The Apologist‘s Bookshelf
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
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Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
John Lennox, a great thinker and apologist, takes a look at artificial intelligence in chapters 4 and 5 in his book--its promises and its dangers. This is important as we face a future in which we will be interacting with AI in many ways.
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Too many Christians drift away from their Christian faith when going to college. This book is so important for the advice it gives students on how to stay faithful to Christ during those years. Chapter 2 discusses the importance of cultivating a Christian worldview.
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Erwin Lutzer's book is so important these days with all the ludicrous ideas brought out in our society. This podcast covers the second half of chapter 4, in which he challenges the terrible ideas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that many are pushing today.
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Erwin Lutzer has written a book to challenge Christians to stand for Christ in a collapsing culture. I'm covering chapter 4, which examines the the destructive influence of diversity/equity/inclusion that our society is pushing so hard on all of us. This podcast will discuss only the first half of the chapter since I don't want to go over the material too quickly. The next podcast will cover the second half of this important chapter.
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Since this is such a definitive resource book, I wanted to continue with my last podcast exploring Chapter 16, "Is God a Mean Bully?" This time we will go over the challenge that the Bible endorses slavery and that the Bible is oppressive to women.
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
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.
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
Saturday Apr 08, 2023
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.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
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.