Philosophy Apologetics Theology

Some people elevate science to the level that they believe it is the only way to truth. If something isn't scientifically provable or testable, they say, then it is unknowable or irrelevant. In this video, I am going to discuss this view of science (called "scientism"), and I will show how it is either self-defeating or simply false. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

Popular atheists claim that "faith" is believing something you know to be false or believing in spite of the evidence, but this is not what Christianity teaches about the relation between faith and reason. In this video, I will survey historical Christian views of faith and reason, explain one particular view in detail, and discuss the practical implications these views have for evangelism and apologetics. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

Traditional answers to the problem of evil show why God might allow evil, but they leave many questions unanswered. So, in this video, I discuss what the Bible has to say about why there is evil in the world. Specifically, I show what the Bible says regarding God's purpose for creating, the purpose of humanity, and the results of the Fall. Noting these Biblical concepts helps to provide a more comprehensive and satisfying answer to the problem of evil. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

The existence of evil in this world is a large barrier for many people considering whether the God of theism exists. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, then why do bad things happen? In this video, I discuss several theodicies (answers to the problem of evil) that provide reasons as to why God would allow evil. I discuss theodicies including the free-will defense and natural order defense, and I provide practical tips for sharing theodicies while doing evangelism/apologetics. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, then many people think that evil should not exist in the world. If God wants to eliminate evil and has the power to do so, then why does God allow evil? In this video, I am going to discuss two main types of arguments that atheists have used to argue that God doesn't exist because evil exists. This video will prepare us to discuss answers to the problem of evil in the next video. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

If salvation is only available through Jesus Christ, then what happens to people who never hear about the gospel before they die? In this video, I will discuss several Christian answers to this question and explain why I think one of the views is the best. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

It is claimed that all religions are the same at the core, so it doesn't matter what people believe as long as they believe in something. However, this claim involves the misconception that religions are simply meant to help people live moral lives. In this video, I am going to discuss the topic of religious pluralism and emphasize that the claims of all world religions are contradictory, so they all can't be true. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

It is claimed that believers cannot view the Bible as the word of God without being guilty of using circular reasoning. So, in this video, I will discuss how the three-step apologetic method provides a way around this circularity problem and can be used to show it is rational to believe the Bible is inspired by God. I first discuss the definition of inerrancy, explain how inerrancy is defended, and then I discuss implications inerrancy has for evangelism and apologetics. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

The truth of Jesus' resurrection is the basis of Christianity, and in this video, I will defend Jesus' resurrection using the Modern Trilemma Argument. I discuss the argument, show how it is defended, and then discuss how it answers objections to the resurrection. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

Although there is evidence that the New Testament manuscripts and writers are reliable, there seem to be several places in the Synoptic Gospels where the authors are contradicting each other. In this video, I will discuss several concepts that help to explain why there seem to be contradictions, but ultimately, there are none. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

The three-step apologetic method culminates in defending the historicity of Jesus' resurrection, and in this video, I will survey three arguments for Jesus' resurrection. I will briefly introduce each argument and discuss reasons why I will focus on one of the arguments for an entire lecture in the next video. Finally, also in preparation for the next video, I will introduce several ancient, extra-Biblical sources that mention Jesus and early Christians. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

Some people have claimed that Jesus never said He was God, so in this video, I discuss several claims Jesus made about Himself that are found in the Bible. Namely, I show that Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Son of God, and the Son of Man, and I explain how these titles are associated with divinity.

In this video, I discuss how the New Testament writings (and other extra-biblical sources) provide evidence that the New Testament authors wrote reliable, eyewitness accounts of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Here I will explain the "earmarks of historicity" and show how the New Testament writings possess each earmark. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I discuss how the New Testament manuscripts provide evidence that we are certain that we have the original words that the New Testament authors wrote when describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here I will explain the bibliographical test and show how the New Testament manuscripts are more reliable than any other ancient writings. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I argue that we can have objective knowledge of past events. After discussing the beginnings of modern historical methods, I explain the view of historical knowledge called historical relativism, consider arguments for it, and then provide objections to those arguments. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I will discuss why the possibility of miracles is so important when transitioning from defending God's existence to defending Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. I will explain and answer several objections to the possibility of miracles from philosophers like Baruch Spinoza and David Hume. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I discuss a few objections to mind-body dualism and then explain and defend two arguments showing that it is self-defeating to believe that physicalism is true. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I discuss and defend two arguments for the existence of the soul that are against property dualism and for mind-body dualism. These arguments are known as the conceivability argument and the argument from unity and the first-person perspective. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

In this video, I discuss mind-body dualism, which is the view that a human being has both a physical body and an immaterial soul. I discuss mind-body dualism, contrast it with physicalism, and then I explain and defend two arguments against physicalism. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

This video defines and discusses ethical relativism and ethical objectivism. Several types of ethical relativism are explained and arguments for and against relativism are surveyed. Ultimately, it is shown that ethical relativism is not rationally defensible. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

This video discusses the argument from fine-tuning, which is a design argument for God's existence that emphasizes the cosmological constants found in nature and concludes that the best explanation for these constants is a powerful, intelligent cause outside of the universe. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

This video presents and defends the moral argument for God's existence, which is the argument that says that moral values and duties can only be objectively true if God exists. In this video, I will defend the argument and discuss how to answer common objections. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

Like my video on cosmological arguments, this video will introduce design arguments and briefly survey three major formulations of the design argument. Arguments covered are Aquinas's Fifth Way, William Paley's Watchmaker Analogy, and the Argument from Fine-Tuning. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

This video provides an analysis of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. I explain how the argument is defended and then briefly mention some objections to the argument and how they can be answered. There is much more to this argument, but this video provides a beginner's introduction to it. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org

This video introduces and briefly explains several cosmological arguments for God's existence. My academic website: https://bkylekeltz.com Other links: https://www.ses.edu https://www.kingdomprep.org