APOLOGETICS7 Major Authors

KNOW WHY YOU BELIEVE PAUL LITTLE

Is Christianity Rational? It there a God? Is Christ God? Did Christ Rise from the

Dead? Is the Bible God’s Word? Are the Bible documents

Reliable?

Does Archaeology Verify Scripture?

Are Miracles Possible? Do Science and Scripture

Agree? Why Does God allow

suffering? Does Christianity differ

from other Religions? Is Christian Experience

Valid?

EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT JOSH MCDOWELL

1. Uniqueness of the Bible

2. The Canon

3. Reliability of the Bible: Historical Text

4. Reliability of the Bible: Archaeology

5. Historical Jesus

6. Claims of Jesus as God’s Son

1. Dilemma: Lord, Liar or Lunatic

2. Great Proposition

3. Messianic Prophecies

4. Resurrection

5. Prophecy Fulfilled in History

6. Uniqueness of Christian Experience

REASONS WE BELIEVE NATHAN BUSENITZ

We Believe in God We Believe the Bible

1. Revelation

2. Order and Design

3. Continuation of the Universe

4. Eternity written on our hearts

5. Life without God is meaningless

6. Flow of Human History

7. Miraculous Events

8. Other Belief Systems are Inadequate

1. Confirmation of Holy Spirit

2. Corresponds to Reality

3. Tested and Trustworthy

4. Fulfilled Prophecies

5. Consistent Message

6. Moral Ethic and Social Impact

7. Supernatural Richness

8. Changes Lives

9. Unique among Religious Books

10. Jesus’ Affirmation

REASONS WE BELIEVE

We Believe the N.T is Reliable We Believe in Jesus Christ

1. Consistent with Previous Revelation

2. Close Eyewitnesses

3. Historical

4. Tested Details

5. Accurate records

6. Jesus Consistent with Gospels

7. Jesus’ life in Non-biblical sources

8. Jesus consistent with N. T.

9. Superior to Other Gospels

10. Preserved Through Church History

1. Christians have come to know Jesus

2. Meets biblical requirements

3. O.T. Prediction of Life and Death

4. Visibly authenticated by God

5. Exhibited Divine Authority

6. Lived a sinless perfection

7. Testimony of Friends

8. Testimony of Non-Christian Sources

9. Church Established

10. Died and Resurrected

CHRISTIAN HANDBOOK OF APOLOGETICS PETER KREEFT AND RONALD TACELLI

1.Existence of God

2.Nature of God

3.Problem of Evil

4.Divinity of Christ

5.Resurrection of Christ

6. Biblical Reliability

7. Life after Death

8. Heaven and Hell

9. Other Religions

10. Objective Truth

I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO BE AN ATHEISTNORMAN GEISLER AND FRANK TUREK

1. Handling the Truth

2. Why believe anything

3. Beginning of Universe

4. Divine Design

5. Natural Law or Divine Awe?

6. New Life Forms

7. Mother Teresa vs Hitler

8. Miracles

9. Early Testimony of Jesus

10. Eyewitness Testimony of Jesus

11. Truth of New Testament

12. Jesus’ Resurrection

13. Who is Jesus?

14. Jesus taught the Bible