The Apologetics Study Bible for Students

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The Apologetics Study Bible for Students
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Introduction to
The Apologetics
Study Bible for
Students
Sean McDowell, General Editor
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Iall too clearly remember the day when the young man sitting next to me on …
the plane looked me right in the eyes and said, “Why do you think Christianity …
is true?” Having grown up in the church, I had been through numerous Bible
studies, attended many Christian conferences, and read lots of Christian books. My
parents did a great job of raising me in the faith. But for some reason this question
took me by surprise. I didn’t have an answer. Or more accurately, I didn’t have a good
answer—and it troubled me very much.
Have you ever been in my shoes? Have you ever been asked a tough question about
your faith that you were not prepared to answer? How did it make you feel? Take a
look at the questions below. Could you answer them now ?
• Why does God allow evil?
• If God made the universe, then who made God?
• If I can’t see God, how do I know He is real?
• Does the Bible endorse slavery?
• How can Christians say that Jesus is the only way to God?
These are just a sampling of some of the tough questions being asked today by
both Christians and non-Christians. Maybe you have wondered about some of them
yourself. The good thing about being a Christian is that you don’t have to check your
brains at the door. Jesus never asks His followers to take a blind or irrational step of
faith. In fact, Jesus calls people to love God with all their hearts, all their souls, and
with all their minds (Mt 22:37).
The Apostle Peter commands Christians to be prepared to offer good reasons for
their hope: “But honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a
defense [apology] to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you”
(1Pt 3:15). Despite the common misperception, apologetics has nothing to do with
apologizing for your faith! Rather, it is the branch of theology that is concerned with
defending the claims of Christianity. As Peter indicates, we are all called to be ready
with an answer.
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IntroDuCtIon to tHe apoloGetICs stuDy BIBle for stuDents
That is the purpose of The Apologetics Study Bible for Students. Our goal is to put a tool into your
hands that will help you find answers to some of the toughest questions about God, science, ethics, world
religions, and Christian living. The contributors for this book were carefully selected not only because they
can articulately defend the Christian faith, but because they are practitioners as well.
Consider a few of the unique features of this study Bible:
• Articles—Nearly 50 authors have contributed answers to 120 of the most commonly asked questions
about the Christian faith.
• Study Notes—At the bottom of each page are in-depth explanations of difficult issues that arise in
the biblical text.
• Twisted Scriptures—Sixty of the Bible passages most commonly distorted by cults and others to
promote a non-biblical worldview will be brought to light and clarified.
• Bones & Dirt—Key archaeological finds relating to both the Old and New Testaments will be
highlighted to build confidence in the reliability of Scripture.
• Notable Quotes—Short quotes from present and past apologists will be highlighted to encourage,
challenge, and motivate you.
• Challenges & Tactics—Specific tactics will equip you to be prepared to handle the most common
challenges to Christianity.
• Personal Stories—you will be encouraged through the personal stories of some of the great
defenders of the Christian faith, and the stories of some people just like you.
• Fast Facts—Twenty of the most important apologetics topics are put into brief bullet-point lists for
easy memory and access.
As you will find by studying this book, apologetics is helpful in several practical ways.
first, apologetics helps develop believers in Jesus Christ who are passionate and self-confident.
Christians who believe but cannot explain why they believe often become “Bible-thumpers” who are
dogmatic and insecure about their convictions. yet when we learn the basis of our beliefs, we gain a
confidence and willingness to engage those who see the world differently. I have seen many young people
become radical followers of Christ after receiving even just a little training in apologetics. Our hope is that
this will be true for you, too.
Second, apologetics helps when we share our faith. Many times people have genuine questions about
God. Being prepared with answers can help people overcome stumbling blocks in their hearts or minds
that prevent them from following Jesus. While it is the Holy Spirit who saves people, a gracious apologist
is one tool God may use to bring people into His kingdom.
Remember: the point of apologetics is not to win an argument but to win a person to Christ. This is so
important, so let me say it again: Apologetics is not about winning arguments, but about winning people. It
is possible to win an argument and yet do it in a way that damages the cause of Christ. If we make a great
argument, but we don’t do it in love, then it profits us nothing (1Co 13:1-3). We must follow the example
of Jesus and be full of both grace and truth (Jn 1:14).
This is why the ultimate apologetic is not a well-reasoned argument but a life that exemplifies the love
of Christ. The way we live often speaks more loudly than our words. This is why it’s so important to first
get our relationship right with God because only then can we be a vessel of God’s love to a broken and
hurting world.
