Tom Price
Tom Price is the Damaris Resources for Students Co-ordinator. Tom came to Damaris in 2003 on the Internship programme and formally joined the team in 2007. Tom is also a Tutor and Lecturer at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and an Associate speaker of the RZIM Zacharias Trust. He holds degrees in Christian Apologetics (MA) and Philosophy (BA) and he is the author of a number of articles on popular culture and Christian belief.
Tom was the founding Editor of the University and Colleges Christian Fellowship's (UCCF) world class apologetics website bethinking.org. Tom regularly lectures and speaks on Christian Apologetics, at events such as Spring Harvest, the European Leadership Forum, Hungary, and 24-7 Prayer's Transit. Tom's specific interests include: meta-ethics, analytic and continental arguments for God, faith and reason, suffering, cultural apologetics and C.S. Lewis. Tom is married to Caroline and they live in Oxford.
Speaking topics
Tom would be glad to provide training or teaching on your chosen subject but areas of particular expertise include:
- Mission and outreach: Film events/courses (themes of: Love, Happiness, Freedom, Purpose, Identity, Spirituality, Destiny); Suffering; Science vs. Christianity; What is Faith?; Does God exist?; Who is Jesus?; Is there any evidence for Jesus?; Who Am I?; Religion and Film; Isn't Christianity Narrow/Intolerant?
- Training/Equipping Christians: What is the gospel?; Conversational Apologetics; What is Apologetics and How do we do It?; Arguments for God; Problem of Suffering; Cultural Apologetics; Preparing and delivering an Evangelistic Talk (can be a practical workshop); What is Truth?; The Nature of Identity; How to Watch a Film?; Introduction to Moral Philosophy; Introduction to Epistemology; C.S. Lewis' approach to Evangelism?
- Bible: Biblical Themes (Leadership; Trust; God's Will; Discipleship; Goodness); Doctrinal (God, Revelation, Creation, Man, Fall, Atonement (why vicarious substitutionary atonement IS moral), Inerrancy (the Bible is true in what it affirms) etc.); Sequential Bible teaching (working through a book of the Bible and discovering its riches together)
Teaching Style
Tom is able to present or to facilitate discussions - acting as chair, and he will usually use a combination of media and approaches to help an audience or group engage with your chosen topic. He has experience working with churches and parachurch organisations, and has addressed both professional as well as more informal groups of people.
Example Events
Example outreach event (great with food as a Church or Christian Union based event)
Title: "Looking for Love - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Description: a 30 minute long movie discussion touching on questions of regret and love - leaving the audience with the opportunity to find out more or to ask questions in an open Q&A scenario.
Example Training session (great for pastorates/homegroups/men's and ladies' groups)
Title: "How to Watch Movies and Talk about your Faith"
Description: a flexible 45min-2hr session on using contemporary popular culture to talk about your faith - plenty of opportunity to tell stories and think about concerns/opportunities together.
Example Church weekend:
(four sessions)
Title: "Who I am?"
Description: a 40 minute Bible based talk looking at the question of identity, challenging people to find their identity in Jesus.
Title: "How can I share my faith?"
Description: a flexible 45min-2hr, and very practical Bible based session that will show you how to use contemporary popular culture to talk about your faith - with plenty of opportunity to tell stories and think about concerns/opportunities together.
Title: "Tough Questions"
Description: we'll take on some difficult questions together, like Suffering/Science/Evidence/Proof, then we'll look at ways to help you learn to answer them winsomely and biblically.
Title: "The Anvil of History"
Description: finding purpose in life isn't easy, but surely Christians must be redeemed to do something? Or is it just Bible studies and prayer meetings? Find out how to make your life really matter.
How can I find out more?
Please contact Tom directly to talk about your local needs. Tom does not charge a fee. If you want to make a gift - entirely optional - then please talk to Tom.
Email: tom.price@gmail.com
Phone: (07732) 819351