This past weekend I had the opportunity to teach at Whitby Bible School hosted by Whitby
Evangelical Church.
It’s an annual Bible school weekend aimed at young adults from 18 to around 30 years old,
where people from several evangelical churches come together for a weekend of fellowship
and teaching. This year the organisers wanted to do an apologetics track to speak about
some of the big questions that regularly come up with that age group, to better equip them
for sharing the Gospel, as well as to build them up in their faith more.
Speaking to a room of around 30 young adults, I had the opportunity to do 4 sessions with
Q&A time after each. The talk titles were: True for you but not for me: How to have
conversations about faith in an age of relativism, Can God & Science co-exist?, Blindfolds
and crutches: Is faith in God is just an emotional crutch, or is there good reason for it?, and
Can happiness last?
This was my first time in Whitby, and although the streets were filled with pirates – quite
literally – I look forward to visiting again, and especially to see our friends at Whitby
Evangelical Church again soon.
It’s really encouraging to have the opportunity to speak at events like this where people are
hungry to learn more as a way to be more effective in sharing their faith, but also as living
out what they believe as disciples of Jesus.
