Defending God: His Existence and Creation by Kyle Butt and Eric Lyons

 

Defending God: His Existence and Creation

by Kyle Butt and Eric Lyons

 I am excited to have young people to teach in Bible Class! I am not always blessed to have a class of young people, so I try not to take them for granted. I have not taught a teenage class several years as I had worked with a small congregation and had to teach the adult class. I was looking for something new to teach our young people and came across a new series of book by Apologetics Press and World Video Bible School. The Defender Series is yet in production, but the first three volumes are complete in what will be a four-volume set. The four books include a defense of God, a defense of the Bible, a defense of Christ, and a defense of one’s faith. These books are little hardback books that remind me of a series that was very popular a few years ago, A Series of Unfortunate Events. These are similar in appearance, but not in content. Even though I have never read the Unfortunate Events series, I always find these "eye-catching” in bookstores. So, the Defender Series “caught my eye” and the content caught my attention.

Each chapter of these books includes video links supporting the lessons taught. The website is provided in the book utilizing a QR code. Don’t know what that is? Ask a young person! There are so many things we can learn from one another. Please don’t allow generational differences to create barriers! Each chapter has a few pages for notes which would be ideal for the videos that are supplied on the Internet. The videos are taught by Kyle Butt and Eric Lyons. These are produced by World Video Bible School. We have been posting the links to these videos on our church Facebook Page so all members can view the supplemental videos (which are not dependent on the contents of the book itself).

Our goal is to provide each one of our young people a copy of a book that they complete in class with us. These four volumes will not only be nice looking on the shelf, but these will also be rich in content that will serve them well in the days ahead. In addition, it is our hope that when our young people look for more information that they will consult organizations such as Apologetics Press rather than denominational organizations which may lure them away.

The first book in the Defender Series is entitled Defending God: His Existence and Creation. It provides discussion on arguments for God’s existence including First Cause, Morality, Design, and challenges to God’s existence. In addition, the book discusses some of the major issues relating to the creation such as the age of the Earth, the fossil record, and the existence of dinosaurs. Perhaps many of the points in these books are more than familiar to us who have benefited from the work of Apologetics Press and other such institutions, but do our or your young people know these things? Are you sure? Many young people are lost through a series of unfortunate events. Be sure a lack of apologetics training is not one of those reasons.

Originally printed in the West Virginia Christian, Vol. 30, No. 5, May 2023, p. 8. Reprinted by permission.