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Welcome back to another episode of Revealed Apologetics.

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Well, this is not so much an episode as it is a commercial for things that we offer at revealedapologetics .com.

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As you guys know, this is a ministry. There's a lot of work that goes in the back end in what

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I do. Unfortunately, things like this are necessary to uphold websites and subscriptions and really to pay the bills as well.

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I do YouTube as part of my living as well. Many of you know

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I'm a teacher and I do this on the side as well. It's very time consuming and I love to do it.

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As a matter of fact, the dream is to perhaps have the opportunity to do this full time.

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Not sure if that's in the cards as they say, but there you go.

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It pays the bill, so I'll have to kind of share some of the things that we offer on the website.

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This is a way to support Revealed Apologetics. If it's something that you are able to do, it is greatly appreciated, especially if you've benefited from the content on YouTube and the website and things like that.

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Support would definitely be greatly appreciated. I just wanted to take some time to go through what folks can purchase on the

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Revealed Apologetics website. Let's kind of put this slide up here. Many of you might recognize many of these faces if you are in the apologetics and theology realm.

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There's me at the center on the top there. I've actually had some online conferences that are comprised of talks and presentations by everyone on this screen here.

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We've had presentations by Dr. James White, Dr. Guillaume Bignon, Scott Christensen, who is the author of a couple of excellent books on Calvinism and Reformed Theology and Theodicy.

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The gentleman there in the blue with the tie right there next to Dr. Jason Lyle is

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Dr. Chris Bult. Then of course, Dr. Jason Lyle, Matt Slick of Karm .org, Sai Ten Bruggenkate, again myself, and Joshua Pillows on the top left.

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All of these gentlemen have offered presentations that are only offered on Revealed Apologetics.

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They've offered these presentations in what I've entitled the Epic Online Conferences.

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I offer two conferences. One is the Epic Precept Conference, and then the other is the

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Epic Calvinism Conference. The Epic Precept Conference is comprised of multiple speakers.

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Dr. Jason Lyle gives his presentation on presuppositional apologetics. Dr. Chris Bult covers a different topic within this topic of precepts, so we kind of cover different aspects of presuppositional apologetics and things like that.

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Sai Ten Bruggenkate, Matt Slick offers presuppositional apologetic approach when dealing with the cults.

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Joshua Pillows gets into more philosophical territory in terms of transcendental arguments and responding to perhaps one of the biggest objections to the transcendental argument.

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He offers an excellent presentation there. Of course, I offer my presentation. Again, all of these are only offered on these conferences, these kind of prerecorded.

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They were offered at a particular time, and the folks who signed up were able to see it live and interact with each of the speakers.

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But of course now, obviously, that time is way past. But the lectures there and the presentations are there to purchase on the website at revealedapologetics .com.

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For the Epic Calvinism Conference, we had Dr. James White present, Dr.

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Guillaume Bignon, Scott Christensen, Sai Ten Bruggenkate, and myself. For folks who are interested, James White covers some popular passages that are often brought up in the

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Calvinism debate, and he helps exegete our way through those and how we might interact with people who do not hold to a

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Calvinistic approach. Dr. Guillaume Bignon covers a very, very interesting topic on analogies.

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What is the proper use of analogies in the Calvinism debates with Arminians, Provisionists, Molinists, these sorts of things?

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There are a lot of analogies that are used, like on Calvinism, men are simply puppets where God's pulling the strings.

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Dr. Guillaume goes into how we could respond to that and why is it the case that many analogies used against a

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Calvinistic, deterministic kind of view, why those analogies don't work.

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And so that's an excellent presentation. He goes into great detail there and covers some common analogies that are used against the

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Calvinistic perspective. We have Scott Christensen. I don't remember off the top of my head the topic he covers, but he is excellent.

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If you guys are familiar with Scott Christensen, he's the gentleman right there in the middle of the screen, right to the left of Guillaume and to the right of Dr.

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Chris Bolt. Scott Christensen actually wrote a couple of excellent books. Let me get the titles up here.

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Let's see here. He wrote,

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What About Evil? A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory, and What About Free Will?

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Reconciling Our Choices with God's Sovereignty. He may have covered one of those topics.

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I don't remember off the top of my head. It was a while ago, but I remember enjoying it and greatly benefiting from listening to him.

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So we have there Scott Christensen. Saiten Bruggenkate shares how to defend or present a reformed perspective, a

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Calvinistic perspective at the street level. So you get kind of academic presentations as well as kind of the street -level presentation in defense of reformed theology, more specifically

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Calvinistic, the Calvinistic perspective. And myself, I give a talk on Calvinism and Molinism, Calvinism and Molinism.

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So folks who are interested, I've never given this presentation anywhere else. It's offered only in this conference.

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So if you're interested in that, maybe this is something for you. So the Epic Precept Conference can be purchased on the website at $12 .99,

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and the Epic Calvinism Conference can be purchased on the site at $14 .99.

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So again, if you're looking for a little Christmas present to offer someone who might be interested in these topics, you might want to do that.

