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Monday, July 12, 2021
Friday, July 9, 2021
Ratio Christi - Free Apologetics e-books.
Ratio Christi (Latin for ‘The Reason of Christ’) has free e-books.
Authors include William Lane Craig, Greg Koukl, and Robert M. Bowman Jr., etc.
Titles include What if Christianity is true?, Is God evil?, Is Jesus God?, Engaging critical theory and the social justice movement, etc.
Covenant Theological Seminary - Free Online Courses
Courses, Lectures & Sermons – All Free. Create a free account to stream or download over 45 full-length masters courses, more than 100 lectures series, and hundreds of sermons.
Associated with -- The Presbyterian Church in America -- the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind the Presbyterian Church, and the largest conservative Reformed denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presbyterian in government. It is characterized by a blend of Reformed practice and broad evangelicalism.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Friday, March 12, 2021
Apologetics Resource: The Worldview Bulletin
The Worldview Bulletin informs about current ideas and issues at the intersection of culture and Christian philosophy, theology, and apologetics.
Produced by Christian scholars Dr. Paul Copan, Dr. Paul Gould, Dr. David Baggett, and Christopher Reese.
Subscription-based, but you can subscribe for free.
The Worldview Bulletin features:
Interviews
Original Articles
News
Guest contributions by Christian scholars and apologists
Announcements and helpful info about new books
Special deals and discounts on books
Recommended resources
Apologetics E-Books with brief annotations
The following is based on a list of free apologetics books based on a list from Truthbomb Apologetics. Truthbomb's list includes a selection of Devotional Books not included here.
Go here for Faithlife’s free eBook of the Month.
The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel. *ADDED* Evidences/indicators for the reliability of the NT, the divinity of Christ, and the resurrection.
An evidential approach to apologetics: Prove the resurrection and you've demonstrated Christianity and its doctrines are true.
Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock: What to Say Jehovah Witnesses When They Knock on your Door by Mike Licona
Mike Licona is solid.
Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock: What to Say to Mormons When They Knock on Your Door by Mike Licona
Mike Licona is solid.
Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity edited by John Piper, Justin Taylor, and Paul Kjoss Helseth [PDF]
Defending orthodoxy. Commendation by J.I. Packer means it's solid Reformed theology. Research topic: What is "open theism".
Confessions by St. Augustine [PDF]
A classic work by a Church Father.
C.S. Lewis- A Profile in Faith [PDF]
Biography of pre-eminent 20th cc. apologist. Chapter 6 is C. S. Lewis’s Seven Key Ideas.
Curse of Cain? Racism in the Mormon Church by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching by St. Irenaeus
A classic work by a Church Father.
Digging for the Evidence by Peter S. Williams [PDF]
Archaeology and the Historical Reliability of the New Testament
Peter S. Williams is solid.
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul [PDF] *NOT AVAILABLE*
Evidence for the Historical Jesus: Is the Jesus of History the Christ of Faith? by Gary Habermas *CORRECTED LINK*
Gary Habermas is a solid Resurrection scholar.
Evidence of Christianity by William Paley
Historical Apologetics. Paley is famous for his Watchmaker analogy
Fifty Nobel Laureates and Other Great Scientists Who Believe in God [PDF] *LINK FIXED*
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper [PDF]; originally called The Passion of Jesus Christ
Perhaps useful for witnessing to Muslims, who assert Jesus did not die on the cross.
John Piper is solid. His Desiring God Ministries offers all of Piper's sermons and articles and most of his books online free of charge.
How Do You Know the Bible is from God? by Kyle Butt [PDF]
An illustrated, entry-level Apologetics Primer. Kyle writes for Apologetics Press. I believe he is a Young Earth Creationist (YEC)
Jesus Rediscovered by Malcolm Muggeridge
Cultural apologetics. Malcolm Muggeridge was a 20th cc. British public figure who came to faith in Christ later in life.
Letters to a Mormon Elder by James R. White
"James White engages in scholarly debate with leading apologists... to encourage the Christian in their faith and their own apologetic responsibility. Dr. White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a professor, teaching Greek, Hebrew, and apologetics. He has authored more than a dozen books, including Letters To A Mormon Elder, The King James Only Controversy, The Forgotten Trinity, The Potter's Freedom, and The God Who Justifies. He is an elder of the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church, and is married to Kelli, and has two children, Joshua and Summer."
Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia by W.M. Ramsey 1904
W. M. Ramsay Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen.
About the book of Revelation. Not sure of the apologetical value.
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis PDF
A classic work by a pre-eminent 20th cc. apologist.
Mormon Claims Answered by Marvin Cowan
The link above links to a series of books addressing Mormonism.
Pensées by Blaise Pascal
Classical apologetics. Blaise Pascal was a Roman Catholic who, like John Wesley, experienced a "heart strangely warmed".
St. Paul the Traveler and the Roman Citizen by W.M. Ramsey 1894.
W. M. Ramsay Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen.
Not sure of the apologetical value.
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper [PDF]
The apologetical area would be "Theodicy" -- justifying God's ways, and dealing with the problem of evil.
John Piper is solid. His Desiring God Ministries offers all of Piper's sermons and articles and most of his books online free of charge.
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
Classical apologetics. A towering figure. "Thomistic studies" refers to Thomas Aquinas.
The Case for the Existence of God Scripture and Science Series by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. [PDF]
Deals with Cosmological, Teleological, and Anthropological (Moral) arguments
From Apologetics Press.
The Changing World of Mormonism by Jerald and Sandra Tanner [PDF available here]
The Dawkins Letters: Challenging Atheist Myths by David Robertson.
A full-blown apologetic in the form of a series of apologetical letters to UK atheist biologist Richard Dawkins. Includes arguments for the existence of God, and much more.
David Robertson is a former moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens by Vox Day [PDF]
An apologetic against modern-day reason- and science-based atheists.
By its chapters, it sounds polemical, but I haven't read it.
The Mark of the Christian by Francis A. Schaeffer *LINK BROKEN*
Francis A. Schaeffer is known for establishing modern-day cultural apologetics.
The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? by F.F. Bruce
The general reliability of the NT documents is important to establish. Once this is done, evidentialists move on to evidences for the resurrection of Christ. Once this is done, the veracity of Christianity is established. Chapters include:
THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS:THEIR DATE AND ATTESTATION
THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE GOSPELS
THE GOSPEL MIRACLES
THE IMPORTANCE OF PAUL'S EVIDENCE
THE WRITINGS OF LUKE
MORE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
THE EVIDENCE OF EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS
THE EVIDENCE OF EARLY GENTILE WRITERS
The Person of Christ According to the New Testament by B.B. Warfield [In EPUB, .MOBI, .PDF & HTML Formats]
The Resurrection of Theism: Prolegomena to Christian Apology by Stuart Hackett PDF *LINK FIXED*
A full-length natural theology book on epistemologically-driven arguments for the existence of God using a rational-empiricism approach. Ontological/cosmological/teleological arguments. This is classical apologetics.
The Scientific Case for Creation: Scripture and Science Series by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. [PDF]
From Apologetics Press
The Story of the Bible: ACCOUNT OF HOW IT CAME TO US by Sir Frederic Kenyon (1936)
The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ Among the Major World Religions by Dr. Gary Habermas [PDF]
Gary Habermas is solid. A Resurrection scholar.
Historical. Josephus was a Jewish historian around the time of Christ.
Tracking the White Salamander: The Story of Mark Hofmann, Murder, and Forged Mormon Documents by Jerald Tanner.
A sensationalist story of murder and intrigue. Not the best book for an academic apologetics class.
Warranted Christian Belief by Dr. Alvin Plantinga
A major work by Plantinga, a major figure in present-day Christian philosophy. A heavy read for the philosophically minded scholar.
Was Christ Born in Bethlehem? by W.M. Ramsey
"Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, FBA was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar. By his death in 1939 he had become the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament"
Why Isn't God More Obvious? by Paul Moser [PDF]
Theodicy: The hiddenness of God.
Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
A Parent's Guide to Intelligent Design [PDF]
From the Discovery Institute - a solid organization.
