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CC310
Apologetics and Outreach
Course Description
An analysis of the philosophical, religious, and scientific beliefs and ideas that have shaped different cultures and are now reshaping our multicultural and pluralistic society. Differences in attitudes toward the value and purpose of life, sexual identity and roles, racial and cultural differences, God, good and evil, superstition, etc., are all discussed with the goal of learning how to better communicate the Gospel in our society.
Course Instructor
Jerram Barrs
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| 1 | Course Introduction | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
| 2 | Postmodernism & Style | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
| 3 | Postmodernism & Language | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 4 | Postmodernism & Epistemology | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 5 | Postmodernism & Authority | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 6 | Postmodernism & Morality | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 7 | Postmodernism & Truth | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 8 | Postmodernism & Community | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 9 | Postmodernism & Culture Wars | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 10 | Postmodernism & Friendship | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 11 | Postmodernism & Evangelism | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 12 | Postmodernism & Missions | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 13 | The Great Commission | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 14 | Missions & Reluctance | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 15 | Missions & Conversion | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 16 | Mission Barriers | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 17 | Missions & Identity | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 18 | Apologetics & Respect | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 19 | Apologetics & Building Bridges | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 20 | Apologetics & Understanding | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 21 | Apologetics & Communication | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 22 | Apologetics & Reason | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 23 | Apologetics & Challenge | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 24 | Deism | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 25 | Idolatry | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 26 | New Age Spirituality | Transcript PDF Transcript | Study Guide PDF | Download | Listen |
| 27 | Appendix A: Humanism & Existentialism | Transcript n/a Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
| 28 | Appendix B: Humanism Quotes | Transcript n/a Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
| 29 | Appendix C: Existentialism Quotes | Transcript n/a Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
| 30 | Appendix D: Pathways for Gospel | Transcript n/a Transcript | Study Guide n/a | Download | Listen |
Additional Resources
Related Readings
All of the books specified as related reading for this course are listed below. Books may be ordered from a local Christian bookstore, through a mail order catalog, from the Covenant Seminary Online Store, or from the Covenant Seminary Bookstore on campus (call toll-free at 877-213-3353).
* Introducing Postmodernism, 2nd ed., Richard Appignanesi (BUY NOW)
* Evangelism in the Early Church, Michael Green (BUY NOW)
* Chameleon Christianity, Dick Keyes (BUY NOW)
* The Heart of Evangelism, Jerram Barrs (BUY NOW)
* The Gospel and The New Spirituality, Charles Strohmer (BUY NOW)
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