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    Welcome
    13 July - 19 July
    Video: Welcome to THIS COURSE
    Laidlaw Orientation at all Campuses
    Timetables and Textbooks (on the Laidlaw website)
    Meet your lecturer, Mark J. Keown. Video: personal introduction
    Distance Learning Orientation Video
    20 July - 26 July
    Module 1 Intro Video: Course Introduction
    McGrath Textbook Chapter One PDF
    Video Chat with Alister McGrath
    Course Introduction - Distance Learning Notes
    Video Week 1
    01 Course Introduction Lecture Powerpoint (Full Slides)
    01 Course Introduction Lecture Powerpoint (Notes Version)
    Lecture 1 Relational and Biblical Apologetics (full color)
    Lecture 1 Relational and Biblical Apologetics (full)
    What is Christian Apologetics Got Questions
    What is Apologetics Preston Perry
    What is Apologetics Reasons to Believe
    Introduction to Apologetics William Lane Craig Interview
    Gould, Paul, Travis Dickinson, and Keith Loftin. Stand Firm: Apologetics and the Brilliance of the Gospel (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2018), 1–13018), 1–13
    Five Types of Apologetics
    27 July - 2 August
    Distance Learning Optional Online Gathering Recording
    Module 2 Intro Video: Apologetics Historical Themes
    Module 2 Part 1 Video Apologetics Historial Themes Early Church
    Part 1 Notes: Apologetics Historical Themes Early Church
    Module 2 Part 2 Video Apologetics Historical Themes Patristic Period to Reformation
    Part 2 Notes: Apologetics Historical Themes Patristic Period-Reformation
    Module 2 Part 3 Video Historical Themes Modern to Present
    Part 3 Notes: Apologetics Historical Themes Post-Reformation to Present
    02 Apologetics: Some Historical Themes (Full)
    02 Apologetics: Some Historical Themes (copy)
    A Brief History of Apologetics (Think for Christ)
    A History of Apologetics Doug Potter
    Morley, Brian K. Mapping Apologetics: Comparing Contemporary Approaches. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015), 39–55.
    3 August - 9 August
    Module 3 Intro Video: The Rationality of Faith
    Module 3 Part 1 Video Faith as Justified Belief
    The Rationality of Faith - Faith as Justified Belief
    Module 3 Part 2 Video Arguments for the Existence of God
    The Rationality of Faith - PART 2 notes Arguments for the Existence of God
    Module 3 Part 3 Video Inference to Best Explanation
    The Rationality of Faith - PART 3 notes Inference to Best Explanation
    Is Christianity Rational? Emet Ministries
    Does Rationality Lead Us Away from God? Lennox
    Arguments for God's Existence William Lane Craig
    Does God Exist? Lennox
    Evidence for Theism
    Schaff 1910 the Positive Apology for the Faith
    McGrath The Reasonableness Mere Apologetics
    Powerpoint for the Week
    Lecture 3 Full Slides PDF
    Lecture 3 PDF - Three slides per page (copy)
    10 August - 16 August
    Module 4 Intro Video: Connecting the Christian Faith with the Human Situation
    Module 4 Notes: Summary Chapter 4 McGrath
    Lecture 4 PDF Full
    Lecture 4 PDF Notes
    Video Part 1: Why Facts are not Enough
    Video Part 2: Apologetic Aspects of Salvation
    Video Part 3: Particular Aspects of Salvation and Apologetics
    What is Cultural Apologetics
    What is Cultural Apologetics and Why Does it Matter?
    Why Should We Recover Cultural Apologetics
    Cultural Apologetics & A Good and Trust Story
    Lenny Espositio Apologetics Author
    Thinking Matters Podcast
    17 August - 23 August
    Module 5 Points of Contact Introduction
    Module 5 Points of Contact Part One
    Module 5 Points of Contact Notes Part 1
    Module 5 Points of Contact Part 2 Video
    Module 5 Points of Contact Notes Part 2
    Module 5 Points of Contact Part 3 Video
    Module 5 Points of Contact Notes Part 3
    Dan Story Points of Contact
    Pettegrew Teaching Principles of Christ Part 1
    Lecture 5 Relational and Biblical Apologetics (notes)
    Lecture 5 Relational and Biblical Apologetics (full)
    24 August - 30 August
    Part 1 Notes: Narrative Apolgetics: Why Telling Stories Matters
    Part 2 Notes: Leadership in the way of Jesus
    Part 3 Notes: The Apologetic Application of the Bible
    Clark David K. "Narrative Theology and Apologetics," JETS 36.4 (1993): 499–515.
