Recommended Resources
Books
Apologetic Evangelism
Introductory
Thinking?: Answering Life's Five Biggest Questions by Andy Steiger
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How it Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between by Greg Koukl
Unanswered: Lasting Truth for Trending Questions by Jeremiah J. Johnston
Everyday Apologetics: Answering Common Objections to the Christian Faith by Paul Chamberlain, Mark Clark, Jason Ballard, Andy Steiger, Jon Morrisoin, Barton Priebe, Kirk Durston, Chris Price, Sean McDowell
But is it Real?: Answering 10 Common Objections to the Christian Faith by Amy Orr-Ewing
What's Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life's Biggest Questions by James N. Anderson
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace
Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith by Alister McGrath
Apologetics for a New Generation: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talk About God by Sean McDowell
How Do You Know You're Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections that Leave Christians Speechless by Paul Copan
Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God by Mary Jo Sharp
Intermediate
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World by Andras Kostenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chartraw
Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion by Os Guinness
Faith Has its Reasons: Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith by Rob Bowman and Kenneth Boa
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig
On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision by William Lane Craig
Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics by R.C. Sproul
Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief by John M. Frame
Bible
Historical
Introductory
A Christian's Pocket Guide to How We Got the Bible by Gregory R. Lanier
God's Bible Timeline: The big book of biblical history by Linda Finlayson
Why I Trust the Bible: Answers to Real Questions and Doubts People Have About the Bible by Bill D. Mounce
Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible by Andreas J. Kostenberger, Darrell L. Bock, and Josh Chartra
Can We Trust the Gospels? by Peter J. Williams
Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts by Lydia McGrew
Can We Still Believe the Bible?: An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions by Craig Blomberg
Authorized: The Use and MIsuse of the King James Bible by Mark Ward
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? by F.F. Bruce
Intermediate
Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible by John Meade and Peter Gury
The King James Only Controversy: Can you Trust Modern Translations? by James White
The Canon of Scripture by F.F. Bruce
The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? by FF Bruce
The Mirror and the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Devices by Lydia McGrew
The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate by Michael J. Kruger
Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books by Michael J. Kruger
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture's Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity by Michael J. Kruger
The Origin of the Bible by Philip W. Comfort
Advanced
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism by Elijah Hixson, Peter Gurry and Dan Wallace
Jesus and the Manuscripts: What We Can Learn from The Oldest Texts by Craig Evans
Theological
Introductory
A Christian's Pocket Guide to How God Preserved His Word by Richard Brash
Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority, and Authenticity by James White
Intermediate
The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures edited by D.A. Carson
Sola Scriptura: The Protestant Position on the Bible by Joel Beeke (among others)
Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura by David T. King
Advanced
Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, Volume 1 - A Biblical Defense of the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura by David T. King
Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, Volume 2 - An Historical Defense of the Reformation Principle of Sola Scirptura by William Webster
Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, Volume 3 - The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura By David T King and William Webster
The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church: and its Background in Early Judaism by Roger T. Beckwith
Church History
Introductory
Church History by Simonetta Carr
God's Timeline: The Big Book of Church History by Linda Finlayson
Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries by Sinclair Ferguson, Joel Beeke, and Michael Haykin
Is Jesus History? by John Dickson
Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History by John Dickson
Intermediate
Christianity: The Biography: 2000 Years of Global History by Ian J. Shaw
2 000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers by Nick Needham
2 000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 2: The Middle Ages by Nick Needham
2 000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation by Nick Needham
2 000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 4: The Age of Religious Conflict by Nick Needham
Advanced
History of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff
The Trinity
Introductory
Shared Life: The Trinity and the Fellowship of God's people by Donald Macleod
The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by James White
The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything by Fred Sanders
Intermediate
Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ by Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski
The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship by Robert Letham
Advanced
The Essential Trinity: New Testament Foundations and Practical Relevance by Brandon Crowe & Carl Truman
Islam
Introductory
Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of Major Worldviews by Abdu Murray
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? by Andy Bannister
Seeking Allah Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi
Intermediate
No God But One: Allah or Jesus: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi
What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Qur'an by James White
Getting Jesus Right: How Muslims Get Jesus and Islam Wrong by James Beverley and Craig Evans
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth Bailey
The Crescent Through the Eyes of the Cross: Insights from an Arab Christian by Nabeel Jabbour
Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross by Normal Guisler and Abdul Saleeb
Advanced
The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective by Gabriel Said Reynolds
The Gentle Answer to the Muslim Accusation of Biblical Falsification by Gordon D. Nickel
Judaism
Introductory
The Real kosher Jesus: Revealing the Mysteries of the Hidden Messiah by Michael L. Brown
Intermediate
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 1: General and Historical Objections by Michael L. Brown
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 2: Theological Objections by Michael L. Brown
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 3: Messianic Prophecy Objections by Michael L. Brown
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 4: New Testament Objections by Michael L. Brown
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 5: Traditional Jewish Objections by Michael L. Brown
Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity and Messianic Prophecies by Eitan Bar
Ethics & the Problem of Pain/Evil
Introductory
God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain by Chad Meister and James Dew Jr.
