Video Recordings from the 2023 ISCA meeting
Nine of the twenty-four great papers/talks presented at the 2023 meeting of the ISCA were recorded. Eight recordings are now available on the ISCA 2023 YouTube playlist. They include the plenary and presidential addresses. Enjoy!
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The videos in the 2023 playlist include:
ISCA 2023 | Phil Fernandes
The Arrival of Nietzsche's Supermen
https://youtu.be/nDI-uxAj8l8
ISCA 2023 | Plenary Session | Donald Williams
A Clue to the Clue: The Abolition of Man as a Supplement to the Moral Argument of Mere Christianity
https://youtu.be/VAjs7FKcnxs
ISCA 2023 | Donald T. Williams
An Answer for Orual: C. S. Lewis as Defender of the Faith
https://youtu.be/XziYxxKaUa4
ISCA 2023 | Presidential Address | Phil Fernandes
Advice and Encouragement for Christian Apologists in a Brave New World
https://youtu.be/KntLxSAW1dk
ISCA 2023 | Martin Nelson
A Definitive Defense for Creation from a New Testament Perspective: A Case Against Theistic Evolution
https://youtu.be/BIraMD357jE
ISCA 2023 | Scott Reynolds
The Glory of God Theodicy: The vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil
https://youtu.be/Di6xW1IoGSk
ISCA 2023 | Christopher Haun
Armed Revolution as Apologetic?
Reexamining the Upper Limits of Resistance by the Church to the State with a Focus on the Disagreement Between Francis Schaeffer and Norman Geisler
https://youtu.be/iFtGqGUnXus
ISCA 2023 | Christopher T. Haun
Defending the Theistic Interpretation of Logos and Theos in John's Gospel Prologue
https://youtu.be/4FI9n-iHfeY
Unfortunately, Dr. Rana's excellent talk on "Humans 2.0: Transhumanism and the Gospel" failed to record due to technical difficulties. In lieu of that, some of his previous talks on the subject may be found here.
Dan Guinn's breakout session talk on "Francis Schaeffer on Apologetics in Dystopia" was recorded but isn't available quite yet. We'll add it to the playlist when it debuts. Until then, his paper is available
here and has also been submitted for consideration for the ISCA journal.
If anyone presented a paper at the 2023 meeting and would like the chance to re-present it on Teams or Zoom for an ISCA audience and record it for the ISCA YouTube channel,
let us know.
Everyone who presented a paper at the 2023 is encouraged to submit their paper to the ISCA journal editor for queuing into our peer review process and consideration for inclusion in either the 2023 or 2024 editions of the ISCA journal. More info at
https://isca-apologetics.org/jisca
In other news. . .
The 2024 meeting of the ISCA is tentatively set for April 5-6 in San Diego, California. Please pencil it in on your calendars and expect another newsletter in late July with the announcement!
The date of the publishing of the 2023 volume of the ISCA journal has not been finalized yet either. We have twenty or so papers submitted to the peer review team for consideration for inclusion in the 2023 or 2024 editions of the journal. It's not too late for ISCA members to submit a paper or book review. More info at
https://isca-apologetics.org/jisca. Previous editions of the journal are available to ISCA members on our website and printed versions may be ordered from
Amazon.
We're getting serious about a revamp of the isca-apologetics.org website and newsletter system. This website was designed about ten years ago and a new prototype is being developed. As you can probably tell from the strange formatting of this newsletter, the newsletter system is a bit unweildy to use. We may switch to Mailchimp or one of its competitors and, if so, you'll have the options to opt in and out easily.
Donald T. Williams (EFCA ordained, Trinity MDiv, UGA PhD, former pastor, now Professor Emeritus of Toccoa Falls College and Lecturer for Summit Ministries and Church Planting International, author of fourteen books ) has retired (congratulations!!!) and is available as a freelancer for "Pulpit Supply, Bible Conferences, Apologetics Conferences, or Inklings Conferences for their church, school, or group." More at
https://thefivepilgrims.com and
http://donaldtwilliams.com. You can hear two of his talks in the
ISCA 2023 YouTube playlist and more on "C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christian Apologetics, and what Lewis and Tolkien can contribute to our apologetic" on the
Defend podcast.
Almost one full year after the overturn of Roe-v-Wade, Hendrik van der Breggen's book Untangling Popular Pro-Choice Arguments: Critical Thinking about Abortion may be a useful resource for this hot topic issue. Also be sure to check out his newest book APOLOGIA: The Columns: A Defence of Mere Christianity.
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Links to all of our pre-2023 ISCA videos
ISCA 2022 | Presidential Address | Bill Roach
The Danger and Draw of Critical Methodology
ISCA 2022 | Plenary Session | Michael O'Fallon
Social Justice and the Evangelical Church
ISCA 2022 | Phil Fernandes
Why ISCA is not ETS
ISCA 2022 - Business Meeting
ISCA 2022 | Panel Discussion: Why the International Society of Christian Apologetics?
ISCA 2022 | Dan Guinn
Truth Amidst Tension: The Practical Apologetic Methodology of Francis Schaeffer
ISCA 2022 | Christopher T. Haun
The Eight Spectres of Karl Marx that Haunt the 21st Century
ISCA 2019 | Douglas Groothuis
Meta-Apologetics: Attitudes and Strategies for Faithful Christian Witness
ISCA 2019 | Bill Roach
Presidential lecture on "The Pastor as Apologist and the Apologist as Pastor: Reflections on Pulpit Ministry and Apologetics"
ISCA 2017 | Norm Geisler
The Gospels and Genre Criticism
ISCA 2015 | Donald T. Williams
Text vs. Word (On C. S. Lewis’s view of Inspiration and Inerrancy)
ISCA 2015 | Donald T. Williams
Discerning the Times: Why We Lost the Culture War
ISCA 2015 | Sarah Geis
The Apologetics of Inerrancy: Making Our Case to the World
ISCA 2015 | Sarah Geis
The Epistemology of Inerrancy: Teaching Inerrancy in the Church
https://youtu.be/Ar0PdER_1zY
ISCA 2015 | Paige Patterson
Consequences of Revolution: The Conservative Resurgence in the SBC
ISCA 2015 | Richard Land
The Southern Baptist Convention, 1979-1993: What Happened, and Why
ISCA 2015 | Norm Geisler
Is It Just a Matter of Interpretation, Not of Inerrancy?
ISCA 2015 | Richard G. Howe
The Concept of Truth in the Inerrancy Debate, Revisited
ISCA 2015 | Panel Discussion with Plenary Speakers
Panel Discussion with Paige Patterson, Richard Land, Sarah Geis, Norm Geisler, Donald T. Williams
ISCA 2015 | William C. Roach
The Resurgence of Neo-Evangelicalism
ISCA 2015 | J. Brian Huffling
Philosophy of History: Prolegomena to Inerrancy
ISCA 2015 | Christopher T. Haun
A Reconsideration of the Importance of CSBI and CSBH in Apologetics, Evangelism, and Perseverance in the Orthodox Faith: Responding to Contemporary Challenges to the ICBI Statements by Evangelical Apologists and Biblical Scholars
ISCA 2015 | Christopher T. Haun
Inerrancy, Shipwreck, Hermeneutics, and Zombies: Responding to Six Concerns over Paleo-Inerrancy
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