    Godawa, Brian., “Storytelling and Persuasion,” in Apologetics for a New Generation: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talking About God, ed. McDowell, Sean, and David Kinnaman. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2009, 121–35.
    31 August - 6 September
    Lecture 6 Flannagan 1 Western Philosophy
    Lecture 6 Flannagan 2 Dealing with Skeptical Challenges
    Module 7 Intro Video: European Thinking and Apologetics
    Module 7 Part 1 Video Plato and Aristotle
    07 - Plato and Aristotle - PART ONE notes
    Module 7 Part 2 Video
    07 - Augustine and Aquinas - PART TWO notes
    Module 7 Part 3 Video Enlightenment to Present
    07 - The Enlightenment to Now - PART THREE notes
    Lecture 6 Flannagan 1 Western Philosophy
    Lecture 6 Flannagan 2 Dealing with Skeptical Challenges
    Plato's Cave and Christianity
    Plato and Greek Philosophy Shaped Christianity
    Plato Lectures
    The Aristotelian Proof for the Existence of God
    Aristotle on God
    How Aristotle's Philosophy Affected Christian Theology
    Doing Apologetics Like Augustine Did
    Thomas Aquinas -- The Greatest Christian Philosopher?
    The Aftermath of the Enlightenment Sproul
    What Was the Enlightenment?
    Reformed Epistemology
    McNabb Reformed Epistemology
    Apologetics Part 1 Matt Flannagan
    Apologetics Part 2 Matt Flannagan
    Apologetics Part 3 Matt Flannagan
    Apologetics Part 4 Matt Flannagan
    Apologetics Part 5 Matt Flannagan
    Apologetics Part 6 Matthew Flannagan
    Matthew Flannagan Interview
    7 September - 13 September
    Module 8 Intro Video: Sexuality and Progressivism
    Module 8 Part 1 Video Sexuality Part 1
    Part 1 Notes: Sexuality Part 1
    Module 8 Part 2 Video Sexuality Part 2
    Part 2 Notes: Sexuality Part 2
    Module 8 Part 3 Video Progressivism
    Part 3 Notes: Progressivism
    Same-Sex Unions: EVERYTHING the Bible Says About It
    Everything the Bible Says About Same-Sex Relationships Follow Up
    Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Sexual Relationships? Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin
    Talking about Israel
    Talking about Euthanasia
    Talking about the Sabbath
    Talking about Pacifism and War
    Talking About Suicide
    Taking About Door Knockers
    Talking About Being Respectful and Truthful
    Talking About Creationism
    Mark Maney Powerpoint PDF
    14 September - 20 September
    Module 9 Intro Video Māori Apologetics
    Module 9 Part 1 Video
    A Māori Approach to Apologetics Part 1
    Introduction, Testimony, and Exegesis of 1 Peter 3:13–18 from a Māori Christian Perspective - PART 1 notes
    A Māori Approach to Apologetics Part 2
    Understanding Classical, Evidential, and Presuppositional Apologetics - And Why Presuppositionalism Speaks Most Deeply to the Māori Worldview - PART 2 notes
    A Māori Approach to Apologetics Part 3
    Introducing and Unpacking Te Pā Kaha — A Māori Christian Apologetics Framework for Evangelism in Māori Spaces- PART 3 notes
    Christianity, Colonisation, and Māori Identity: Henare Whaanga, Part 1
    Matariki, Te Tiriti & Māori Spirituality: Henare Whaanga, Part 2
    Brad Haami: Māori, Christianity and the Spirit World
    Matariki and Faith: Can Christians Celebrate Culture Without Compromise?