Why?: Looking at God, Evil, and Personal Suffering by Sharon Dirckx
Grieving: Your Path Back to Peace by James White
Intermediate
Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan
Did God Really Command Genocide?: Coming to Terms with the Justice of God by Paul Copan and Matt Flannagan
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Excusing Sinners and Blaming God by Guillaume Bignon
Advanced
God, Freedom, and Evil by Alvin Plantiga
Philosophy
Introductory
How Reason Can Lead to God: A Philosopher's Bridge to Faith by Joshua L. Rasmussen
Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult: A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions by Garrett J. Deweese & J. P. Moreland
Intermediate
Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted Mid-Air by Francis J. Beckwith & Greg Koukl
Body & Soul: Human Nature & the Crisis in Ethics by J. P. Moreland & Scott B. Rae
Knowledge & Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview eds. William Lane Craig & J. P. Moreland
Scientism & Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology by J. P. Moreland
Advanced
The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology eds. William Lane Craig & J. P. Moreland
Two Dozen (or So) Arguments for God eds. Jerry L. Walls & Trent Dougherty
Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics by Robert M. Adams
God and Moral Obligation by C. Stephen Evans
Real Ethics: Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality by John M. Rist
Warranted Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga
Science
Introductory
God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? by John Lennox
Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science by John Lennox
Intermediate
Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion ed. Ronald L. Numbers
The God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe by Stephen Meyer
Beyond the Cosmos by Hugh Ross
The Fingerprint of God: Recent Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Unmistakable Identity of the Creator by Hugh Ross
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael Behe
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Stephen C. Meyer
Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and a Case for Intelligent Design by Stephen C. Meyer
Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis by Michael Denton
A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos by Luke Barnes, Geraint Lewis and Brian Schmidt
Shadow of Oz: Theistic Evolution and the Absent God by Wayne Rossiter
Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition that Life is Designed by Douglas Axe
Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology by Alister McGrath
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk
Advanced
Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique by J.P. Moreland, Stephen C. Meyer, Christopher Shaw, Ann K. Gauger, Wayne Grudem
Mormonism & Jehovah's Witnesses
Introductory
Is the Mormon My Brother?: Discerning the Differences Between Mormonism and Christianity by James White
Letters to a Mormon Elder? by James White
Crisis of Allegiance: A Study of Dissent Among Jehovah's Witnesses by James Beverley
Intermediate
Mormon Crisis: Anatomy of a Failing Religion by James Beverley and Sandra Tanner
Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ by Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski
Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin
The Watchtower and the Word: A Guide to Conversations With Jehovah's Witnesses by Stephen Bedard
Reasoning from the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses by Ron Rhodes
Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism by Robert M. Bowman Jr.
Advanced
The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement eds. Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, Paul Owen
LGBTQ+ Issues
Introductory
Is God Anti-Gay?: and other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction by Sam Allberry
Born Again This Way: Coming Out, Coming to Faith, and What Comes Next by Rachel Gilson
What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality by Kevin DeYoung
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God's Grand Story by Christopher Yuan
Can You be Gay and Christian?: Responding with Love and Truth to Questions about Homosexuality by Michael Brown
Outlasting the Gay Revolution: Where Homosexuality Activism is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide by Michael Brown
A Queer Thing Happened to America: and What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been by Michael Brown
Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life by Ed Shaw
A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Finding Jesus by David Bennett
Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity by Gregory Coles
Secular Creed, Confronting Chritsianity, Confronting Jesus by Rebecca McLaughlin
A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Story of Incredible Redemption by Becket Cook
Intermediate
The Same-Sex Controversy: Defending and Clarifying the Bible's Message about Homosexuality by James White
Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents' Guide to Discussing Homosexuality with Teens by Tom Gilson
When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement by Ryan T. Anderson
Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl Truman
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: On English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Butterfield
On the Meaning of Sex by J. Budziszewski
New Age and "Spirituality"
Recommended Books
Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word by Doreen Virtue
Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement by Costi Hinn and Anthony G. Wood
God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies by Costi Hinn
The Second Coming of the New Age: The Hidden Dangers of Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America and its Churches by Josh Peck and Steven Bancarz
The Light that was Dark: From the New Age to Amazing Grace by Warren
The Beautiful Side of Evil by Johanna Michaelsen
Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity by Alisa Childers
Kids
Recommended Books
The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning by Nathaniel Bluedorn & Hans Bluedorn
God's Timeline: The Big Book of Church History by Linda Finlayson
What Am I? by Andy Steiger, Rachel Mackenzie, and Maggie Richards
What Am I Worth? by Andy Steiger, Rachel Mackenzie, and Maggie Richards
What is God Like Series by W.L. Craig
Talking with Your Kids About God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have by Natasha Crain
The Defense Never Rests: A Workbook for Budding Apologists by W.L. Craig and Joseph Tang
Case for Christ for Kids by Lee Strobel
Case for a Creator for Kids by Lee Strobel
Case for Faith for Kids by Lee Strobel
Young Defenders Series by Melissa Cain Travis
Fact of Fantasy: A Study in Christian Apologetics for Children by David Walters
Cold-Case Christianity for Kids: Investigate Jesus with a Real Detective by J. Warner Wallace
The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New by Marty Machowski and Andy McGuire
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Trinity by Joey Allen
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Gospel by Joey Allen
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Scripture by Joey Allen
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Mission by Joey Allen
If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids by Kathryn Slattery
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
General Apologetics
Social Issues
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS & PODCASTS
Social Media Channels
Apologetics Canada
Apologetics Guy
Mama Bear Apologetics
Stand to Reason
Sean McDowell
J. Warner Wallace
Mike Winger
Cultish
Solas Centre for Public Christianity
Questioning Christianity
Nathasha Crain
Alisa Childers
NT Wright
Red Pen Logic with Mr. B
Honest Youth Pastor
The Bible Project
Michael S. Heiser
Reasonable Faith
Undeceptions
For the Gospel
Worldview Summit
Podcasts
Apologetics Canada Podcast
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Undeceptions with John Dickson
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Pod of the Gaps
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Reasonable Faith
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The Speak Life Podcast
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Alisa Childers Podcast
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The Natasha Crain Podcast
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Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast
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Unbelievable?
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Mama Bear Apologetics
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The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast
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The Apologetics Guy Show
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The Melissa Dougherty Podcast
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