Reasons for Doing Apologetics (Kreeft)

I really like this book on apologetics: Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli. It's a unique contribution to apologetics because it follows the style of Aquinas' Summa Theologiae. In fact, the authors thought about calling their book on apologetics Summa Apologetica, but their publisher shot the idea down. The outline of …

The Tension of Unbelief (Guinness)

In chapter five of "Fool's Talk," Os Guinness has a very good explanation of unbelief. In the following quote Guinness discusses the tension of unbelief. The non-Christian's unbelieving attitude and heart is something also to think about for Christian apologetics. Here's Guinness: At the core of unbelief is ceaseless, unremitting, and inescapable tension and conflict. …

“Why Believe?” by Neil Shenvi (A Somewhat Critical Review)

I recently received this book for review purposes: Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity by Neil Shenvi. "Why Believe?" is an apologetics book explaining and defending the truths of Christianity from a logical and reasonable perspective. In "Why Believe?" Shenvi discusses the common apologetics topics such as: Are all religions true? Was Jesus a …

Genocide and the OT Conquest of Canaan (Kruger)

Some critics and skeptics point to Israel's conquest of Canaan in the OT as proof God is not good, but vindictive, hateful, and murderous. However, if you look at the Israelite conquest of Canaan in the OT from a biblical perspective, this event is part of the just judgment of God. Michal Kruger argues this …

Early Non-Christian Literary References to Jesus (Evans)

If you heard that there were some references to Jesus in 1st Century non-Christian literature, you might not be overly surprised. Important ancient historical figures are often mentioned in various ancient writings. For one example, archaeologists found a speech written by Pliny the Younger (d. 112 AD) that mentions emperor Domitian (see Dictionary of NT …