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Understanding the Faith, Part 1 | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

This book is big enough and the chapter is important enough that I want to spend the next two podcasts covering Chapter 16, which asks "Is God a Mean Bully?" In this podcast I discuss the first half of the chapter that deals with charges of genocide in the Old Testament and the treatment of homosexuality in the Bible.

Unearthing the Bible | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Titus Kennedy, a professional field archeologist, presents 101 objects that provide powerful evidence for the historical reliability of the Bible. In this podcast, I cover evidence of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua, the time of the judges, the united kingdom under David and Solomon, and the divided kingdoms that followed.

Truth in a Culture of Doubt | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Three professors tackle skeptical challenges to the Bible. In chapter five they deal with several claims--the gospels weren't written by Jesus' companions, the first disciples were illiterate and couldn't have written the books attributed to them, many New Testament books are forgeries, other writings  have a valid claim to be included in the New Testament.

Unspeakable | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Os Guinness, the well-respected author and thinker, wrestles with the problem of evil in this book.  In chapter 9 he covers what Solzhenitsyn has called "the tilt of freedom toward evil." The chapter discusses three grand erosions of traditional barriers to evil that Americans have allowed to happen in the last generation.

Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject By Subject | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

This book does a good job covering many issues connected with Jehovah's Witnesses. In this podcast we look at the failed prophecies of this organization as well as the lives of its two early leaders--Charles Russell and Judge Rutherford.

Think Christianly | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

One chapter in this useful book is titled "Truth, Tolerance, and Relativism." These are huge issues we as Christians need to understand and deal with when we interact with others. The chapter also tells of two myths we need to expose, and it has a great interview with Craig Hazen, professor of comparative religion and Christian apologetics at Biola University.

Scientism and Secularism | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

J. P. Moreland shows the problems associated with scientism, the belief that only the hard sciences have the intellectual authority to give us knowledge of reality. For this podcast I look at chapters 4 and 5 in the book, which explain how scientism is self-refuting and is actually the enemy of science.

Sharing the Good News With Mormons | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

In this helpful book, the authors Eric Johnson and Sean McDowell discuss practical strategies for getting a conversation started with our Mormon friends. Chapter 2 focuses on the danger of disillusioned Mormons embracing atheism rather than evangelical Christianity. They tell how to have an evidence-based approach to argue for the existence of God.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

In chapter 6 of this book, the author discusses the early chapters of Genesis with special emphasis on evolution, the flood story, and the creation of people with the image of God.

How to Read the Bible For All Its Worth | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Chapter 5 tells how to read Old Testament stories and how not to read them. Since we love so many of these accounts, it's important that we approach them in a useful way.