Apologetics and Church Ministry

/ First Baptist Church of the Lakes/

In the four lectures below Pastor Robert Briggs explains how apologetics is not just a discipline for the academy but is a stewardship God has entrusted to local churches. He lays the groundwork for this perspective with an exposition of 1 Peter 3:15. Then he considers how apologetics specifically relates to the pastor, to the congregation, and to evangelistic outreach. These lectures are part of the curriculum for the course ST 501 Apologetics. 

/ First Baptist Church of the Lakes/ /

Bob Gonzales

Bob Gonzales has served as a pastor of four Reformed Baptist congregations and has been the Academic Dean and a professor since 2005. He is the author of Where Sin Abounds: the Spread of Sin and the Curse in Genesis with Special Focus on the Patriarchal Narratives and has contributed to the Reformed Baptist Theological Review, The Founders Journal, and Westminster Theological Journal. Dr Gonzales is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife, Becky, reside in Boca Raton, Florida.