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EPS Apologetics: Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World

San Antonio, TX • November 17-19, 2016

Cost and Admission

This is a paid event.

Registration for this event has closed. You can register at the door.


Every year since 2001, the EPS has brought some of the brightest Christian thinkers and spokespersons to a local city of the U.S. in order to help people think Christianly about challenges to their faith. This year EPS presents its 15th conference in partnership with Biola University and Trinity Baptist Church. Joining us for this year's conference will be Alister McGrath, William Lane Craig, Paul Copan, Tim McGrew, Michael Bird and many more!


Speakers

  • Alister McGrath

    Oxford University
  • William Lane Craig

    Biola University
  • Michael Bird

    Ridley College, Australia
  • Lisa Fields

    Jude 3 Project
  • Craig Hazen

    Biola University
  • Paul Copan

    Palm Beach Atlantic University
  • Julie Miller

    Rutgers University (Ratio Christi)
  • Gary Habermas

    Liberty University
  • Scott Rae

    Biola University
  • Tim McGrew

    Western Michigan University

...and over twenty others!

Thursday

5:30 p.m. Doors Open
7–8:10 p.m. Plenary 1: Alister McGrath, "C.S. Lewis on Apologetics"
8:10–8:30 p.m. Break
8:30–9:30 p.m. Four Parallel Sessions A

Michael Bird: "How Jesus Got Adopted: Responding to Bart Ehrman on Early Christology"
David Wood: "Understanding Jihad"
Robert Stewart: "Why is God so Hidden and Distant?"
Scott Rae: "Bioethics and the Christian: The State of the Field"
9:30-10 p.m. Resource and Info Tables Open

Friday

6 p.m. Doors Open
7–8:10 p.m. Plenary 2: Gary Habermas, "Resurrection Evidence that Changed a Generation of Scholarship"
8:10–8:30 p.m. Break
8:30–9:30 p.m. Four Parallel Sessions B

Julie Miller: "The Lost Art of Questioning: How We Lost Our Minds"
R. Scott Smith: "Evolution’s Achilles’ Heel: How Naturalistic Science Digs Its Own Grave"
Larry Barnett: "The Best Apologetic for Apologetics: A Case Every Pastor Will Get"
Lisa Fields: "Contextualized Apologetics: Engaging and Equipping the Black Community"
9:30–10 p.m. Resource and Info Tables Open / Doors Close

Saturday

8 a.m. Doors Open
8:30–9:30 a.m. Plenary 3: John Bloom, "Archaeological Apologetics"
9:30–9:40 a.m. Break
9:40–10:30 a.m. Four Parallel Sessions C

Paul Copan: "Making Sense of the Old Testament God"
Angus Menuge: "The Justification of Human Rights: What Does God Have to Do with It?"
Scott Harrower: "A Good God: Meaning and Hope in a Context of Horrors"
Lenny Esposito: "Christianity and Super Hero Movies"
10:30–11 a.m. Extended Break and Special Sessions
11–11:50 a.m. Four Parallel Sessions D

William Lane Craig: "Philosophical Objections to the Atonement"
Tim McGrew: "The Ring of Truth: How the Gospels Authenticate One Another"
Clay Jones: "Hell: An Apology"
Rodney Lake: "The Power of a Question: Creating Conversations that Matter"
11:50–12 p.m. Break
12–12:50 p.m. Plenary 4: Greg Koukl: "The Columbo Tactic: Diplomacy Rather Than D-Day"
1 p.m. Final Word

Registration for this event has closed. You can register at the door.

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