Let’s go!
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Books of the Bible
and Contributors
Old Testament
Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . Gn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Nehemiah . . . . . . . . . . Neh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Introduction: Sean McDowell; Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Barrett Duke
Notes: Chapters 1–11: Kenneth A. Mathews,
Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . Est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Chapters 12–50: A. Boyd Luter Jr.
Introduction: Lamont Cannon; Notes: Barrett Duke
Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . Ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Robert D. Bergen
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Richard D. Patterson
Leviticus . . . . . . . . . . . Lv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . Ps(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Mark F. Rooker
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Allen P. Ross
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . Nm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Proverbs . . . . . . . . . . . Pr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: R. Dennis Cole
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Edward M. Curtis
Deuteronomy . . . . . . . Dt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Ecclesiastes . . . . . . . . Ec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Eugene H. Merrill
Introduction: Lamont Cannon; Notes: Duane A. Garrett
Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . Jos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Song of Songs . . . . . . Sg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Ken Fentress
Introduction: Lamont Cannon; Notes: Sheri L. Klouda
Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . Jdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Barry C. Davis Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Gary Smith
Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Barry C. Davis Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: David K. Stabnow
1 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . 1Sm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Lamentations . . . . . . . Lm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Robert D. Bergen Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: David K. Stabnow
2 Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Ezekiel . . . . . . . . . . . . Ezk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Robert D. Bergen Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Lamar E. Cooper, Sr.
1 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Kirk E. Lowery Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Stephen R. Miller
2 Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Kirk E. Lowery Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
1 Chronicles . . . . . . . . 1Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Kirk E. Lowery Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
2 Chronicles . . . . . . . . 2Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Kirk E. Lowery Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
Ezra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ezr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . Ob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Introduction: Lamont Cannon; Notes: Barrett Duke Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
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Books of tHe BIBle anD ContrIButors
Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jnh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . Zph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Thomas J. Finley Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
Micah . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 Haggai . . . . . . . . . . . . Hg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977
Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas J. Finley Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . Nah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . Zch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981
Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Thomas J. Finley Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
Habakkuk . . . . . . . . . . Hab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 Malachi . . . . . . . . . . . . Mal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992
Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas J. Finley Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Thomas J. Finley
New Testament
Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . Mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . 1Tm . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Alan Hultberg Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Charles L. Quarles
Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1042 2 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . 2Tim . . . . . . . . . . . 1309
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Alan Hultberg Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Charles L. Quarles
Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073 Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1315
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Alan Hultberg Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Charles L. Quarles
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . Phm . . . . . . . . . . . . 1318
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Craig L. Blomberg Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Clinton E. Arnold
Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1153 Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . Heb . . . . . . . . . . . . 1324
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: Stanley E. Porter Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: Terry L. Wilder
Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . Rm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197 James . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jms . . . . . . . . . . . . 1341
Introduction: Michael Klassen; Notes: William W. Klein Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Terry L. Wilder
1 Corinthians . . . . . . . 1Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220 1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Pt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Paul W. Barnett Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas R. Schreiner
2 Corinthians . . . . . . . 2Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 1241 2 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Pt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1358
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Paul W. Barnett Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas R. Schreiner
Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . Gl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1255 1 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Jn . . . . . . . . . . . . 1362
Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Walter Russell Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Daniel L. Akin
Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . Eph . . . . . . . . . . . . 1264 2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Jn . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371
Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: William W. Klein Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Daniel L. Akin
Philippians . . . . . . . . . Php . . . . . . . . . . . . 1274 3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Jn . . . . . . . . . . . . 1372
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Richard R. Melick Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Daniel L. Akin
Colossians . . . . . . . . . Col . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1283 Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1373
Introduction: Scott Noble; Notes: Clinton E. Arnold Introduction: Kent Keller; Notes: Thomas R. Schreiner
1 Thessalonians . . . . . 1Th . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291 Revelation . . . . . . . . . . Rv . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1375
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Michael W. Holmes Introduction: Eric Stanford; Notes: A. Boyd Luter Jr.