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So let's talk a little bit about how you can go about doing that. Now, if you go here, this is revealedapologetics .com.

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That's my website there, and this is what the homepage looks like. You go to the right there where it has the contact information right here.

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You could email me with a question or invite me to speak at your church or event.

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That's something you can do here. And again, this is useful as I am a teacher.

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I often do travel around the country giving presentations and things like that. So if that's something that's interesting to you and you think it might be beneficial, you can reach out to me and we can set something up like that.

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Again, invites and purchasing these conferences, these are one of the many ways that you can support

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Revealed Apologetics if you value what I do. But nevertheless, let's go up to the menus here on the top, if you see that here.

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If you're interested in purchasing the conferences, you go right here,

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PreceptU. It's short for Precept University. You click here, and there you go.

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So you have the Epic Calvinism Conference, and then you'll click the RSVP. And the moment you click on those, it'll look something like this.

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Let's see here. And then you purchase your tickets here, and then the content will be sent over to you.

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Now, if you're really, really interested in diving deep into, say, for example, presuppositional apologetics,

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I do offer here, if you look on the screen here, this is an introduction to biblical apologetics.

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I would say it's more than an introduction. I do go pretty deep into some issues.

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But definitely, if you're interested in this topic and kind of the inner workings of a presuppositional approach and transcendental arguments and what that looks like, both when you're presenting it in a more sophisticated version or at kind of a street level, this is an excellent way to learn that.

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Now, here's the value of a course. You definitely don't have to sign up for this one, but if you are wanting to help

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Revealed Apologetics, this is definitely one of the primary ways that I find most helpful.

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If you sign up for this course, you get five lectures, recorded lectures and presentations, and what will be sent to you are the recorded lectures, you'll be sent the

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PowerPoint presentations, the course outlines, and the course notes that go with all of that material.

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And so that can be used once you purchase it. That's yours. You can use it and present it once you learn the material wherever you go.

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If you want to share it with someone, you can do that as well. You will also have access to the videos anytime.

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Of course, they're not shareable to others, but if you purchase the material, then it's there for you. Now, there are two versions of this course that I offer.

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There is the basic package. If you click here, this is course one here. By the way, course one presupposes that there is going to be a course two.

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So I'm currently working on a more intermediate level, not to say that this one is basic. I mean we do go pretty deep into some issues, but I'm looking to do a more intermediate level course as well, especially for those who've already taken the course.

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But nevertheless, so you have here, there are two versions of the course. There is the basic course.

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So if you purchase the basic course, we send you the videos, the PowerPoints, the outlines, and all of that material, and you can work at your own pace.

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This is what has been offered on the site for quite some time. However, what I haven't offered in a while, and I have offered it before, is the premium course.

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And the only difference between the basic course and the premium course is that the basic course obviously costs a bit more.

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However, I actually meet with the students who sign up once a week for five weeks.

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So we usually meet like on a Monday. I might have to double check when we scheduled the day that we meet.

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But the premium course, there will be five private

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Zoom sessions with myself and all of those who have signed up, and that's really kind of an informal discussion.

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You could ask your questions. It doesn't even have to be related to the specific course. If you have any questions about presuppositional apologetics or theology, this is the time where you have kind of a more intimate one -on -one with me and some of the other people who've signed up from all around the world.

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When I've given the premium course, I've had people sign up from Norway, England, all over the world, which is super cool because I sign on when we do these private

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Zoom meetings kind of like in the evening for me. But there have been people who've signed on literally like 2 o 'clock, 3 o 'clock in the morning because they're on the other side of the world, which is super cool.

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And so that's really the extra, I guess, oomph, right, of the premium course is that we get that personal interaction for about an hour, hour and a half we go, and it's excellent.

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I get to meet everyone who signs up, get to learn a little bit more about you, and then, of course, we can dive right into the content of the lectures, and we can go into great detail as deep as folks would like to go.

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And so that is really the key feature that separates the premium course from the basic course.

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Again, these are – I put a lot of work into these things. I do everything by myself.

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So it is a lot of work, and it is very time -consuming. So I do very much value the content that I put out there, and people have appreciated and benefited from it as well.

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So if you're looking to support Revealed Apologetics, this is an excellent way to do it. And I might add, this actually makes for a good

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Christmas present. So if someone wants to – if they're looking to learn apologetics in a more structured way, this might be a route to go.

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Again, there are lots of materials out there already, but this is a way that you can support, and I think

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I take a unique approach in how I present these materials. So folks might find that useful.

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So that's how you do – that's how you sign up. You go to the website. You go to Presupp .U right up here, and then you click the course.

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And then you could order either the basic course or the premium course, which actually is going to start on January 15th.

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So the premium course, when we start meeting through the Zoom and all that kind of stuff, that's June 15th.

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So you do want to sign up before spots fill up because, obviously, I'm only one person.

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I can't meet with, like, 50 people. But once it reaches a certain amount, then I have to close the class, so to speak, so that it's manageable for myself when

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I'm interacting with everyone. But there you go. So that's how you could do that. And, again, it would be greatly appreciated if folks are able to do that.