Biblical Creationism by Henry M. Morris [PDF] *LINK BROKEN*
Biblical Creationism predates Intelligent Design. Here is a link to an article written by Morris on Intelligent Design vs. "Scientific Creationism". The hermeneutical issue is: did the biblical writers (the Holy Spirit included) intend to write a scientifically-precise account, or is the genre and agenda of Genesis different than that? (To pursue this, view the Keith Ganzer Genesis videos on YouTube.
Darwin's Enigma: Ebbing the Tide of Naturalism by Luther Sunderland
In Six Days- Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation, Edited by Dr. John Ashton
From Creation Ministries International
Natural Theology: Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity by William Paley 1809.
Historical Apologetics. "This is William Paley's classic watchmaker argument, in which he compared life on earth to a watch. Paley's argument stated that living organisms show evidence of having been designed, analogous to a human-produced watch." -- Rich Deem.
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin *LINK CHANGED TO PDF* PDF
This is the book that rocked the western world. Darwin posited a natural explanation for the diversity of species, apparently undermining the Genesis account as a literal factual account, and even undermining belief in God. The western world lives in the shadow of Darwin's legacy.
Refuting Evolution 1 by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., F.M.
Creation Ministries International.
Refuting Evolution 2 by Jonathan Sarfati, with Michael Matthews
Creation Ministries International.
Taking Back Astronomy by Jason Lisle
Answers in Genesis.
The Bible and the Age of the Earth Scripture and Science Series by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. [PDF]
Apologetics Press.
The Creation Answers Book by Dr. Don Batton (Contributing Editor), Dr. David Catchpoole, Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, and Dr. Carl Wieland. "Is there really a God? Where did Cain find his wife? What about the gap theory? Are radioisotope dating methods reliable? How did ‘bad things’ come about?"
Creation.Com - Creation Ministries International.
The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin 19th cc. *LINK CHANGED TO PDF* PDF
Naturalistic explanation for the origin of man.
The Global Flood of Noah by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. [PDF]
From Apologetics Press.
The Mystery of Life's Origin by Charles B. Thaxton, Walter L. Bradley, and Roger L. Olsen *LINK CHANGED* PDF
The New Answers Book by various authors.
Answers in Genesis. "Featuring 15 authors such as Ken Ham (who also served as general editor), Dr. David Menton, Dr. Georgia Purdom, Dr. Tommy Mitchell, Dr. Jason Lisle, Dr. Terry Mortenson, Dr. Monty White, and Paul Taylor".
In the Shadow of Darwin, a review of the teachings of John N. Clayton by Wayne Jackson and Bert Thompson [PDF]
Apologetics Press.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Apologetics Videos: Sean McDowell's Recommendations (and More)
"These videos are great to show in order to spur conversation with students" -- Sean McDowell.
1. Reasonable Faith Animated Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/user/drcraigvideos
2. Impact 360 videos. These are short animated videos on questioning the Bible, the resurrection, and the nature of worldview.
https://www.impact360institute.org/videos/is-it-okay-to-question-the-bible/
https://www.impact360institute.org/videos/did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead/
https://www.impact360institute.org/videos/whatsyourworldview/
https://www.impact360institute.org/videos/
3. One Minute Apologist: Quick interviews with leading apologists on a variety of issues.
https://www.youtube.com/user/oneminuteapologist
4. Sean McDowell YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/SeanMcDowell-info/featured
More (not just for students):
Anything by Gary Habermas on the "minimal facts" approach to the resurrection.
Gary Habermas site. Resurrection of Christ. Near Death Experiences (NDE). Miracles. Dealing with doubt. Definitely an evidentialist apologist.
Anything by Lee Strobel.
Anything by Francis Schaeffer. Francis Schaeffer's Method of Apologetics.
Anything by C.S. Lewis.
AskDrBrown. Dr. Michael Brown is a pentecostal scholar who addresses excesses within the movement. Channel contains videos of debates and lectures, media clips, and videos produced specially for the channel. Themes: spiritual awakening, moral and cultural reformation, declaring the good news of Yeshua "to my Jewish people", and taking the gospel to the nations.
CrossExamined. 934 videos.
Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace. Cold-case refers to a criminal or legal case where the evidence trail has gone "cold" with the passage of time.
Specific Videos that caught my eye while doing this:
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