Resources for Learning Apologetics
Reminder
If you would prefer to not purchase any of the books below, you can probably get them through an Interlibrary Loan at your local library.
Books
Books for Beginners
- The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel
- The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel
- The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel
- The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death by Lee Strobel
- Is God Real?: Exploring the Ultimate Question of Life edited by Lee Strobel
- Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics by Doug Powell
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- Evidence that Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Sceptical World by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
- Cold-Case Christianity (Updated & Expanded Edition): A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace
- Is There a God? by Richard Swinburne
- Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
- I Don't Have Enough to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek
- Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science by Michael Licona & William A. Dembski
Intermediate Books
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision by William Lane Craig
- The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word: An Introduction to Classical Apologetics by Douglas Groothuis and Andrew I. Shepardson
- The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics, edited by Joseph M. Holden
- Five Proofs of the Existence of God by Edward Feser
- Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
- Evidence That Demands A Verdict by Josh McDowell
- The God Question: An Invitation to a Life of Meaning by J.P. Moreland
- The God Who Is There (The IVP Signature Collection) by Francis Schaeffer
- Orthodoxy: With Annotations and Guided Reading by G.K. Chesterton, edited by Trevin K. Wax
Advanced Books
- Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, 2nd ed. by Douglas Groothuis
- Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics, 3rd ed. by William Lane Craig
- Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity by J.P. Moreland
Websites
- Reasonable Faith
- Stand to Reason
- Know Why You Believe - free courses on apologetics by Reasonable Faith
- Christian Research Journal - Christian Research Institute
- CrossExamined.org - Your source for Christian Apologetics Ministry
- TalkAboutDoubts.com – Unpack Doubts About Christianity 1-1 Online with Experts
- This is an organization that offers free private mentoring to Christians who are struggling with doubts about faith, in addition to ex-Christians who want to explore whether there is a rational path back to faith.
Training
- Free Case Maker’s Course | Cold Case Christianity
- Cross-Examined Instructor Academy (CIA) - What Is CIA? | CrossExamined.org
- Defending the Faith – Dr. Frank Turek - TPUSA FAITH EDU