{"id":1547,"date":"2011-09-20T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2011-09-20T19:32:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T00:32:35","slug":"acm-academy-of-apologetics-fall-semester-launch-with-gary-habermas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"ACM Academy of Apologetics &#8211; Fall Semester Launch with Gary Habermas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ACM Academy of Apologetics\" src=\"http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com\/2011_2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/250x250_6_academybutton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As of this coming Fall semester, I will be the managing director of Athanatos Christian Ministries&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">online apologetics academy<\/a>.\u00a0 October 3rd is when several classes begin. \u00a0Dr. Gary Habermas will be guest lecturing on the historical Jesus and the evidence for the Resurrection.\u00a0 It is possible to\u00a0<a title=\"Apologetics Guest Lecturer\" href=\"http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com\/2011_2012\/purchase-guest-lecturer-access\/122.html\" target=\"_blank\">attend these lectures without being enrolled<\/a>\u00a0in the academy.\u00a0 Those enrolled in the academy, regardless of course, can attend his 90 minute lectures to be held in early November.<\/p>\n<p>With the name of the facilitators listed alongside, here are the Fall 2011 courses offered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Historical Jesus: A Survey of Evidence &amp; Arguments \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Anthony Horvath at Athanatos Christian Ministries\" href=\"http:\/\/athanatosministries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Horvath<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Defending the Faith: The Accessible Apologetics Workshop [ADVANCED] \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Mikel Del Rosario Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apologeticsguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Del Rosario<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Defending the Faith: The Accessible Apologetics Workshop [BASIC] \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Mikel Del Rosario Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apologeticsguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Del Rosario<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking 1 \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Brian Auten Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/apologetics315.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Auten<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Truth of the Bible and Its Inerrancy \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Jim Tofflemire Creation Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/creationapologetics.net\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Tofflemire<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Survey of the Old Testament \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Anthony Horvath at Athanatos Christian Ministries\" href=\"http:\/\/athanatosministries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Horvath<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Studies in Atheism \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Grinbank Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truefreethinker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mariano Grinbank<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jesus According to\u2026 \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Grinbank Apologetics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truefreethinker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mariano Grinbank<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Basic Christianity \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Glenn Jones Apologetics\" href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Biblical Greek 1 \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Glenn Jones Apologetics\" href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>The courses are manageable 3-5 weeks in length with the exception of the OT course, which is 6 weeks.\u00a0 This fall, there are courses for those who are familiar with apologetics topics already and want to go deeper and those who are just getting started. \u00a0For example, we suggest that every Christian know basic Greek. \u00a0Also, the Basic Christianity class (taught by me &#8211; Glenn Jones) is organized around C.S. Lewis\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060652888\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=indefofthefai-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0060652888\">Mere Christianity<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=indefofthefai-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0060652888&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.\u00a0 New Christians or seekers are strongly encouraged to take the Basic Christianity course.<\/p>\n<p>This leads us to the fact that atheists and agnostics are welcome to attend our courses.\u00a0 This session, the Historical Jesus course and the Survey of the Old Testament would be of particular value to a non-Christian:\u00a0 if you\u2019re going to reject something, you should actually know what you are rejecting\u00a0<em>as the proponents themselves present it<\/em>.\u00a0 The Survey of the OT course is actually part 1 of 3, with parts 2 and 3 to come later in the year.\u00a0 It is impossible to fully comprehend Christianity without an understanding of the Old Testament.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us to our \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com\/2011_2012\/send-an-atheist-to-school-program\/169.html\" target=\"_blank\">Send an Atheist to School<\/a>\u201d program.\u00a0 We are aware that atheists or seekers might not be willing to pay for such courses.\u00a0 We are asking Christians to consider sponsoring atheists, seekers, agnostics, and fellow Christians who cannot afford our (reasonably priced) courses.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and register at:\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"apologetics academy\" href=\"http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/academyofapologetics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of this coming Fall semester, I will be the managing director of Athanatos Christian Ministries&#8217;\u00a0online apologetics academy.\u00a0 October 3rd is when several classes begin. \u00a0Dr. Gary Habermas will be guest lecturing on the historical Jesus and the evidence for the Resurrection.\u00a0 It is possible to\u00a0attend these lectures without being enrolled\u00a0in the academy.\u00a0 Those enrolled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=1547\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ACM Academy of Apologetics &#8211; Fall Semester Launch with Gary Habermas!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apologetics","category-promotionals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}