Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion – David Hume is a sustained argument against a supernatural worldview and argues strongly against miracles. i am confused why it is listed in a catalog of apologetics books. in one sense it is a good book….if this is the best anti-miraculous case that can be made, then christians are in pretty good shape.

We want need your books
But I am doing God’s work in S.India.

These are mostly evangelical books, probably because you asked mostly evangelicals. I wonder how many liberals would recommend works by Karen Armstrong, John F. Haught, and Robert Wright, or Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, and John Hick?

My first book ranked equally well on the atheist side in one list:

http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=3545

It looks as though all of these apologetics books, good as they may be, fail to take in the presuppositions every has about the existence of God, the goodness of God, the person/divinity of Jesus Christ, etc. Spiritual things are spiritually understood. Jesus said to the rich man in hell that, even if one were to return from the dead, they wouldn’t believe his message. I think there should be a balance of apologetics resources that would include Cornelius VanTil, Greg Bahnsen, Scott Oliphant, Richard Pratt, to name but a few.

Perhaps, an interesting companion to the Lee Strobel book (a journalist) would be another book (again by a journalist) called “The End of Science” by John Horgan….

Here is a quick overview (by himself) of how he believes the thesis of “The End of Science” has held up since its first publication….

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/was-i-wrong-about-8220-the-end-of-science-8221/

As Richard Feynman once stated:

“There is nothing left to discover in physics… one can only discover America once.”

Something the LHC is beginning to “discover”.

I’m surprised that the Bible was only mentioned once. Shouldn’t it be the #1 source to refer to, when doing Christian apologetics?

You should of asked presuppositionalists. as well.

Cameron

I anticipated you would not appreciate a post “critical” of apologetics… however, my authority is:

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. “(Colossians 2:8)

Notice that not one book from the Bible is on this list of recommended books.

Why is it that an all-knowing, all-powerful God needs so many human “experts” to explain in clearer terms what he obviously did not clearly and simply convey in the 66 books of the Bible!

I’m an avid apologetics reader and have read most of the books recommended here. However, I was very surprised not seeing I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO BE AN ATHEIST by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. Of all the apologetic books I’ve been reading since 1999 I found this book worth its weight in gold. It is by far one of the easiest book to understand and is extremely packed with so much valuable information anyone can share in their daily witnesses that I found myself reading this book, not once or twice like other apologetic books, but seven times… Read more »

This is an interesting read. I find it interesting today in apologetics. Apologetics is knowing Who (Jesus) we believe in, and why we believe in Him. (Jesus) In most churches, discipleship is lacking, and most Christians do not know what they believe or how to share the gospel message. This list had good resources, no doubt. What is also lacking in a lot of believers lives is knowing how to study the Bible, which is foundational in faith and apologetics. I also believe many Christians are not sound on the essentials of the Christian faith, and need help in maturing… Read more »

Great site. Thanks for the research on the top 3 books. Question… what is a good definition of metaphysics and metaphysical in laymen’s terms?

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I’ve read all these apologists books for the most part when I was a believer. Sad to say, they are all LIES. Try instead:
The Jesus Delusion by PhD theologian Heinz Werner Kubitza, and Christianity Can It Survive by veteran biblical scholar and professor of religion emeritus Arthur Bellinzoni. If you think your faith’s beliefs have real merit, study just merely these 2 books, and see………….

Modern Science and Ancient Faith – Stephen Barr – WRONG

Stephen Barr wrote “Modern Physics and Ancient Faith”

Prof. Nathan Aviezer wrote “Modern Science and Ancient Faith”

Now I gotta get On Guard and Is there a God

I suggest Dr. Michael Augros’s book ‘Who Designed the Designer,” where he argues for classical theism, not for theistic personalism, from a Thomistic perspective. In most of the book, he explains the philosophy you’ll need to know to understand the arguments in the last chapter of the book. The book is by far the best apologetics book I’ve ever read. But don’t expect any arguments to the best explanation, since the book is about St. Thomas Aquinas’s first-cause argument for God’s existence. Another great book is Dr. Edward Feser’s “Five Proof of the Existence of God.” Feser’s book is more… Read more »

I would add The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus written by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. Very good arguments for the historical accuracy of the resurrection.

As someone who has been particularly interested in the issue of the hiddenness of God in recent years, I was drawn to the title “The Hiddenness Argument”, but clicking on the link to the Amazon page, I discovered that it sounds more of an atheist apologetic book than a Christian apologetic book. Just found that to be a curious inclusion …?

A Bible book = compendium of folk tales and fables! recounted orally for generations by primitive tribes from the stone age. This is the Old Testament. The new Testes is hearsay as these gospels were written by the faithful not by objective historians of that particular time. There are no gods.. ! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cogs.12138 Keep Lies of gods away from children.. ! Forcing religious beliefs onto children is a form of child abuse,  which scars their ability to reason  and also limits their ability to consider the world in an unbiased manner.  ”…exposure to religious ideas has a powerful impact on children’s differentiation between reality… Read more »

Cameron, pls reply is the book “The evidence that demands a verdict” is useful for me im just getting into apologetics sorry for grammatical mistakes. kindly reply pls

Where are the women on this list? Only one vote for Marilyn McCord Adams and one vote for a co-authored book by Lydia McGrew? I’d include: Rebecca McLaughlin, Dorothy Sayers, Rachel Held Evans, Elizabeth Johnson and Eleonore Stump to start. Kate Bowler too.