{"id":8063,"date":"2015-03-26T00:53:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T04:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/euangelion\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2015-03-28T06:33:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T10:33:43","slug":"ridley-course-on-apologetics-for-lay-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/euangelion\/2015\/03\/ridley-course-on-apologetics-for-lay-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridley Course on Apologetics for Lay People"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Ridley College has put together a great on-line unit for lay people about apologetics featuring speakers like John Lennox, Tom Wright, John Dickson, and Simon Smart.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridley.edu.au\/Ridley-Certificate\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ridley Certificate<\/a> which is a program designed for Christians and Study Groups to get together to cover materials to strengthen them and encourage them in their faith. It is only $95 Aussie Dollars (so about $80 American Dollars) and for that you get six sessions with a quiz afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the promo video for apologetics:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/121424146?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ridley College has put together a great on-line unit for lay people about apologetics featuring speakers like John Lennox, Tom Wright, John Dickson, and Simon Smart. 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