Craig is the finest apologist to come on the scene in 50 years, and this is his classic work for a thoughtful, general audience. It starts with the case for God and moves to the case for Christ. For folks who want a first-rate treatment, there is none better.
A treasure trove of short, powerful entries that cover the gamut of apologetic topics. If you need to get your hands on a quick treatment of a specific issue, this is the place.
An extremely readable, engaging volume. An interested layperson can benefit from it, yet you can confidently give it to a sophisticated, skeptical scientist.
Weighing in at a hernia-inducing 653 pages, this is the most comprehensive treatment available of philosophical issues central to a defense of the faith, if I do say so myself. It's not an easy read, but it repays careful study.
More about Craig and Moreland's work includes:
Masters of Philosophy | How Biola University is making inroads in the larger philosophical world (June 1, 2003)
Thinking Straighter | Why the world's most famous atheist now believes in God. (September 9, 2007)
This is Strobel's seminal work. If I had to pick one book that presents the case for the historicity of the New Testament, this would be it. Buy a case as Christmas presents, and don't leave home without it.
Our coverage includes:
Inside CT: A Six-Pack of Strobel's | I just discovered a six-pack I can endorse—and probably the only one available at your local Christian bookstore. (February 8, 1999)
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Patrick - Surely you can insert the missing "of" to make sense of my sentence. Or maybe not. Joel - I merely meant that we are not objective. We bring our own (often unknown) agendas to our understanding of truth, and need to be be honest about this. This is not to say we can't know truth, but that we are simply not objective in our thinking. I agree with the criticism of Strobel's work, which is why I never bothered to read his other books. However, the evidentialist and historical case he makes is better than Craig's rationalistic argument for the existence of God. In our post modern world, it makes more sense to begin with Jesus (as John does), who revealed God to us, rather than with trying to prove "god" exists and then fitting our understanding of God and Jesus in to this "pagan", static, non-biblical understanding God. This is enlightenment thinking, which is simply not biblical and has lead to all sorts of difficulties, such as dualism.
Robert
Posted: September 20, 2007 12:59 PM
J. P. Moreland is stuck in the Enlightenment. He believes in the myth of objectivity. Most of Christian apologetics is beholden to pagan philosophy via Augustine and Aquinas, looking toward Athens rather than Jerusalem. Upon graduation from one a top divinity school (advertising below) I was awarded the prize in apologetics. I've learned a lot since. I give high marks to Stobel's book, which you could hand to anyone. Having read other works the other authors above, I wouldn't bother to crack the cover of the others selected. Same old same old! If you want an excellent book that explains the faith to a postmodern world without accepting to feast on the scraps of post-modernism (as many others have chosen to done), read N.T. Wright's excellent book "Simply Christian". Wright does two things that are essential: (i) he starts with Jesus (John tells us that no knows God, but Jesus has made God known to us) and (ii) he takes his clue from Jerusalem, not Athens.
Joe
Posted: September 21, 2007 7:07 AM
Good list. Well's material on Darwinian evolution is quite good, however, his inclusion as a Christian apologist is questionable given his membership in the Unfication Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
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