Apologetics 101
Dennis A. Wright, DMin
Apologetics is usually said to deal with philosophy, while Christian evidences deals with facts. They are not really divisible, since the facts which Christian evidences produces in support of the claims of Christianity can have no significance apart from a system of interpretation.
Kenneth D. Boa, DPhil
Apologetics may be simply defined as the defense of the Christian faith. The simplicity of this definition, however, masks the complexity of the problem of defining apologetics. It turns out that a diversity of approaches has been taken in defining the meaning, scope, and purpose of apologetics.
Gavin Ortlund, PhD
In C. S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength, the character Mark describes his life as “the dust and broken bottles, the heap of old tin cans, the dry and choking places.” Along with his wife, Mark functions as a personification of modernity, and his beliefs represent many secular people today. Yet through the events of the plot, Mark becomes awakened to transcendence.
John Warwick Montgomery, ThD
The expanse of apologetic history can be discussed in terms of seven epochs or styles of defence: 1) Apologetics in the Bible; 2) Patristic defence of the faith; 3) Medieval apologetics; 4) Renaissance and Reformation; 5) Apologetics at the zenith of the “classical Christian era”; 6) Response to the Enlightenment in the 18th and 19th centuries; 7) Apologetics today.
R. Albert Mohler, PhD
This is a series of seminary chapel addresses on apologetics. by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Lee Strobel, DD
Skepticism is part of my DNA. That’s probably why I ended up combining the study of law and journalism to become the legal editor of The Chicago Tribune. And that’s undoubtedly why I was later attracted to a thorough examination of the evidence … as a way to probe the legitimacy of the Christian faith.
Douglas R. Groothuis, PhD
This is a manifesto to ignite the holy fire of apologetic passion and action. It is not a sustained argument or a detailed development of themes. Rather, as a manifesto it proclaims a short series of interrelated propositions crying out for both immediate and protracted reflection, prayer, and action.
William Edgar, DThéol
Rev. Dr. William Edgar (DThéol, Université de Genève) is professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also associate professor at the Faculté Jean Calvin. His primary teaching and research interest is apologetics. Here he presents 28 audio lectures on the basics of Apologetics.
William Lane Craig, PhD
Before presenting a case for Christianity, we must come to grips with some very fundamental questions about the nature and relationship of faith and reason. Exactly how do we know Christianity to be true? William Lane Craig presents a very thorough answer to these questions.
Various Authors
Five Views on Apologetics examines the ‘how-to’ of apologetics, putting five prominent views under the microscope: Classical, Evidential, Presuppositional, Reformed Epistemology, and Cumulative Case. From the book of the same title. EXCELLENT!
Stephen J. Cole, ThM
I have read that when people are asked to rank their greatest fears, the fear of death ranks second after the fear of speaking in public! I don’t know where the fear of confronting someone who is in sin would rank, but I suspect that it would be somewhere near the top of the list.
D. James Kennedy, PhD
I spoke to a man who had no belief whatsoever in the Scriptures as any sort of divine revelation from God. He was a writer who was articulate and well-educated, yet was completely ignorant of any evidences for the truthfulness of the Christian faith and the Scriptures which reveal it.
L. Russ Bush, PhD
Some people think that philosophical ideas are abstract and irrelevant. Some are. Nevertheless, ideas shape history and culture. Some ideas have been so profoundly influential that eras (particularly in Western civilization) can be classified by them.
Robert M. Bowman, Jr, PhD
The purpose of developing a Christian view of the world is not merely to evaluate and judge the world, but to change it. Ultimately, Jesus will introduce a radical change to our world when He comes in glory. But until then, you have an opportunity to participate in changing the world for Jesus.
Robert C. Koons, PhD
The cosmological argument for God’s existence has a long history, but perhaps the most influential version of it has been the argument from contingency. This is the version that Frederick Copleston pressed upon Bertrand Russell in their famous debate about God’s existence in 1948. Technical.
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