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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.

Finding Truth | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Nancy Pearcey, one of Christianity's best thinkers, tells how we can use five principles to make sense of any worldview and then come up with a compelling positive case for Christianity. In this section of her book, she explains how to identify idols that try to replace God.

Christianity Cross-Examined | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Ken Samples tackles a current complaint about the Bible--Why doesn't it categorically condemn slavery? He shows how different slavery was in the Old Testament compared to the slavery we read about in the pre-Civil War American South.

Can We Trust the Gospels? | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Mark Roberts explains why oral tradition, which is the way the early stories of Jesus circulated, was a reliable method of communication.

Questioning the Bible | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

One challenge to Christianity is aimed at miracles found in the Bible. Is the Bible unscientific? Are miracles possible, or did David Hume destroy the possibility of their existence?  How has science renewed arguments for the existence of God? How should we think about the opening chapters of Genesis?

Mama Bear Apologetics | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

This book, edited by Hillary Morgan Ferrer, guides parents in empowering their kids to challenge cultural lies. I cover the first chapter, in which the authors tell why apologetics is important, how to get people excited about apologetics, the youth exodus from Christianity, myths about this exodus, and what concerned parents can do about it.