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Creating a Christian Apologetics Website

RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000. R E A S O N S T O B E L I E V E. Creating a Christian Apologetics Website. Mark Ritter. Richard Deem. Sword and Spirit Ministries. Evidence for God From Science. Purpose.

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Creating a Christian Apologetics Website

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  1. RTB Creation Conference June 24, 2000 REASONS TOBELIEVE Creating a Christian Apologetics Website Mark Ritter Richard Deem Sword and Spirit Ministries Evidence for God From Science

  2. Purpose This workshop is designed to give you the information you need set up your own Christian apologetics website. YOU can do it!

  3. Types of Christian Apologetics • Science • History • Archeology • Philosophy • Cults/World Religions

  4. Sources of Apologetics Materials - Books • Scaling the Secular City- J.P. Moreland • Christian 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

  5. Sources of Apologetics Materials - Internet Websites • Reasons 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/)

  6. 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)

  7. Cosmology • Doctrine • Faith • God’s Love • Prophecy • Prayer The heavens declare the glory of God Evidence for God from Science • Cults • Theology • Apologetics • Design • Creation • Evolution GodAndScience.org

  8. SwordAndSpirit.com

  9. Webmaster Tools • HTML editors • FTP clients • Clip art and graphics (for interest) • Animations • Java and javascripts (“cool” effects) • Miscellaneous • Site search engines • Discussion boards • free polls • counters

  10. HTML Editors • Commercial • 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)

  11. FTP Clients • Commercial • 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/)

  12. Clipart and Graphics • Clipart.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)

  13. Animations • Animfactory (www.animfactory.com) • IconBazaar (www.iconbazaar.com) • Animated Gifs Library (www.animatedgif.net) • Animation City (www.animationcity.net) • Web Developer (www.webdeveloper.com/animations/)

  14. 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)

  15. Miscellaneous • Site search engines • Beseen (www.beseen.com) • My Computer (www.mycomputer.com) • WhatUSeek (intra.whatUseek.com) • Discussion Boards • Beseen (www.beseen.com) • Free polls • FreePolls.com (www.freepolls.com) • Guest books • guestworld.com (www.guestworld.com) • Counters • My Computer (www.mycomputer.com)

  16. Domains: Going, going... • Advantages • Easy to remember (i.e., mysite.com) • Shows “serious” site • Ranked 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.com • Registration: discountdomainregistry.com

  17. Web Hosting - where your pages live • Domain Hosts - $0 - $300/month • Domain Forwarding $0 - $50/year • www.namesecure.com • www.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)

  18. Publicize Your Site • Search Engines - Must submit your site • Webrings - Link to similar sites • Banner Exchange - Display a banner and others display yours

  19. Search Engines -Tips to get listed high • Text 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 essentialon 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”>

  20. 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)

  21. Webrings • Bible 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!

  22. Banner Exchange • Christian Banner Exchange (www.cbx2.net) • CGX2000 Banner Exchange (cgx2000.com) • Christian Banner Network (www.chrbanner.com) • Christian Banner Exchange Network(www.cben1.net)

  23. Summary • Select a topic that you are familiar with • Gather the tools you need to do the job • Gather apologetics information from books and the Internet • Sign up for a domain name and/or website host • Create your pages • Submit your site to search engines • Prayerfully answer e-mails directed to your site

  24. Conclusion Anybody can make a Christian apologetics website - even YOU!

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