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And if not, no big deal. I appreciate – we just reached – let's see.

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Let's see where we're at right now. If I go over to the channel. Okay.

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Let's click here. I am very, very grateful for those who have been following the channel.

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We've reached 8 ,000 subscribers so far, and that's super exciting.

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When I started this channel, I had no idea people would be interested, and I know there are people who are very critical of a presuppositional approach.

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And so I had no idea of the response, but I've had such excellent responses from folks, even people who disagree.

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I've had some really nice interactions with people, and it's just been a great opportunity to teach and to talk about really what

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I think is a very important thing, which is a biblical approach to defending the faith. So there you go.

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So that's my commercial, so to speak, a 15 -minute commercial explaining what are different ways that you can support the channel.

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Actually, I do want to take a few moments to – for those who might be interested in signing up for the course, just to go a little bit in more detail, what is covered in the course.

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So let me do that, and then we'll wrap things up here. So let's see if I can share the screen here. And there you go.

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All right. Good. I love technology. Okay, so here you go. So when you do sign up for the course, if you take a look here, it says here, an introduction to biblical apologetics.

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All right, and I'll read kind of the summary here. So it says here,

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Welcome to PreceptU. This course is titled Introduction to Biblical Apologetics. Below each video, you will find the

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PowerPoint presentation and class notes, and I've included an exam to be completed after you watch each lesson.

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This is completely optional but is a good way to reinforce the concept discussed. The videos and lectures are the property of Revealed Apologetics and available for personal use.

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Of those who paid for the course, please contact me if you would like to use these materials for any other purpose outside of personal study.

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And, of course, I encourage that, as I like people to use what they learn. One of the things that I've learned as a teacher is that the best way to learn is to teach, okay?

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You learn something, and then you teach it, and in the teaching process, you're learning. So I do highly recommend people do that, but session one is going to be the biblical foundations for apologetics in general, and then the biblical foundations for presuppositional approach more specifically.

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If you see here on the bottom here, this is what you'll get. It says here, click here for the PowerPoints, click here for the class notes, and click here for the exam.

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And so that will all be available to folks who sign up. Session two will be defining and constructing worldviews, and so we go into some depth and worldview analysis.

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What are the pillars of a worldview? What are worldviews comprised of? How are worldviews constructed, okay?

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Very, very important foundational topics, especially when you're doing apologetics or when you're just trying to live consistently as a

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Christian. So that's session two. Session three, we go into more detail. Session three is entitled

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The Twin Poisons of Unbelieving Thought, and this is where we go in depth on the topic of autonomy and neutrality.

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So if anyone's familiar with those terms, if you're familiar with presuppositional apologetics, you will be somewhat familiar, although we go into much more depth in the lecture.

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You'll be familiar with what I mean when I call autonomy and neutrality the twin poisons of unbelieving thought.

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Session four is entitled The Presupp Method and Argument, so we actually present the argument itself.

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So you'll know what we are arguing for, what we're not saying. Many people who object to the method and the presuppositional form of argumentation often think we're saying something when, in fact, we're not.

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This lecture, we go into the method and the argument itself. And then, of course, the final lecture, presuppositional apologetics applied.

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We actually apply the method. What does this method look like in actual argumentation?

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And so that is the final lecture, and again, all of them come complete with the PowerPoints, the notes, the outlines, and the exam.

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All right, so there you go. That's what the course is. That's what you're getting when you sign up.

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And from people who have taken the class in the past have gotten some great positive feedback.

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As a matter of fact, if you guys know, if you've ever seen me on the show where I'm drinking from my Greg Bonson mug, that was given to me by one of the students who signed up as a way to say thank you.

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And I greatly appreciate it. It is my favorite coffee mug. I drink from it all the time. So, yeah, so people have been very appreciative of the content.

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If this is one of the ways you are wanting to support Revealed Apologetics, I hope that it is beneficial for you as well.

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All right? Well, that is my 20 -minute commercial. I hope this sounds interesting and is useful for someone, and please consider supporting

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Revealed Apologetics. I love what I do. I hope that you love what I do and value and think it's important, and so that's just one of the ways that you can support.

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All right? Now, if you cannot support in this fashion, then I would completely be super grateful if you just simply benefit from the

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YouTube channel. There's so much content there. So it's not as structured as taking a course, but watching the videos, sharing them, writing your thoughts in the form of reviews, those are all helpful ways as well, and, of course, through your prayers.

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That's definitely a very important way to support as well. All right? Well, that is it for my time here.

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Until next time, we are going to have—my next livestream is going to be

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December 4th. In that livestream, I will be having a bunch of people joining me.

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It's called Facebook Presuppers Unite. I've got some pretty solid presuppositional apologist friends on Facebook that I've invited to do a group kind of livestream, and I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

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So please stay tuned for that. That is December 4th at 9 p .m. Eastern. Until next time, guys, thank you so much, and God bless.