Best Books on Apologetics
Apologetics is the reasoned defense of the Christian faith, answering objections and showing that Scripture's claims are true and coherent. Reformed apologetics, following Cornelius Van Til, argues that every fact of creation only makes sense within the Christian worldview, so unbelief itself depends on borrowed Christian assumptions.
Start Here
basic
The Reason for God
Top pickTimothy Keller · 2008
Answers common objections to Christianity in warm, conversational prose for skeptics and believers alike.
Total Truth
Nancy Pearcey · 2004
Shows how a Christian worldview holds together as total truth, not private religious opinion.
Tactics
Gregory Koukl · 2019
Practical conversational tools for defending the faith without being pushy or unprepared.
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis · 1952
The best-known popular case for the reasonableness of the Christian faith.
Go Deeper
intermediate
Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief
Top pickJohn M. Frame · 2015
A Reformed, presuppositional introduction covering method, proofs, and practice of apologetics.
Always Ready
Dr. Greg Bahnsen · 1996
Collects Bahnsen's practical presuppositional answers to common apologetic problems.
Classical Apologetics
John Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley, and R.C. Sproul · 1984
A rigorous Reformed case for classical evidentialist apologetics and a critique of presuppositionalism.
The Universe Next Door
James W. Sire · 2020
A standard worldview catalog for understanding what Christianity is defending against.
For Study
advanced
Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis
Top pickDr. Greg Bahnsen · 1998
The definitive guide to Van Til's presuppositional method, organized topically with commentary.
The Defense of the Faith
Cornelius Van Til · 2008
Van Til's own first major apologetic work, now annotated for easier reading.
Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought
John M. Frame · 1995
A close scholarly examination of Van Til's ideas, sympathetic but critical.
Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated and Defended
Dr. Greg Bahnsen · 2008
A systematic, technical statement of the presuppositional method for serious students.
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