Chaos to Clarity (Apologetics/Speech & Debate Tournament)

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attendees, students giving speeches and judges polease click below:

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Final speech and debate schedule/lineup will be posted the Wednesday before the event.*

Current Schedule:

• 8:00am- set up booths**

• 9am doors open- check out booths

• 9:30am- Opening Session- "Clarity out of cultural chaos" (Pastor Caleb, sanctuary)

• 10am- Debates (students) (in children's ministry building)

  • Rebekah vs Genesis

  • Jason vs Zion

• 11am- Debates (students)

  • Genesis vs Michael

  • Zion vs Jason

• 12pm- students speeches

  • Abraham

  • Genesis

• 12:15- Lunch (+debates if participant load requires it)

• *Lunch will be sold as a fundraiser to support Engage students or people can bring their own.

• 1pm- main session

  • Case for natural Marriage (Riley)

  • "Is it necessary for the state to have a religious foundation for there to be a sufficient moral consensus?" (Caleb)

• 2pm- Speech and Debates (Rebekah vs Michael)

• 3pm- Tabling presentations

• 3:30pm- Q&A (Caleb)

• 4pm- Main session & speech/debates rewards- How should Christians Engage with culture? (Caleb)

• 4:3opm- go home

Booths:

*Various booth groups may give an opportunity to make a short announcement in each main session (depending on number of participants.) Please reach out to our website or email caleb.harrelson@yahoo.com if you would like for your group to attend this event.

• Note: We are a unashamed Protestant Organization.

Speeches: (5-10 minute speeches)

sample ideas:

• Should Christians be involved in politics?

• A defense of natural (Biblical) marriage

• Should the ten commandments be displayed in public schools?

• A case for a Christian view of natural law

• Short Bible devotional

• Apologetic presentation- why trust in the Bible, Creation evidence, cult evangelism, case for life, etc.

  • Rough outline of speech topic must be submitted 2 days before the event.

Debate:

• Students MUST prepare BOTH an affirmative and negative case on their chosen debate topic.

Sign up link will be available in a day or two.

• The next two Tuesdays at 10:30am and 1:30pm Caleb will offer a zoom meeting to help students prep more (available to those in the Worldview Academy (WVA) and those not in the academy for their speeches and debates.

Various Debate topics:

***Main Debate topic: (individual LD debate) ****

• Whether the supreme Court should over-turn same sex marriage and defend natural marriage

• Outline for marriage case prep- Click here