Apologetics

Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics

Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli present a condensed version of their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity"Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you," wrote the apostle Peter. That is what apologetics is all about.Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. This condensation of the popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics summarizes the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offers compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Chrisitanity. In this book you'll find answers to questions about:<LI>faith and reason<LI>the existence of God<LI>creation and evolution<LI>predestination and free will<LI>miracles<LI>the problem of evil<LI>Christ and the resurrection<LI>the reliability of the Bible<LI>life after death<LI>heaven and hell<LI>salvation and other religions<LI>objective truth The place to begin for people with questions about Christianity.

12 Crucial Truths of the Christian Faith

Before we can reach young unbelievers with the truth, transformation, and joy that Jesus can provide, we must first understand it for ourselves. Acclaimed apologists Josh and Sean McDowell discuss the essence of Christian faith in&nbsp;12 Crucial Truths of the Christian Faith. They help readers deepen their understanding of their own beliefs, why they hold them, and how to align your actions with these truths. After helping clarify the tenets of Christian faith, they empower readers to&nbsp;cultivate a richer foundation of faith for generations to come.

Set Adrift

The number of Christians leaving the church today is significant. For various reasons, they are unsettled by the version of Christianity they've inherited.Sean McDowell and John Marriott will help you navigate the questions and cultural challenges that lead many to walk away from the faith. There are other ways Christians throughout history have understood what faithfulness to Jesus looks like.

Street Smarts Study Guide

Street Smarts Study Guide, by Gregory Koukl, is the companion study tool to the book of the same name, Street Smarts. With this guide, it will help you with deeper conversations and teach you how to be even more productive with those that don't necessarily agree with on certain issues. The various areas of the book offer model questions and sample conversations and is broken up to 10 sessions. Sessions include:

Street Smarts

What do you do when others challenge your Christian convictions? In Street Smarts by Gregory Koukl, he helps Christians to have better conversations productively with people that think differently on a variety of issues. This book is a follow-up to Koukl's book, Tactics, and focuses on drawbacks to Christian values, and gives strategies to exploit the flaws by offering questions and sample conversations to help guide believers to better communicate their reasons. The idea is there to equip Christians to handle challenges in a friendly and approachable way. Being able to stand up for your beliefs effectively, gives you the power to handle any difficult or uncomfortable situations. The book is divided into two parts:&nbsp;

Is God Real

When life feels overwhelming, we want to know if there really is a God who loves us, knows us, and cares about what happens to us. Join investigative journalist and former atheist, Lee Strobel on a quest to determine whether we can know with confidence that God is real.

Every Woman a Theologian

Phylicia Masonheimer believes that every woman should be a theologian and a student of the heart of God. Learn the basics of theology and why it's so important to continue your biblical education one step at a time. Discover how deeper scriptural knowledge can help you navigate the world, answer your toughest questions, and engage culture in loving ways.

Every Woman a Theologian Workbook

Many people think of&nbsp;theology is a subject for scholars and people with seminary degrees. It seems irrelevant to those of us with jobs and lives that aren't wrapped up in highbrow academia.

The Case for Life, by Scott Klusendorf

The Case for Life&nbsp;provides intellectual grounding for pro-life convictions. Author Scott Klusendorf equips pro-life Christians with the foundations for articulating their Biblical worldview with issues like abortion, cloning, and embryo research. Klusendorf addresses how to engage the debate, how to answer objections persuasively, and what a pro-life pastor's role should be.

Evidence for Jesus

Find quick answers to challenging questions about Jesus' life, ministry, and divinity.
Is there archeological evidence for Jesus' existence? Did Jesus really claim to be God? Is Jesus truly the only way? There's a good chance we will all encounter tough questions at some point, whether from combative skeptics, curious seekers, or from the doubts in our own minds.
To help Christ followers answer questions quickly and confidently, Josh and Sean McDowell adapted wisdom from their apologetic classic Evidence That Demands a Verdict into an accessible resource to answer common questions about Jesus. Evidence for Jesus equips new believers and seasoned believers with time-tested rebuttals to defend their faith in Jesus against even the harshest critics.

Traced: Human DNAs Big Surprise

What ever happened to the ancient Egyptians? When their civilization collapsed, did the Egyptian people disappear, or are their descendants still around today? Whatever became of the ancient Persians, Mayans, and Romans?
For ages, the answers to these questions have been concealed. But now, Nathaniel T. Jeanson, a Harvard graduate with a PhD in cell and developmental biology, has discovered a DNA-based, generation by generation family tree for global humanity. This tree reveals the origin and fate of these ancient peoples and connects them to people alive today.
Jump into the wild and emerging field of historical genetics and see how these recent discoveries on the fate of ancient civilizations wind up uncovering the story of the whole world. Traced: Human DNA&#39;s Big Surprise will inspire, not only budding historians, archaeologists, geneticists, linguists, and anthropologists, but anyone curious about the marvelous and messy story of humankind.

Replacing Darwin: The New Origin of Species

Would Darwin come to the same conclusion today, if he were to examine the evidence in light of modern science?
Charles Darwin&#39;s On the Origin of Species, published over 150 years ago, is considered one of history&#39;s most influential books and continues to function as the foundation of thought for evolutionary biology. Since Darwin&#39;s time, however, new fields of science have emerged that simply give us better answers to the question of origins. With a Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson is uniquely qualified to investigate what genetics reveal about origins.
If the science surrounding origins were a puzzle, Darwin would have had less than 15% of the pieces to work with when he developed his theory of evolution. We now have a much greater percentage of the pieces because of modern scientific research. As Dr. Jeanson puts the new pieces together, a whole new picture emerges, giving us a testable, predictive model to explain the origin of species.
So what comes next? Darwin&#39;s theory of evolution may be one of science&#39;s longest standing, but the latest genetics research is casting doubt on it. Are these new discoveries cause to critically reexamine Darwin&#39;s theory? Replacing Darwin asks you to give serious consideration to modern scientific advances and reevaluate the problems that have surfaced in Darwin&#39;s theory of evolution.&quot;
Chapters include:
Introduction: Why Now? 
- Inevitable 
Part I: A Field Is Born 
- The Secret of Life 
- Cracking the Code 
Color Plate Section 
Part III: All Things (re)Considered 
- The Riddle of Geography 
- The Riddle of Ancestry 
- A Stitch in Time 
Part III: Dawn of a New Era 
- Turning the (time) Tables 
- A Preexisting Answer 
- From DNA to Visible Traits 
- On the Origin of New Species

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