of languages
Origin of nations
Perfect Creation
Death
Disease
Pain
Suffering
Restoration
The only true Gospel of Jesus Christ
is corrupted, distorted & denied by
evolutionary beliefs & teachings.
• Millions of years
• Natural selection
• Human evolution
• Big bang
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
BY MEANS OF NATURAL
SELECTION,
OR THE PRESERVATION OF
FAVOURED RACES IN THE
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
The only true Gospel is marginalized
& changed by false teachers & man
centered theologies.
• No Sin
• No Hell
• Everyone saved
• Many ways to God
• All faiths equal
New Age Philosophies
Transcendental Meditation
Prayer Circles
Bible not God’s Word
No Absolutes
Part 2: Apologetics
Why should all Christians learn
and practice apologetics?
DOES
GOD
EXIST?
Apologetics
Greek: “apologia” meaning a verbal defense
Christian apologetics is that branch of
Christianity that deals with answering any
and all critics who oppose or question the
Word of God
Apologetics
But sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts, and always be ready to give a
defense to everyone who asks you a
reason for the hope that is in you, with
meekness and fear;
1 Peter 3:15
627 απολογια apologia ap-ol-og-ee’-ah
Strongs Concordance
Jude 3
…it was needful for me to write
unto you, and exhort you that
ye should earnestly contend
for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
Agonizoma
(Agonize)
Reasons for Apologetics
1. Evangelism
2. Demonstrates obedience to God’s Word
3. Equips believers to defend their faith
4. Strengthens believer’s faith
5. Makes the Bible relevant to the
unbeliever
6. Equips parents to train and protect their
children
Apologetics: Jesus
 14
times in Matthew the Bible states,
“He answered and said…”
 John
4:5-30 (the woman at the well)
 Matthew
21:24-27 (Jesus answered a
question with a question to the chief
priest and elders)
Apologetics: Paul
 Acts
17:2 (He reasoned for 3 Sabbaths)
 Acts
17:17 (He reasoned in the
Synagogue)
 Acts
18:4 (Reasoned in the Synagogue
every Sabbath)
 Acts
 Acts
18:19 (He reasoned with the Jews)
17: 22-34 (He gave an apologia
(defense) to the men of Athens)
Why Many Christians Avoid
Apologetics
Lack of biblical knowledge
 Apathy
 Fear
 Never taught
 Believe it is for intellectuals
 Lazy

Apologetics Categories
Practical
 Critical thinking methods
 Evidential
 Foundational
 Presuppositional
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Presuppositionalism
Presuppositionalism focuses on things
we pre-assume to be true (a personal
commitment, non-provable).
A presupposition is a belief or proposition
that we accept as true from the
BEGINNING. We use it as a foundational
truth by which we prove other things.
God exists and His Word is true.
Presuppositionalism
A Christian’s understanding of knowledge
must start with God as Creator of all
things. It is the beginning of a Christian’s
worldview.
Stronghold Tactics
Intimidation
 Coercion
 Repetition (schools, media, politics…)
 Ridicule
 Labeling (fundamentalist, anti- )
 Band wagon (everyone, all…)
 Censorship (education system…)
 Half-truths
 Early childhood education (media, schools)
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Training Grounds
Non-Believer
Believer
State schools
 Secular universities
 News media
 Politics
 Video games
 Youth camps
 Hollywood
 Many Christian
universities
 Many churches
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Very few schools
Few universities
Very few churches
CTI
AiG, ICR, CMI
AzOSA, FIGI, Canopy
Ministries and others
America: Our History
Founded upon
biblical principles
Original public school system
 Ivy League Schools
 Washington DC monuments
 Coins: “In God We Trust”
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The Situation
Gay rights
Post modernism
Abortion rights God used evolution
Moral relativism Eastern mysticism
Evolution
Tolerance
State Schools

Disallow the singing of Christmas carols
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Disallow prayer

Disallow the posting of the Ten
Commandments

Disallow the name of Jesus at athletic
events or school assemblies
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Disallow the teaching of a Creator God
The Changing of America
Sexual purity has become sexual “freedom”
from constraints
Academic freedom has become state
mandated training (indoctrination)
Freedom to live has become freedom to
choose who dies (abortion)
Absolute morality has become moral relevance
Biblical principles have been deemed intolerant
A New Great Civil War
A New Great Civil War
In the beginning
God created…
No Creator
evolutionism
Banned from
public view
Constitution
The Situation
Parents
Unaware of what is happening
 Lack the necessary training
 Compromised position
 Tears
 Some angry because they were deceived
 Very few have the knowledge to help
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The Church
Under pressure to conform
 Many compromised (evolution or God
used evolution)
 Trying to re-invent itself (postmodernism, emergent church,
eastern mysticism,…)
 Very few holding to the authority of
Scripture
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Christian Schools & Universities

Teaching similar to public schools
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Lack qualified teachers in apologetics

Many have compromised (evolution
or God used evolution)
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Some holding to the authority of
Scripture
The Situation
The Next Generation
Answers in Genesis and The American
Research Group
www.answersingenesis.org
Barna Group
www.barna.org
Nehemiah Institute
www.nehemiahinstitute.org
Biblical Worldview Testing
Nehemiah Institute (www.nehemiahinstitute.com)
(Politics, Education, Religion, Social Issues)
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Christian
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Conditioning Through
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Humanism
Teacher
Colleges
Discernment
Brian Rohrbough (son Dan was murdered in
the Columbine massacre), “Heavenly or
Earthly Treasures,” IndoctriNation, 2012, p. 20.
“Looking back, I realize that my church
upbringing didn’t stand a chance
against all of the immersive ‘education’
that I’d received.”
Ben Shapiro (Harvard Law School),
Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate
America’s Youth, 2004, p. xvi-xvii.
“College students are attacked with
bias from the moment they step on
campus until the time they leave it.
The effect is devastating…. The
burgeoning problem of brainwashing
by the universities must be combated.”
Randy Douglass, (Ph.D., Professor of Ministry),
“Closing the Back Door: The Need for Christian
Education”, www.normgeisler.com/articles, Oct
21, 2009.
“The primary reason adolescents
are going AWOL is because of a
deep distrust in the Bible. These
adolescents had questions about
the Bible that were not sufficiently
answered.”
Evolution
 Scientists have
proven…
 News media
 God used
evolution
What
should I  Moral relativism

believe?
Who will train the next generation?
We are out numbered
 We are out financed
 We are surrounded
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and
There is dissention, compromise
and surrender in the church ranks
“If I profess with the loudest voice and
clearest exposition every portion of the
truth of God except that little point which
the world and the devil are at that moment
attacking, I am not professing Christ,
however boldly I may be confessing Him.
Where the battle rages, there the loyalty
of the soldier is proved!”
Martin Luther &
Elizabeth Rundle Charles, "The Chronicles
of the Schoenberg Cotta Family," 1864.