The Apologist‘s Bookshelf

Here's a good book that provides useful overviews of major religions and new religions. This podcast focuses on his introduction to Buddhism. By the way, feel free to contact me if you'd like to enroll in a free apologetics certificate program. You can reach me for more details at gary.zacharias@gmail.com

I'm continuing with two podcasts per week. For this one I review a couple of chapters in Hank Hanegraaff's book Resurrection--the existence of the soul and the concept of reincarnation.

Because there is so much good information available in apologetics books,  I am switching to creating two podcasts a week--one on Wednesday and one on Saturday. I hope the extra material will be helpful to you. For this podcast I go back to Chuck Colson's book The Faith and discuss his chapter on truth, how it's been lost today, and its importance to Christianity. The second podcast of the week wi...

In one of his chapters, James Emery White deals with five issues that people complain about when they consider Christianity--legalism, judgmentalism, hypocrisy, intolerance, and sexism.

In chapter 4 of his book, Clay Jones discusses various ways non-believers try to cope with the reality of death--"Immortality would be boring," "Death is necessary for life to go on," "Death is nothing," "Live a detached life," "Our particles go on," . . . He shows how ineffective these are.

This is a good book because it doesn't just complain about our society. Instead, the author offers a chapter that explains how we can drive out a bad worldview by offering a better one.

John Lennox discusses DNA and information processing in the cell. The key question is simple--How did  the genetic code , along with the mechanisms for its translation, originate? Without the existence of a creator, it seems impossible to answer the question.

How early were the gospels? If they were close to the time of Jesus, there would be little chance that myth and errors could creep in. I'm covering a chapter in Wallace's book that discusses this important question.

I am taking the time to reflect on completing 100 podcasts--the variety of apologetics issues, how we are enjoying a golden age of apologetics, good websites to visit, dealing with people who are apathetic when it comes to religious concerns, and many other items I hope you find interesting.

I look at many quotations Hugh Ross presents in his book on the fine-tuning of the universe. Many discoveries have been made recently that show how the earth and the entire universe are exactly right to allow life to be here.

This beautifully-illustrated book has a good chapter on Old Testament prophecies that I cover in this podcast.

I go through a key chapter in this book that focuses on the characteristics of God, according to Mormonism, and how it contrasts with the Biblical understanding of God.

Norm Geisler, a well-known Christian apologist, teams up with a former Muslim to write of the fundamental beliefs of Islam and how Christians can respond to them. In this podcast, I consider their chapter on the Qur'an, which evaluates its history, prophecies, science, and literary qualities.

One section of this book offers good questions to ask Jehovah's Witnesses regarding their organization and key beliefs. I discuss several of these extremely useful questions.

Tim Keller does a wonderful job explaining and defending Christianity to a secular world. Here he explores the idea of death to a culture that tries to deny it. I cover a chapter that gives reasons why our society today seems much less prepared for it than previous generations.

I look at the New Age movement in this essential guide to various beliefs.

I wrote a book that covers many aspects of Christian apologetics. I want to tell you what's it's about and how you can have a free copy.

Fuzale Rana has a fascinating book that describes how incredibly complicated the cell really is. I spend time going through a chapter that discusses biochemical motors that perform unbelievable functions on a cellular level.

We have all seen signs proclaiming "Black Lives Matter," "Love Is Love," and "Women's Rights Are Human Rights." The author of this book, Rebecca McLaughlin, offers a gentle yet powerful biblical corrective to five contemporary claims. I focus in this podcast on her chapter dealing with "Black Lives Matter."

Though an older book, this has good information on why modern science arose only in the Christian West.

Rebecca McLaughlin's book deals with twelve hard questions aimed at Christians. This podcast focuses on one of her chapters: "Doesn't Christianity Denigrate Women?"

Lawrence Wright, a Pulitzer-Prize winning author, wrote this book on Scientology. I give a brief overview of his book to show how this belief system shares many attributes of cults, why it has an appeal, and ways Christians can interact with someone who is involved with it.

Gary Habermas is the leading scholar on the resurrection of Jesus. In this book he and Mike Licona offer a valuable resource for anyone looking for detailed historical evidence of the physical resurrection of Jesus. I cover the opening chapter that talks of why this event is so crucial, whether Jesus actually predicted his rise from the dead, and whether this event can be "proven." I also mention...

Natasha Crain has done a wonderful job equipping parents with tools to help them keep their kids focused on the truth of Christianity. I cover her chapter on how the books of the New Testament were chosen.

Randy Alcorn tackles the difficult issue of the existence of God in a world of pain and suffering. This is the number-one complaint many have--how can there be a good, all-powerful God when there is so much evil in this life? I look at his first chapter, in which he explains why the problem of evil and suffering is so important.