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Miscellaneous Resources... IBC Session Schedule, fall 23 Worldview Chart ARTICLE What is a Worldview? Recommended books... Understanding the Times, Noebel Evidence that Demands a Verdict, McDowell An Introduction to Christian Worldview, Anderson/Clark/Naugle Deep Thoughts for Young Thinkers, McWilliams Recommended websites... josh.org probe.org carm.org thinkingaboutthebible.com reasons.org discovery.org answersingenesis.org

SESSION 1 - Can I Trust the Bible? How do I know the Bible is really God's Word? How did we get the Bible? Can I trust the Bible I use? Is God's Word all I need? What about the mistakes and contradictions in the Bible? Which translation is best? ...authority, authenticity, dynamic equivalence, Dead Sea scrolls, inerrancy, plenary, infallible. Session 1 notes Session slides ARTICLE Interpreting the Bible

SESSION 2 - Can I Know God? Is it possible to prove God is real? How can I know about Him? What is He like? Are there things He can't do? Session 2 notes Session slides ARTICLE God: The Supreme Supernatural ARTICLE What Can't God Do? ARTICLE Does It Matter Which God I Believe In?

SESSION 3 - What Can I Know about Reality? Is there more than matter and energy? What can I know about the unseen realm? Are demons real? Session 3 notes Session slides

SESSION 4 - How Can I Know What's Right or Wrong? Can't we all be right? Nothing's really black-and-white, is it? Can't I make my own truth? ...absolute truth, relativism. Session 4 notes Session slides

SESSION 5 - What am I Do I really have a purpose in the universe? What is the image of God? Am I good or bad? But I was born that way, how can that be wrong? Can transhumanism make me better? Session slides

SESSION 6 - What's Wrong with Everything? How can a good and powerful God let bad things happen? Did God create evil? Can everything be fixed? Session notes Session slides

SESSION 7 - Where Did the Universe Come From? Is the Big Bang scientific? What is fine-tuning? Are we a privileged planet? Session notes Session slides

SESSION 8 - Where Did I Come From? Am I just an evolved primate? Is there evidence I'm not just another animal? What does my DNA say? ...micro/macro evolution, natural selection. Session notes Session slides

SESSION 9 - Why Do Christians Disagree about Origins? Old or Young Earth? Does it matter? Did God use evolution? Were there people before Adam? ...gap theory, theistic evolution, progressive creationism. Session 9 notes Session slides

SESSION 10 - Can I Believe in the Resurrection and Other Miracles? What is a miracle? Why did Jesus perform miracles? Do I have to believe in the resurrection? Session 10 notes Session slides

SESSION 11 - Jesus and Mohammed. Didn't they teach the same things? Isn't Allah just another name for God. What does Islam think of me? Session 11 notes Session slides

SESSION 12 - Jesus Among Other Gods. Is Jesus one of many ways to serve God? What answers can I give Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists and others? Session 12 notes Session slides