Defending Your Faith – Additional Readings

Defending Your Faith – Additional Readings for Probe’s course on basic apologetics

Issue 1 – The Christian Mind

• The Christian Mind: www.probe.org/the-christian-mind
• Hindrances of the Mind: www.probe.org/hindrances-of-the-mind-the-scandal-of-evangelical-thinking
• Faith and Reason: www.probe.org/faith-and-reason

Issue 2 – Apologetics & Evangelism

• The Apologetics of Jesus: www.probe.org/the-apologetics-of-jesus
• The Apologetics of Peter: www.probe.org/the-apologetics-of-peter
• The Relevance of Christianity: www.probe.org/the-relevance-of-christianity-an-apologetic
• What Constitutes Good Proof? (Ronald Nash) Access article by clicking here.

Issue 3 – Worldviews

• Why Worldviews: www.probe.org/why-worldview
• Worldviews Part 2: www.probe.org/worldviews-part-2
• Worldviews Through History: www.probe.org/worldviews-through-history
• How Do You Spell Truth? www.probe.org/how-do-you-spell-truth
• Truth: What Is It & Why We Can Know It: www.probe.org/truth-what-it-is-and-why-we-can-know-it

Issue 4 – Religious Pluralism

• (RW’s) Religious Pluralism: Eastern Ideas: Access article by clicking here.
• Do All Paths Lead to the Same Destination (Johnson) Access article by clicking here.
• Christianity & Religious Pluralism Access article by clicking here.

Issue 5 – Building a Case for Faith

• Witnessing to the Witnesses:Access article by clicking here.
• Understanding Our Mormon Neighbors: Access article by clicking here.
• Conversation with an Atheist: Access article by clicking here.
• You Don’t Really Understand Buddhism: Access article by clicking here.
• You Should Come to Hinduism: Access article by clicking here.

Issue 6 – Apologetics in the Church

• Is Your Church Ready? (Chapter 6) Access article by clicking here.
• Is Your Church Ready? (Chapter 7) Access article by clicking here.

Issue 7 – The Self-Revealing God

• The God Who Would Not Die (Paul Johnson) Access article by clicking here.
• Why Isn’t the Evidence Clearer? (Lou Whitworth quoting John Bloom) Access article by clicking here.
• God in the Courtroom (Stephen Evans) Access article by clicking here.
• The New Atheists: Access article by clicking here.
• There is a God! Access article by clicking here.
• Looking for God Access article by clicking here.
• Challenging the New Atheists Access article by clicking here.

Issue 8 – The Reliability of the Bible

• The New Testament Canon Access article by clicking here.
• Dealing with Problems in the Bible (Saucey) Access article by clicking here.
• Eyewitnesses to History – (Strobel) Access article by clicking here.
• The Christian Canon Access article by clicking here.
• Bart Ehrman’s Complaint Access article by clicking here.
• Did Moses Write the Pentateuch? Access article by clicking here.
• Archaeology & OT Access article by clicking here.
• Archaeology & NT Access article by clicking here.
• Jehovah’s Witnesses & the Trinity Access article by clicking here.
• Mormon Doctrine of Jesus Access article by clicking here.

Issue 9 – The Deity of Christ

• In His Hands Access article by clicking here.

Issue 10 – Miracles & the Resurrection

• Hume’s Critique of Miracles Access article by clicking here.
• Did Christianity Borrow from the Mystery Religions? Access article by clicking here.

Issue 11 – The Problem of Evil

• Why Evil? Two Theodicies (Feinberg) – Access article by clicking here.
• Can We Trust God? (Stackhouse) Access article by clicking here.
• The Value of Suffering Access article by clicking here

Issue 12 – Faith & Science

• Christian Views of Science & Earth History Access article by clicking here. 

Steve Cable

Steve Cable is the Senior Vice President of Probe Ministries. Steve assists in developing strategies to expand the impact of Probe's resources in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining Probe, Steve spent over 25 years in the telecommunications industry. Steve and his wife, Patti, have served as Bible teachers for over 30 years helping people apply God's word to every aspect of their lives. Steve has extensive, practical experience applying a Christian worldview to the dynamic, competitive hi-tech world that is rapidly becoming a dominant aspect of our society.

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