All Roads Ministry

What Does the Course Consists of?
1) An instruction manual (with tips for effective study); 2) 12 sessions of instruction; 3) Homework assignments.

Each session contains:
The main theme; key points; illustrations of the principles involved; background material; a summary; a list of related ARM products; and homework. Each session is a separate unit, but it is designed to build upon what you have previously learned.

What Do I Need to Start?
All you need is the desire to learn. All Roads Ministry will supply everything else.

Did You Say "Homework?"
Yes . . . if you are taking this course for certification, then you will be tested as you go along. This course can be mastered by anyone who gives it an honest try. However, we must maintain our high standards, and this means monitoring progress.

Homework will be a brief series of replies to statements made in actual anti-Catholic literature. This is exactly the type of stuff which you will be refuting.

What If I Do Not Learn at the Same Rate as Others?
There is no set time limit to complete any session. We give general guidelines in the instruction manual, but you will work at your own pace.

How Long Will the Course Take Me to Complete?

Of course, each person is an individual case, but the course should take between 3 and 7 months. There are no minimum nor maximum time limits.

What If I Do Not like the Course?
Although we have made the course so that it will meet the needs of anyone who desires to be an apologist, if it is not what we say it is, simply request a pro-rated refund.

About the Payments . . . May I Make Them in Installments?
Yes, you may, of course, pay for the entire course at once, or for each installment as you receive it. As ARM accepts most credit cards automatic installment charges could be arranged, if you wish.

What If I Don't Understand Something?
Then simply call ARM for some extra tutoring . . . at no additional charge, of course.

May I "Share" the Course with Others?
You may share this course with any members of your immediate family, if you wish. However, beyond this, you are to keep the contents of the course confidential. The result will be known to all by your active and effective defense of the Faith. Exceptions to this policy will be made on a case by case basis. Call me and we can discuss your case.

What Is the Certificate?
You may take this course in one of two ways:

CERTIFICATION This means that, when you finish you will have formally met ARM's high standards, and will have successfully proven this by testing. You will receive a certificate to verify this fact.

AUDITING This means that you take the exact same course, however, you will not be required to submit to any testing. There will be a record of you taking the course. The certificate is the formal recognition of your ability and dedication.

Of What Benefit Is the Course to Me?
1) A growth in grace. Defending the Faith is a meritorious act in itself.
2) A growth in confidence. ARM can make you literally invincible in defending our Faith. Your confidence will be based upon real ability.
3) You will be able to answer objections from family members and friends who are "fallen away" Catholics or Protestant.
4) You will be able to apply what you learn in almost any other field. The techniques that you learn--analytical thinking, right reasoning, and logic--are useful in any profession, as well as being profitable in everyday life.

Is this the Only Way to Become an Apologist? 
There is ONLY one way to become an apologist, and this is to let God use you. From a human point of view, you can learn from experience, by trial and error, and learning from your mistakes. This will take years, involve many wasted opportunities, and the result will be the same as what you can get out of this course. We have done all the work for you, and distilled everything to its most practical and essential elements.

Session Two
The Value of Training
The Importance of Simplicity
Evaluating Objections
Perceptions Versus Reality
Avoiding Misunderstandings
Screening Evidence

Session Three
Establishing Priorities
Answers versus Responses
The Value of Re-phrasing
Achieving Clarity
General Principles of Communication
Key "Opening Words"
IF/THEN Constructions

Session Four
Separation
Focusing on the Subject
"YES/NO" Questions
The Non-Catholic Personality
Human Relationships
When and How to Interrupt
Clarifying Questions

Session Five
The Three F's
Accidents versus Substance
Dealing with Lies
The "T" Test
Completing the Issue at Hand
Using the Bible
Formal Separating Technique
Avoiding the "Why" Question

Session Six
The Absolute Zero Technique
Conditions for Formal Victory
The Danger of Instruction
Spiritual Aspects of Apologetics
Refuting Factual Errors
Attack as Defense
Religious Communication

Session Seven
The Law of Identity
The Nature of Truth
The Tolerance Trap
Non-catholic View of Man
Effective and Ineffective Comparisons
Dealing with Ignorance
Introducing Evangelism

Session Eight
Practical Versus "Academic" Apologetics
The Role of Wills
The Universal Human Self-image
Perception as Reality
Directional Questions
The Two Types of Anti-catholics
Being Hard or Soft

Session Nine
Making Distinctions
Sources of Anti-catholic Objections
Moral Aspects of Apologetics
Inducing Admissions
Sub-dividing
The Importance of Proper Grammar
The Central Question

Session Ten
Essential Epistemology
Cause and Effect Relations
The "Individual" Trap
Sufficient and Necessary Conditions
Identification of Bigotry
The Socratic Method

Session Eleven
Logic and its Limits
Syllogisms
Tautologies
Nature of Goodness
Linking Truths Together
Establishing Premises
Defending Related Truths
Apologetics into Instruction

Session Twelve
Part and Whole Relationships
Elements of an Objection
Avoiding Errors
Dealing with "Dead Ends"
Apologetics as a Trial
Defining Terms
The "Mantra Mentality"
God as the Key Issue

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