The simple Webster’s definition for apologetics is as follows: “a systematic argumentative discourse.” More specifically, Webster continues: "a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine ...

What does the word “apologetics” bring to mind? Academics arguing from podiums? Street-corner preachers? Giant tomes filled with technical theological language to make the head spin? Ancient writings ...

Effective apologetics today requires a genuine missionary encounter. It was during this time that Newbigin wrote what is now considered a modern classic on mission, Foolishness to the Greeks. In his ...

For young people engaged in debates with teachers or peers over the fundamental questions of human existence — science, the Divine, and how they fit together — reliable answers can be difficult to ...

In the past year, I have been writing extensively about the Jordan Peterson phenomenon and what the Church can take away from it. As I and friends of mine have observed, Peterson’s rise has been ...

Alister McGrath is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. Few would now dispute that C.S. Lewis is one of the greatest Christian apologists of the twentieth century ...

Apologetic books, an evergreen genre of titles that offer arguments and justifications for Christian beliefs, do not usually top bestseller lists. Nevertheless, as a new generation of readers looks ...

A problem found in many religious traditions lies in the way some of their members try to spread their faith through apologetics, and they end up using poor, simplistic arguments which are relatively ...

To detractors, Ravi Zacharias’s fall means the end of a movement. But his demise reminds us to deepen our core commitments to gospel work. When RZIM confirmed the reports that Ravi Zacharias was ...

If you’ve tried your hand at evangelizing atheists and religious skeptics, you know all too well that some of them will maintain that atheism is the default worldview and there is no evidence or good ...