Sara Lee Harris Worldview Apologetics Competition
Announcing Winners & Presenting Cash Prizes on
Rally Day, Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Cash Prizes totaling $1,000 for Senior & Junior Division’s 1ST, 2ND, & 3RD Place Winners
To enter the Sara Lee Harris Worldview Apologetics Speech Contest, the student’s family must be a member of THEA through their
local THEA chapter: MHEA, WTHEA, MTHEA, SMHEA, CSTHEA, MID-EAST THEA, or NETHEA. Any THEA member family's students, ages 8-18,
may enter, the student does not have to be involved in Christian home school Speech & Debate. If you are not yet a member of THEA,
join through your local chapter: https://thea.mykajabi.com/p/join-thea. Go to your chapter's web site, contact them to join THEA.
If you don't know or are unclear which is your chapter, go to the THEA web site to find your chapter:
https://thea.mykajabi.com/p/find-your-chapter. Contact your local chapter of THEA to jointly join both the state organization,
THEA, and your local chapter.
Your speech must be submitted to THEA by email to president@tnthea.org AND carbon-copied (CC'd) to lana.thornton@gmail.com by midnight on 2/15/19.
Deadline to Submit Your Written Speech:
Before Midnight on Friday, February 15, 2019
Age Categories:
Senior Division (ages 13-19)
Junior Division (ages 8-12)
local THEA chapter: MHEA, WTHEA, MTHEA, SMHEA, CSTHEA, MID-EAST THEA, or NETHEA. Any THEA member family's students, ages 8-18,
may enter, the student does not have to be involved in Christian home school Speech & Debate. If you are not yet a member of THEA,
join through your local chapter: https://thea.mykajabi.com/p/join-thea. Go to your chapter's web site, contact them to join THEA.
If you don't know or are unclear which is your chapter, go to the THEA web site to find your chapter:
https://thea.mykajabi.com/p/find-your-chapter. Contact your local chapter of THEA to jointly join both the state organization,
THEA, and your local chapter.
Your speech must be submitted to THEA by email to president@tnthea.org AND carbon-copied (CC'd) to lana.thornton@gmail.com by midnight on 2/15/19.
Deadline to Submit Your Written Speech:
Before Midnight on Friday, February 15, 2019
Age Categories:
Senior Division (ages 13-19)
Junior Division (ages 8-12)
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JUNIOR DIVISION: A Worldview Apologetics Oratory Competition
Ages 8-12 The Junior Division Contest is a Worldview Apologetics Speech Competition. To compete in this Contest, Junior Division students will prepare a 3-minute maximum speech on one of the topics below.
JV Apologetics questions/topics for 2019 Choose one question to answer in your Speech or one statement to respond to: 1. What does redemption mean? Why does this matter? 2. What is your response to the following statement: "God set the universe in motion, but He has no interest in it?'" 3. Why is it important that Jesus Christ be both fully God and fully man? 4. What are the unique features of Christianity that set it apart from all other religions? 5. How does it mean that God is "triune"? Why does this matter? |
SENIOR DIVISION: A Platform Apologetics Speech Competition
Ages 13-19 To compete in this Contest, Senior Division students will prepare an 8-minute maximum Platform Apologetics Speech. As the choice of questions for this Speech come from the list of Stoa Apologetics Questions, we want to be certain you realize that the Sara Lee Harris Platform Apologetics Speech is an 8-minute speech (memorized) NOT 10-minutes.
Senior Division Apologetics questions for SLH Speech 2019: Choose one question to answer in your Speech: 1. What does it mean that God is eternal? Why does this matter? 2. Is the New Testament historically reliable? 3. Why Am I here? And what is my purpose in life? 4. What does sanctification mean? Why does this matter? 5. Does man need Salvation? |