PBA Apologetics
Ideas create culture. Ideas shape what is deemed by those in culture as plausible or implausible, desirable or undesirable. Jesus understood this well, which is why he takes ideas, especially those at the core of human experience, so seriously. Those living in the way of Jesus are called to do what he did, to be a faithful witness—a trustworthy guide—who makes knowledge of God and life in his kingdom available to others.
In the spirit of testing the most important ideas, Palm Beach Atlantic University invites you to join our community as we seek the knowledge, wisdom, and transformation that makes life meaningful and the gospel seen as reasonable and desirable.
Amy Davison, “Can I Trust the Bible?"
MadelineMarie Nettles, “AI or I AM?”
Justin Brierley, “The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God”
Jeff Zweerink, “Has the James Webb Space Telescope Changed Our View of the Cosmos?”
Paul Copan, "Did God Really Command Genocide? Surprising Insights from Scripture and History"
Paul Gould, “Understanding Culture: Disenchantment and the Modern Categories of Thought”
Alycia Wood, “Understanding Transgenderism”
Megan Almon, "Beauty, the Art of War"
Mary Jo Sharp, “In Good Conscience: Apologetics as Formation”
Jeremy Scarbrough, “The Arts as Witness: The Apologetic Power of Aesthetic Experience”
PBA Faithful Witness Apologetics Conference 2025
Paul Copan, “Does the Old Testament Condone Slavery?”
Rebecca Brewster Stevenson, “Who Gets to Name us?”
Jeremy Scarbrough, Pop Culture Apologetics: Approaching Stories and the Arts as Doorways to Dialogue
Tyler Bauer, “The Challenge of Transhumanism"
Dolores Morris, “Leaving Room for Lament: A Christian Response to the Problem of Hiddenness”
Luke Barnes, “A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos”
Ryan Mullins, “Reflections on Evil, Hiddenness, and Friendship with God”
Paul Gould, “C.S. Lewis on Story”
Karen Swallow Prior, “Renewing the Christian Imagination”
Sharon Dirckx, PBA 2022 Apologetics Day 2, Session 3
Paul Gould, PBA 2022 Apologetics Day 2, Session 2
Gavin Ortlund, PBA 2022 Apologetics Day 2, Session 1
R. T. Mullins, PBA 2022 Apologetics Day 1, Breakout Session
Paul Copan, PBA 2022 Apologetics Day 1, Session 2
J. P. Moreland, PBA 2022 Apologetics, Day 1, Session 1
Travis Dickinson, “Thinking Christianly: Seeing Jesus as our Intellectual Exemplar”
Travis Dickinson, “Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions”