DAN KREFT the Seven-Foot Apologist, is a cross-generational teacher, itinerant speaker, and author of the three-volume book, “Jesus” is Not the Answer to Every Sunday School Question. In addition to his own ministry, he also serves as an adjunct instructor for Mike Riddle’s Creation Training Initiative and serves on the board of directors for the Apologetics Forum of Snohomish County. Dan earned a BS in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, where he gained notoriety by becoming the first NCAA Division 1 student-athlete to keep what would later come to be known as a “blog,” which earned him an invitation to write for Sports Illustrated. After graduating, he played professional basketball for three years, including a rather memorable encounter against Shaquille O’Neal. Though he’s been developing websites professionally since 1995, Dan’s passion is to equip and encourage the body of Christ to confidently deliver biblical responses to skeptical assaults on our faith, with a particular emphasis on the sufficiency and authority of Scripture, starting with the very first verse.
Why Should Anyone Believe the Bible?
If you think you’re about to hear about a bunch of evidences, or arguments for the truth of Scripture, you’re in for quite a surprise…because it’s not about evidences, and it’s not about arguments. Basically, it’s not about you at all.
How to Understand the Days of Creation
By the end of this presentation, the audience will be able to deliver correct responses to the following challenges: State what is meant by “hermeneutics”, List three biblical proofs that the days of creation were actual days (~24 hours long) and explain why 24-hour days in Genesis 1 are essential for understanding the gospel.
Did God Use the Big Bang?
In an attempt to reconcile the tension between a plain reading of Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 with the secular scientific theories of our day, many well-meaning Christians have adopted a compromise approach that suggests that God created everything in the Big Bang and used natural processes over the course of 13.8 billion years to bring us to where we are today. In this talk, I demonstrate that the Big Bang as taught by materialistic philosopher-scientists is not compatible with the clear teaching of Scripture.
The Problems with Distant Starlight
Many Christian laymen and apologists alike stumble over what’s been dubbed “the distant starlight problem,” citing it as a key obstacle to their acceptance of a young (i.e.~ 6,000 year) creation. In this presentation, I’ll take this difficult topic by the horns and demonstrate to non-technical audiences how the distant starlight problem is a double-edged sword that cuts both ways–against young- and old-earth creationists alike; it is not the proverbial nail in the young-earth coffin that many think it is.