Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Guide

As some people tend to do with works that seem large and intimidating or just out of one's grasp, I've procrastinated on writing this for many years. I can't say for sure when I initially had the idea for writing an accessible but comprehensive guide on apologetics, which is the defense of not just the Christian religion (yes, it's a religion, among other things), but also entailments thereof, such as the accuracy and reliability of the original Old and New Testament books, a relatively young earth, and literal Biblical Creationism.

I realize that by flatly stating this, some people will stop reading, refusing to consider any evidence or arguments that don't echo their existing biases. Others will read or skim, but will do so in a deliberately lazy fashion, not wanting to comprehend what they read, lest they find themselves persuaded. I'm not writing for them. I'm writing for those interested in the truth, and who are willing to carefully evaluate and think through evidence and arguments.

Parts

1. Foundations — Introduction, what apologetics is, and the fundamental question at the heart of every discussion about God.

2. Knowledge, Belief, and Logic — How beliefs form, the role of evidence and authority, epistemology, and the laws of logic.

3. Barriers and Objections to Belief — Emotional barriers, selective skepticism, the limits of science, and abandoned naturalistic "facts."

4. Design, Explanation, and Worldview — Evidence for design, limits of human explanation, worldview formation, and schools of apologetics.

5. God, Scripture, and Common Objections — The origin of God, the reliability of Scripture, and responses to the most common objections to Christianity.