Resources - Recommended Media

Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

Zondervan, 2nd edition, 1998

Lee Strobel, educated at Yale Law School, award-winning former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune—researches evidence and testimony of the biggest story in history. This is Strobel’s own testimony about his spiritual and intellectual journey from a skeptical atheist to a committed Christian.

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The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict

Josh McDowell

Thomas Nelson, Revised updated edition, 1999

The book is divided into four parts.  Part 1 deals with the historical reliability of the Bible. Part 2 and Part 3 are the case for Jesus, and the case for and against Christianity, respectively. Part 4 is entitled "Truth or Consequences" and explores other philosophies such as agnosticism, atheism, mysticism, etc.

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Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics

by R.C. Sproul

Crossway Books, 2003

In this primer of apologetic thought, Dr. Sproul affirms four logical principles that are necessary for all real discussion and teaches you how to defend your faith in a faithless world. Using the writings of church fathers and philosophers throughout the ages, he uncovers the common ideologies that work against faith.

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Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics

by Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli

InterVarsity Press, 2003

Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason.  The authors have condensed their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity.

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Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Christian Apologetics

by contributors: N.T. Wright, Norman Geisler, Lee Strobel, Gary Habermas, Charles Quarles, L. Russ Bush, Francis J. Beckwith, Greg Koukl, and editors: Paul Copan, William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland

B&H Academic, 2007

Applicable to pastors, serious-minded lay people, and university and high school students, these twenty essays are grouped into six dynamic categories: (1) Why Apologetics? (2) God (3) Jesus (4) Comparative Religions (5) Postmodernism and Relativism (6) Practical Application.

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To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview

by Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, and Norman L. Geisler

InterVarsity Press, 2004

Moreland tackles naturalism, Dembski discusses the design argument, Witherington talks about Christology, Habermas argues for the resurrection, Beckwith takes up the issue of intelligent design, and Zacharias gives insight into apologetics and pantheism, etc. They discuss classical arguments for God's existence, miracles, challenges to Christianity, and contemporary religious opponents.

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Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction

by John M. Frame

P & R Publishing, 1994

This book helps prepare the Christian to be a confident witness for Christ. According to Frame, the apologist must begin with a strong commitment to the Lordship of Christ and must display that commitment through his use of the Scriptures. The book builds on this foundation to instruct the apologist in responding to different philosophical arguments. The final chapter illustrates these principles practically by providing a sample dialogue between a pastor and a non-believer.

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