Dr. John Oakes taught a class titled Christianity and Bioethics at the 2013 ICEC at San Diego State University.  The class includes a discussion of the various technologies which we can assume will be coming in the fairly near future.  John proposes the kinds of technologies Christians should embrace and those which they should consider opposing.  Compassion, the desire to relieve suffering and the concept of responsible spiritual stewardship can guide wise choices, while the push to enhance human abilities beyond the “natural” present problems.   Christianity and Bioethics Notes      Christianity and Bioethics PPT

Dr. John Oakes taught a class titled Christianity in a Postmodern World at the 2013 ICEC at San Diego State University.  He proposes a rational Christian response to both the good and the bad which comes with postmodern thinking.  The class covers the history of modernism and why it was replaced by postmodernism, as well as a brief bio of the major influences in the movement as well as suggesting both the strengths and weaknesses of the postmodern mood.   Christianity in a Postmodern World Notes    Christianity in a Postmodern World PPT

We are excited to announce our seventh annual International Christian Evidence Conference:  Christianity and Culture.  The conference will be in San Diego June 14-16.  Teachers will include Guy Hammond, Dr. John Oakes, Dr. Dyron Daughrity, Joey Harris, Kedron Jones, Robert Carrillo, Todd Spath, Jennifer Konzen and Dan Conder.  We will be examining the relationship between Christianity and human culture, ethics, politics, race, warfare and much more.  All classes will be at San Diego State University or at the Mission Center of Hope, both of which are easily accessible by trolley from the hotel.  We will be making available a group rate for housing at the conference.

***FOR ALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES, PLEASE COMPLETE THE POST-CONFERENCE SURVEY.  Your input will be greatly appreciated as your insights will be very valuable to us as it will inform us in how we can improve future Conferences.  The following is the link to the POST-CONFERENCE SURVEY:
http://ow.ly/m4dKi

Please click below to access the Schedule and Registration Form:
2013 ICEC Schedule             Registration Form

To access San Diego State University’s campus map, please click below:
https://sunspot.sdsu.edu/map/display.cgi

For more information, contact Jan Oakes at 858-505-8841 or joakes01@san.rr.com.

 

2013 International Christian Evidence Conference
Christianity and Culture
June 14-16 San Diego, California

We are excited to announce registration is open for our seventh annual International Christian Evidence Conference.  The theme of the conference this year is Christianity and Culture.  We want to ask and to suggest answers to the questions where Christian life and teaching interacts with the broader culture.

The conference this year is at San Diego State University in San Diego California.  The dates are Friday-Sunday June 14-16.  The cost for registration is $70 for the entire conference or $40 for those who can only come on Saturday.  The Saturday night banquet will be $12.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
Dr. Dyron Daughrity  Pepperdine University Malibu, California
Guy Hammond  Evangelist  Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr. John Oakes  Grossmont College, President ARS
Robert Carrillo  Evangelist, San Diego
Dan Conder Board Member, ARS
Kedron Jones Board Member, ARS

CLASS TOPICS:
“Beyond Theoretical Rhetoric and Political Battles: The Church’s Response to Homosexuality.”
“The Moral Question of Abortion.”
“Christianity, War and Pacifism”
“Responding to Postmodernism and Relativism”
“Christianity and Bioethics”
“The Intolerance of Tolerance”
“A History of Christianity and Culture”
“The Myths and Realities of Same-Sex Attractions”
“Christianity and Race”

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Politics and Christianity,
Stem Cell Research, In Vitro Fertilization, etc.
Suicide/Euthenasia
Mental Health and Christianity
Environmentalism and Christianity
Sin and Genetics
Christian Response to Addiction

For biographies of the conferences speakers, please Read More below:

John Oakes did a class on church history in Panama City, Panama June 8, 2013.  The power point  is mostly in Spanish, with some English and the outline is in English.   Historia de la Iglesia PPT   Church History Notes

Editor’s Note:

The essay below if by Randy Hroziencik, a student in our Apologetics Certificate program (see the link on the front page of the site).  It is a follow-up to another essay (referred to as essay #2) in which he answered a request to write a defense of atheism.   Thanks to Randy for permission to publish this essay.

John Oakes wrote this article three years ago, but for some reason it never got published at the site.  This article was written to prepare for a forum on evolution of the same title.  A DVD of the debate is available at www.ipibooks.com   Four Chrsitian Views of Evolution

One of our ARS Apologetics Certificate students, Randy Hroziencik, submitted a paper on fideism which many will find helpful, so we are publishing it.  Thanks, Randy.   Fideism

Dr. John Oakes taught a lesson recently on discipling.  This is not a Christian evidence topic, obviously, but we thought some of our website users might be interested.  Discipling PPT   Discipling Notes   Discipling audio

ARS sponsored a class intended to help us to understand Islam.  The teachers were Dan Conder and Dr. John Oakes.  The class was 5/4/2013 in Gardena, CA. See below for class outline and more information.        Apologetics and Islam notes     Apologetics and Islam PPT

POST-CLASS SURVEY: http://ow.ly/kF88L

Illuminations Publishers International have begun to make John Oakes’ books available on e-books.  Many of you have shared that you would like to Dr. Oakes work on e-books.  Now is your chance.  Six of Dr. Oakes’ eight books are now available as e-books.  To purchase one go to www.ipibooks.com.