Volume 05: Apologetics: 40 Critical Questions
Defending Christian Truth Against Modern Skeptical Objections
Apologetics: 40 Critical Questions provides reasoned defenses of historic Christian theism against philosophical, scientific, and ethical challenges. It systematically unpacks the cosmological argument, the problem of pain, manuscript reliability, and historical evidence for the resurrection.
Forty intellectually rigorous responses to the most difficult objections facing Christianity: the problem of evil, textual reliability, the resurrection, and morality.
Key facts
- The New Testament is supported by over 5,800 Greek manuscripts, vastly exceeding any other ancient classical text in quantity and early proximity.
- The historical minimal facts approach demonstrates Jesus' empty tomb, eyewitness experiences, and sudden apostolic transformation.
- The fine-tuning of universal physical constants provides compelling teleological evidence for a transcendent cosmic Creator.
- Objective moral obligations and human rights rationally presuppose a transcendent moral Lawgiver rather than blind materialism.
Frequently asked questions
Why does God allow pain, suffering, and evil?
God permits suffering in a fallen world governed by human moral freedom to produce perseverance, accomplish redemptive purposes, and ultimately defeat evil at the cross and resurrection.
How do we know the New Testament has not been altered over time?
Textual criticism across thousands of early Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, and patristic citations confirms that 99% of the New Testament text is established beyond substantive doubt.
Can science and Christian faith coexist harmoniously?
Yes; modern empirical science was historically birthed by Christian theists who believed an orderly, rational God created an orderly, intelligible universe to be explored.
What is the strongest historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection?
The agreed minimal facts: Jesus' public crucifixion, the empty tomb, multiple independent eyewitness encounters with the risen Christ, and the immediate martyrdom of the apostles.