Apologetics Events
- Forthcoming event listings include links to promotional materials and registration instructions.
- Past event listings include links to archives of PDF handouts and video recordings.
- If you would like to suggest a theme for a future event, contact: Ryan MacPherson.
2023
June 21-22, 2023
A Culture of Deception? Equipping Christians with Truth & Love in Tumultuous Times
- Equipped with Words and Works of Love in an Angry and Frightened World—Pastor David Jay Webber
- Equipped for the Worldview Battlefront in the Classroom and the Workplace—Pastor Paul Dare
- Equipped to Steer Difficult Conversations toward Truth, with Gentleness and Respect—Joshua Nelson
March 18, 2023
Bringing Truth and Compassion to the Transgenderism Debate
- Reality’s Edges and God’s Good Words That Lovingly Define Them—Pastor Jonathan Conner
- Caring for the Transgender Child—Dr. Beverly Yahnke
- Encountering Transgenderism across the Curriculum—Mrs. Joy Pullmann
2022
June 29 and 30, 2022
Biblical Identities in an Age of Wokism & Transhumanism
- Curved into Ourselves: How the New Gnosticism Cancels Our Own Humanity – Dr. Ryan MacPherson, Director, Center for Apologetics and Worldviews
- The Creation Foundation vs. Critical Theory “Identities”: Viewing Human Nature from the Proper Perspective — Keynote address by Rev. Jonathan Conner
- Answering the Transhumanist Challenge: Finding Our Dignity and Purpose in the Incarnate Christ — Mr. Brandon Steenbock
- The Trojan Horse of ‘Online Worship’: How Embodied Souls Receive Sacramental Blessings from the Incarnate God — Mr. Joshua Pauling
- Presenting the Biblical Understanding of Human Nature in an Age of Wokism and Transhumanism — Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Ryan MacPherson and featuring Pastor Jonathan Conner, Mr. Brandon Steenbock, and Mr. Joshua Pauling
- The Ministry of the Word in Our Epilogue World — Dr. Greg Schulz
Bonus session sponsored by the Bethany Institute for Biblical and Ecclesiastical Languages.
March 15
- The Bible and Bigotry: Is Christianity a White Man’s Religion? — Dr. H. C. Felder, Director, Giving An Answer
- Truth and Justice: How Shall Christians Respond to Critical Theory? — Monique Duson, President and Co-Founder, Center for Biblical Unity
- One Creator, One Redeemer: What Is the Basis of Human Unity? — Joshua J. Nelson, Wisconsin Lutheran High School
- Panel Discussion: Speaking the Truth in Love across Social Barriers — Anna Martinez Pacheco, President, Bethany Lutheran College World Club, joining the other speakers for extended Q and A.
2021
June 23 and 24, 2021: Why Does Moses Matter to Christians? Examining the Meeting Point of Ancient Inscriptions, Archaeological Discoveries, and the Hebrew Scriptures
- “Why Does Moses Matter to Christians?” — Pastor Donald Moldstad
- “Is There Compelling Evidence of the Israelite Sojourn in Egypt?” — Keynote address by Dr. Douglas Petrovich
- “Can Archaeology Teach Us Anything about the Conquest of Canaan?” — Dr. Douglas Petrovich
- “Is Hebrew the World’s Oldest Alphabet, and Why Should Laypeople Care?” — Dr. Douglas Petrovich
- “How Can Believers Make Inroads within an Academy Plagued by Skepticism?” — Panel discussion—Dr. Douglas Petrovich with Rev. Joseph Abrahamson and Rev. Steven Sparley
- “How Does Evidence Properly Serve the Proclamation of the Gospel?” — Pastor David Thompson
- Apologetics Writers’ Workshop
2020
September 26: The Christian Church amid Seismic Shifts
- “COVID-19 and Disembodied Humanity” and “COVID-19, Power Politics & the Death of Education” (Dr. Gene Edward Veith)
- “The Transgenderism Incursion: What to Think, How to Love” (Dr. Paul Wendland)
- “Preparing Our Young People for the University” (Dr. A. Andrew Das)
- “The Distinction between Rendering to Caesar and Resisting Tyranny” (Dr. Ryan MacPherson)
- “All Christians Are One Body in Christ” (Missionary Karim Yaghleji)
2019
June 27: Making the Case for the Truth of the Bible: Bringing Jesus to My Unbelieving Neighbor
- “When Your Neighbor Doesn’t Believe in Truth—Combining Apologetics and Evangelism” (Pastor David Thompson)
- “Is the Old Testament Reliable? The Evidence Within the Text” (Dr. Ryan MacPherson)
- “Is the Old Testament Reliable? The Evidence Beyond Text” (Prof. Allen Quist)
- “How to Make the Case for the Truth of the New Testament” (Dr. Michael Berg)
2018
June 21: A Reliable and Defensible Christianity for Today’s World: Equipping Christians to Defend and Share the Gospel (cosponsor: Bethany Institute for Biblical and Ecclesiastical Languages)
- “The Development of Ancient Writing Systems and the Biblical Text” (Pastor Joseph Abrahamson)
- “Issues of Chronology in the Early Old Testament” (Pastor Steven Sparley)
- “What’s Worldview Got to Do with Everything?” (Dr. Ryan MacPherson)
- “Why Is Apologetics Lutheran?” (Prof. Allen Quist)
- “How a False Worldview Has Eroded Biblical Inerrancy within Churches” (John Eidsmoe)
2018
March 25: Evidence for Easter
- Presented by Prof. Allen Quist – Download presentation handout (PDF)
- See also: Easter Evidence: What Do the “Autopsies” of Jesus Reveal?
