Welcome to The Apologist’s Bookshelf, a podcast dedicated to exploring the best books in Christian apologetics. I’m Gary Zacharias, a professor of English, avid reader, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. This podcast is for anyone curious about the intellectual foundation of the Christian faith—whether you’re a believer seeking to deepen your understanding, or a skeptic exploring the truth claims of Christianity. Each episode, I feature a key book on topics like the existence of God, the historical evidence for Jesus, the reliability of the Bible, creation and design in the universe, and how to engage unbelievers with wisdom and grace. These are the books that have earned a permanent place on my apologetics bookshelf—and I want to share them with you. If you’re interested in faith and reason, defending the Christian worldview, or simply love diving into thought-provoking Christian books, this podcast is for you. Podcast: https://theapologistsbookshelf.podbean.com Contact me: theapologistsbookshelf@gmail.com
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
This book, by Clay Jones, deals with the human fear of death and what we can do about it. I'm looking this time at chapter 5, which discusses various unsuccessful secular attempts to give us a sense of transcendence over death.
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
God is doing amazing things in the Muslim world, bringing people to faith in Jesus through dreams and visions. I discuss a few of these and cover what the author says about interacting with Muslims.
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
I'm covering several more important questions Hank Hanegraaff answers in this book: How can the eternal Son of God be "the firstborn over all creation"? What distinguishes Christianity from other religions? Don't all religions lead to God? What happens to a person who never heard of Jesus? What is a cult? Are Jehovah's Witnesses Christians?
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Here's the second half of the chapter dealing with worldviews and culture wars.
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey challenge all of us to understand biblical faith as an entire worldview. In this podcast I discuss what a worldview is and what the current culture war involves.
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
This chapter concludes with reasons to believe the Bible is of divine origin and the problem of supposed contradictions.
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
This is one of my favorite Lee Strobel books, in which he takes on hard questions about Christianity. I'm doing a two-part podcast on a chapter that asks if God is worthy of worship if he kills innocent children as seen in several Old Testament passages.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Philip Yancey's book has been a best-seller and an award winner. I cover his sixth chapter, where he struggles with a key question: Does personal suffering come packaged with a clear explanation from God?
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
This podcast finishes going over Greg Koukl's opening chapter on pluralism.
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
This booklet by Stand to Reason is one in a series that explores important aspects of our culture today. Greg Koukl takes on a modern saying: "Jesus is my savior and the only way for me, but I can't say He is the way for others."