Table of Contents
Foreword Ron Rhodes 15
Preface: The Battle for Hearts and Minds 17
Part 1 Questions About Apologetics and Truth
1 What Is Apologetics and Why Do We Need It? Norman L. Geisler 21
2 What About a Short History of Apologetics? John Warwick Montgomery 27
3 What Are Some Apologetic Approaches? H. Wayne House 37
4 What Is the Overall Apologetic Task? Don Deal Joseph M. Holden 43
5 What Is the Relationship Between Faith and Reason? Mark M. Hanna 51
6 What Is Truth? Richard G. Howe 57
7 How Can We Know Truth? Richard G. Howe 61
8 What Is Conversational Apologetics? David Geisler 65
9 How Can We Make Apologetics Culturally Relevant? Miguel Angel Endara 69
10 What Is the Holy Spirits Role in Apologetics? Ed Hindson 73
Part 2 Questions About God
11 Why Does God Seem "Hidden"? Natasha Crain 79
12 What Are the Classical Proofs for God's Existence? Richard G. Howe 83
13 What Are Some Other Arguments for Gods Existence? Thomas W. Baker 89
14 If God Exists, Why Is There Evil? Clay Jones 95
15 Canaanites, Crusades, and Catastrophes-Is God a Moral Monster? Doughs E. Potter 99
16 How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell? Douglas E. Potter 107
Part 3 Questions About Jesus
17 Who Is Jesus? Josh McDowell 115
18 Is There Evidence That Jesus Really Existed? Gary R. Habermas Benjamin C.F. Shaw 125
19 Are the Gospel Accounts Reliable? F. David Farnell 129
20 What About the Alternative "Gospels"? H. Wayne House 135
21 How Do We Know That Jesus Is God? Ron Rhodes 141
22 Is There Evidence That Jesus Rose from the Dead? Gary R. Habermas Benjamin C.F. Shaw 145
23 Did Christianity Copy Earlier Pagan Resurrection Stories? Edwin A. Yamauchi 149
24 Why Is It Important That Jesus Rose from the Dead? Phil Fernandas 157
25 How Did Jesus Use Apologetics? Patrick Zukeran 161
Part 4 Questions About the Bible
26 Are the Old Testament Manuscripts Reliable? Walter C. Kaiser Jr. 169
27 How Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Show the Reliability of the Old Testament Text? J. Randall Price 175
28 Does Archaeology Confirm the Historical Reliability of the Old Testament? Steven Collins 183
29 Were the New Testament Manuscripts Copied Accurately? Don Stewart Joseph M. Holden 191
30 Is the Qur'an's Text More Reliable Than the Biblical Text? Jay H. Smith 199
31 Does Archaeology Confirm the Historical Reliability of the New Testament? Brian Janeway 203
32 What Is the Internal Evidence for the Historical Reliability of the New Testament? H. Wayne House 211
33 Are There Contradictions in the Bible? Norman L. Geisler 219
34 What Would a Trial Lawyer Say About the Claims of the Gospels? Christopher P. Burke 225
35 Can Prophecy Be Used as Evidence That the Bible Is Reliable? Patty Tunnicliffe 233
Part 5 Questions About Science and Faith
36 What Is the Scientific Case for Intelligent Design? William A. Dembski 241
37 How Do We Respond to Objections to Intelligent Design? Casey Luskin 247
38 What Are the Top 10 Scientific Problems with Evolution? Casey Luskin 255
39 What About Darwin's Doubt and the Chances of Information Emerging from Random Mutations? Stephen C. Meyer 263
40 How Should Christians Think About the Origins of the Universe? J. T. Bridges 269
41 Do We Have a Privileged Planet? Guillermo Gonzalez 273
42 Do Science and the Bible Conflict? Terry Mortenson 277
43 What Is the Relationship Between Science and Faith? Terry Mortenson 281
44 Has the Christian Worldview Had a Positive Impact on the Development of Science? Casey Luskin Stephen C. Meyer 285
45 What Is the Scientific Evidence for Adam and Eve? J.C. Sanford 291
Part 6 Questions from Christians, Seekers, and Skeptics
46 Is There Any Evidence of Life After Death? Gary R. Habermas Benjamin C. F. Shaw 301
47 Is It Reasonable to Believe in Heaven (and Hell)? Randy Alcorn 305
48 Is Jesus the Only Way to God? Phil Fernandes 311
49 Are Christians Intolerant and Narrow-Minded? Dillon Burroughs 315
50 Why Is It Important That Jesus Died on the Cross? Terry L. Miethe 319
51 Is Christian Belief Just Psychological Wish Fulfillment? Denise Ostermann 323
52 Are Miracles Possible? Richard G. Howe 329
53 Is It Okay for Christians to Doubt? Terry L. Miethe 333
54 How Do We Reason from the Scriptures with Cultists? Ron Rhodes 337
55 Is the Trinity a Contraction? Ed Hindson 341
Part 7 Questions About Worldviews
56 What Is Philosophy, and Why Is It Important? Richard G. Howe 347
57 What Is Agnosticism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Richard G. Howe 353
58 What Is Materialism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw Mark M. Hanna 357
59 What Is Rationalism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Richard G. Howe 363
60 What Is Scientism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Douglas E. Potter 367
61 What Is Moral Relativism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Sean McDowell 373
62 What Is Postmodernism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Mark M. Hanna 377
63 What Is Atheism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? David R. C. Deane 383
64 What Is Pantheism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Patrick Zukeran 389
65 What Is Monism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Dillon Burroughs 395
66 What Is Panentheism, and What Is Its Essential Flaw? Christopher Travis Haun 399
Part 8 Questions About Apologists of the Past
67 Who Was Justin Martyr? William E. Nix 407
68 Who Was Augustine? William E. Nix 413
69 Who Was Anselm? Ralph MacKenzie 421
70 Who Was Thomas Aquinas? Norman L. Geisler 423
71 Who Was Blaise Pascal? Terry Glaspey 429
72 Who Was William Paley? Terry L. Miethe 433
73 Who Was C.S. Lewis? Terry Glaspey 437
74 Who Was Cornelius Van Til? David Haines 441
75 Who Was Francis Schaeffer? Terry L. Miethe 445
Bibliography 449
Endnotes 457
Index 517