    Henare Whaanga – Māori Christian Apologist
    Henare on Ex-Sceptik Podcast
    Can You Mix Christianity and Culture? A Response to @ snowballspeaks with Henare Whaanga
    The Toughest Questions on Māori and Christianity: Henare Whaanga Part 1
    PPT Slides: Introducing and Unpacking Te Pā Kaha — A Māori Christian Apologetics Framework for Evangelism in Māori Spaces
    21 September - 27 September
    Module 10 Intro Video: Apologetics Asian & Pasifika People
    Intro Video Apologetics and Asian & Pasifika People
    Module 10 Part 1 Video
    Part 1: Apologetics and Asians-Felix Kim
    Part One Notes: Apologetics Among Asian People (Felix Kim)
    Module 10 Part 2 Video
    Part 2: Apologetics and Pasifika People-Ronji Tanielu
    Part 2: Apologetics Among Pasifika People (Ronji Tanielu)
    Module 10 Part 3 Video
    Part 3 Engaging with Different People
    Asian Diversity: Sharing Your Faith with Asian Americans Part 1
    Asian Diversity: Sharing Your Faith with Asian Americans Part 2
    Asian Apologetics Felix
    Pasifika Apologetics Ronji 2026
    12 October - 18 October
    Module 11 Intro Video: Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Notes Part One Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand-Some key positives about Christianity in New Zealand
    Video Part One Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand-Some key positives about Christianity in New Zealand
    Notes Part Two Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand-Responses to various allegations or assumptions made against Christianity in New Zealand
    Video Part Two Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand-Responses to various allegations or assumptions made against Christianity in New Zealand
    Notes PART Three: Apologetics in Aot-NZ -Responses to various allegations or assumptions made against Christianity in NZ continued(2026). Stuart Lange
    Video Part Three Apologetics in Aotearoa New Zealand-Responses to various allegations or assumptions made against Christianity in NZ continued
    Documentary Te Rongopai with Rev Dr Stuart Lange Available for Purchase $5: a must see for Kiwi Apologists
    Lange Te Mänihera, Kereopa and Christian Peacemaking among Mäori
    Stuart Lange, Admiring, Disdainful, or Somewhere in the Middle: Interpretations of Missionaries and Christian Beginnings among Mäori
    Stuart Lange chapter on Te Manihera and Kereopa in Saints and Stirresr
    Stuart Lange, Christian Beginnings in NZ, Stimulus Vol 21 Is 2 Lange
    Stuart Lange, Maintaining Connectivity With Evangelical Faith, History and Identity. 2018 Stimulus article
    19 October - 25 October
    Module 12 Intro Video: The Importance of Audience
    Module 12 Part 1 Video
    Part 1: The Importance of Audience - The Bible
    Module 12 Part 2 Video The Speeches in Acts (Exam in View)
    Part 2 Notes: The Balcony and the Road, and C. S. Lewis
    Module 12 Part 3 Video The Ethical Passages about Posture (Exam)
    Part 3 Seekers and Dwellers, and Great Examples
    Lecture 11 Audience and Exam Stuff
    Keown Speeches of Acts
    Kistemaker, The Speeches of Acts (CTR)
    F. F. Bruce, The Speeches of Acts--Thirty Years After
    Lecture on Exam Speeches of Acts
    26 October - 1 November
    Introduction Video Answering Questions
    Module 13 Part 1 Video McGrath Chapter 8 Answering Questions
    Part 1 Notes: Answering Questions McGrath Part 1
    Module 13 Part 2 Video Answering Questions
    Part 2 Notes: Answering Questions McGrath 2
    Module 13 Part 3 Video Answering Questions 2
    Part 3 Notes: Answering Questions McGrath 3
    A Bible Night with Keown
    Interview with Apologetics Teacher Mark Powell
    Lecture 11 Questions and Exam Stuff (Last Week's Lecture Video)
    2 November - 8 November
    Learning from the Wise Intro Video
    Part 1 Notes: Learning from the Wise - Theory and a Poet
    Learning from the Wise - Theory & a Poet
    Part 2 Notes: Learning from the Wise - Chesterton and Sayers
    Learning from the Wise 2 - Chesterton & Sayers
    Part 3 Notes: Learning from the Wise - Schaeffer and Taylor
    Learning from the Wise 3 - Schaeffer & Taylor
    A Bible Night with Keown
    Interview with Apologetics Teacher Mark Powell
    Lecture 11 Questions and Exam Stuff (Last Week's Lecture Video)
    2 November - 8 November
    16 November - 22 November
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    SBL referencing guides
    Laidlaw's General Regulations
    Instructions for accessing library eBooks
    Requesting a Book from Henderson - Distance Students
    How to access Proquest and EBSCO databases
    Assessment 1 Guidelines Level 6
    Assessment 1 Explanatory video Level 6
    Assessment 1 Guidelines Level 7
    Assessment 1 Explanatory video Level 7
    Mid-Semester Course Evaluation
    End of Semester Course Evaluation
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