creating a christian apologetics website richard deem rtb creation conference june 24, 2000 sword...

Creating a Christian Apologetics Website

Richard Deem

RTB Creation ConferenceJune 24, 2000

Sword and Spirit Ministries Evidence for God From Science

Mark Ritter

R E A S O N ST O B E L I E V E

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PurposeThis workshop is designed to give you the information you need set up your own

Christian apologetics website. YOU can do it!

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Types of Christian ApologeticsScienceHistoryArcheologyPhilosophyCults/World Religions

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Sources of Apologetics Materials - BooksScaling the Secular City - J.P. MorelandChristian Apologetics - Norman L. Geisler

Reasonable Faith: Christian Truthand Apologetics - William Lane Craig

Handbook of Christian Apologetics -Peter Kreeft, Ronald K.Tacelli

Evidence That Demands a Verdict -Josh McDowell

The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ - Gary R. Habermas

Come, Let Us Reason: an Intro toLogical Thinking - N. Geisler & R. Brook

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Sources of Apologetics Materials - Internet WebsitesReasons To Believe (www.reasons.org)

Leadership University (www.leaderu.com)Origins (www.origins.org)Stand To Reason (www.str.org)

Day Star (www.daystarcom.org)Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (

www.carm.org) Institute of Biblical Defense (www.biblicaldefense

.org)Miami Christian University Virtual Library

(mcu.edu/library/apologet.htm)The Errant Skeptics Research Institute (www.

errantskeptics.org)Tekton Apologetics Ministries (

www.integrityonline15.com/jpholding/tekton/)

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Sources of Apologetics Materials - Internet Websites Sword and Spirit (www.swordandspirit.com) Evidence for God From Science (www.godandscience.org) Jude3.org (www.jude3.org)

Christianity and Science Resource Center (www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4264/relsci.html)

Ultimate Christian Apologetics Website (www.home.earthlink.net/~gbl111/)

The Big Question (TheBigQuestion.com) Christian Apologetics (www.ccel.org/contrib

/exec_outlines/ca.html) God, Genesis and the Big Bang (www.kiva.net/~kls

/index.html) Sean's Christian Apologetics Page (

members.tripod.com/~vantillian/main.html)

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GodAndScience.org

•Cults•Theology•Apologetics

•Design•Creation

•Evolution

•Cosmology•Doctrine•Faith

•God’s Love•Prophecy

•Prayer

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SwordAndSpirit.com

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Webmaster ToolsHTML editorsFTP clientsClip art and graphics (for interest)AnimationsJava and javascripts (“cool” effects)Miscellaneous

Site search enginesDiscussion boardsfree pollscounters

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HTML EditorsCommercial

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 (www.microsoft.com)

Dreamweaver (www.macromedia.com)Hot Dog (www.sausage.com)Homesite (www.allaire.com)NetObjects Fusion (www.netobjects.com)

Non-Commercial (Free!)1st Page 2000 (www.evrsoft.com)Cool Page 2.5 (www.3Dize.com)CoffeeCup HTML (www.coffeecup.com)

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FTP ClientsCommercial

FTP Voyager (www.ftpvoyager.com)CuteFTP (www.cuteftp.com)WS_FTP Pro (www.ipswitch.com)Bullet Proof FTP (www.bpftp.com)

Non-Commercial (Free!)WS_FTP LE (www.ipswitch.com)FTP Explorer (www.ftpx.com)LeechFTP (stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/)

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Clipart and GraphicsClipart.com (www.clipart.com)

Andrew's GraphXKingdom (www.graphxkingdom.com)

IconBazaar (www.iconbazaar.com)

A-1 Clipart Archive (www.free-graphics.com)

Barry’s Clipart Server (www.barrysclipart.com)

Absolutely Free Clipart (www.allfree-clipart.com)

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AnimationsAnimfactory (www.animfactory.com)

IconBazaar (www.iconbazaar.com)

Animated Gifs Library (www.animatedgif.net)

Animation City (www.animationcity.net)

Web Developer (www.webdeveloper.com/animations/)

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Java and Javascripts (“cool” effects)DynamicDrive (www.dynamicdrive.com

)The Javascript Source (javascript

.internet.com)Java Boutique (javaboutique.

webdeveloper.com)The Applet Depot (www.

ericharshbarger.com/java/)DuckWare - Multimedia Java

Applets and Applications (www.duckware.com)

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MiscellaneousSite search engines

Beseen (www.beseen.com)My Computer (www.mycomputer.com)WhatUSeek (intra.whatUseek.com)

Discussion BoardsBeseen (www.beseen.com)

Free pollsFreePolls.com (www.freepolls.com)

Guest booksguestworld.com (www.guestworld.com)

CountersMy Computer (www.mycomputer.com)

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Domains: Going, going...Advantages

Easy to remember (i.e., mysite.com)Shows “serious” siteRanked higher by search engines

Names“.com” - for-profit company“.org” - non-profit organization“.net” - network

Single name domains are nearly all taken. Select a short two word name or abbreviation

Lookup: www.qwho.comRegistration: discountdomainregistry.com

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Web Hosting - where your pages liveDomain Hosts - $0 - $300/monthDomain Forwarding $0 - $50/year

www.namesecure.comwww.discountdomainregistry.com

Free Servers (banner ads or popups):www.freewebspace.net (lists of hosts)www.freesitex.com/domain.html (list)www.freeservers.com (domain with banner)www.portland.co.uk (no ads, restricted

number of transfers/month - small site, low traffic only)

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Publicize Your SiteSearch Engines - Must

submit your siteWebrings - Link to

similar sitesBanner Exchange -

Display a banner and others display yours

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Search Engines -Tips to get listed highText content is everything

Use a relevant, descriptive title

First sentence should summarize your page (many search engines use the first line as the page descriptor)

Meta tags are essential on every page <title>Your Title Here</title>

<meta name=“KeyWords” content= “apologetics,etc.”>

<meta name=“Description” content=“Type a brief description of your page here”>

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Search Engines - Submit your site Northern Light (www.nlsearch.com) AltaVista (www.altavista.com) Snap (www.snap.com) HotBot (www.hotbot.com) Microsoft (www.msn.com) GO Network (www.go.com) Google (www.google.com) Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) Excite (www.excite.com) Lycos (www.lycos.com) Euroseek (www.euroseek.net) Christian Submit! (www.christiansubmitit.com) CrossDaily's SubmitAll (submitall.crossdaily.com)

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WebringsBible webring (http://nav.webring

.org/hub?ring=bible)

Evangelical Christian Webring (http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=evangelical)

Ring of Great Commission Christians (http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=greatcom)

Apologetics? - start your own!

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Banner ExchangeChristian Banner Exchange (

www.cbx2.net)CGX2000 Banner Exchange (

cgx2000.com)Christian Banner Network

(www.chrbanner.com)Christian Banner Exchange

Network(www.cben1.net)

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SummarySelect a topic that you are familiar

withGather the tools you need to do the

jobGather apologetics information

from books and the InternetSign up for a domain name and/or

website hostCreate your pagesSubmit your site to search enginesPrayerfully answer e-mails directed

to your site

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ConclusionAnybody can make a Christian apologetics website - even YOU!