2 Thessalonians . . . . . 2Th . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298
Introduction: John Perrodin; Notes: Michael W. Holmes
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Additional Features
Articles
Introduction to the Apologetics Study Bible for Students. . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . . . iii
What Are Worldviews and Why Are They Important?. . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . xxix
Is Relationship Important in Apologetics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Braner . . . . . . . xxx
How Old Is the Earth?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Sherrod . . . . . . . 5
If God knew adam and eve Would sin,
Why Did He put the tree in the Garden of eden in the first place? . . John Stonestreet. . . . . . 9
What Is Evolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . 15
Can I Trust the Old Testament? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . 26
Three Tough Questions about Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derwin Gray . . . . . . . 33
Why Does God allow evil?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Steve Lee . . . . . . . 55
What Does It Mean to Have faith in God? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . . 67
evidence for God: the Moral argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Sterrett. . . . . . . 80
What Does the Bible Say about Cloning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Klusendorf . . . . . 85
If I Can’t see God, How Do I know He’s real? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fred von kamecke . . . . 96
How Can Jesus’ Death Bring about forgiveness? . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Sterrett. . . . . . . 120
What Does the Bible Say about Homosexuality? . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Shlemon . . . . . . 122
Same-Sex Marriage: What’s the Big Deal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frank turek . . . . . . . 126
Can God’s love Be reconciled with His order to kill the Canaanites? . . Alison Thomas . . . . . . 173
What’s the Big Deal with yoga? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcia Montenegro . . . 183
Are There Contradictions in the Bible?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Esposito . . . . . 193
Do Psychics Have Supernatural Power?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dillon Burroughs. . . . . 197
What Does the Bible Teach about War? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Snuffer. . . . . . . 221
Hasn’t Science Disproved Miracles? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stonestreet. . . . . 231
How Do I Choose My faith?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Mittelberg . . . . . 244
What Is the New Age Movement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . 267
How Do I Grow spiritually? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryl Rodriguez . . . . . 281
What’s the Big Deal with Astrology?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcia Montenegro . . . 294
Does God Want Me to Be rich? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryl Rodriguez . . . . . 346
Why Does God Care about My entertainment Choices? . . . . . . . . . Douglas M. Beaumont . . 357
Is It OK to Pick and Choose Religious Beliefs and Practices? . . . . . . Gabriel pagel. . . . . . . 395
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evidence for God: Cosmological argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frank turek . . . . . . . 422
What’s the Big Deal with Wicca? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Russo . . . . . . . 462
Can a Christian Believe in Evolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory koukl . . . . . . 493
Does the Bible Demean Women? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . . 507
evidence for God: Biochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . . 520
evidence for God: physics and astronomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . . 539
What Do Hindus Believe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Carlson . . . . . . 550
Is Religion the Cause of Evil in the World?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Thomas . . . . . . 554
Has God spoken?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . 559
Do Christianity and Politics Mix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josiah Vencel . . . . . . 562
What Is God like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Snuffer. . . . . . . 569
Is God Male? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . . 587
Why Does God seem Hidden?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Morrow . . . . 600
Does the fossil record support evolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casey Luskin. . . . . . . 610
So, What Makes the Bible So Special? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derwin Gray . . . . . . . 623
What Does the Bible Say about Abortion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Wagner . . . . . 631
evidence for God: Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mark Reynolds . . . 636
Is Pornography That Bad?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Gross . . . . . . . 644
How Do I know God’s Will for My life? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . . 655
Is Alcohol Bad? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Snuffer. . . . . . . 662
What’s the Big Deal with Gambling?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Niles. . . . . . . 667
How Do We Know Jesus Was Born of a Virgin? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Powell . . . . . . . 698
How Could satan fall if He Was with God? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryl Rodriguez . . . . . 705
evidence for God: Dna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frank turek . . . . . . . 728
How Important Is Darwinian Evolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casey Luskin. . . . . . . 735
In What Ways Did Jesus fulfill prophecies? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Ankerberg . . . . . 744
Why Are There So Many Translations of the Bible? . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Johnson. . . . . . . 747
How Do I Talk with Someone of Another Religion? . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Kimball . . . . . . . 779
What’s the Big Deal with Scientology? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Hayes . . . . . . 783
Should Abortion Be Allowed for Rape or Incest?. . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Wagner . . . . . 788
are ufos real? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Matlock . . . . . . 840
Why Doesn’t God answer My prayers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Wallace . . . . . . . 852
What Does the Bible Teach about Satan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . . 868
Why Would a Good God send people to Hell? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fred von kamecke . . . . 874
Was Jonah really swallowed by a Big fish? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Powell . . . . . . . 949
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What about the Crusades? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Steve Lee . . . . . . . 958
Should Christians Care about the Environment?. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Snuffer. . . . . . . 970
How Were People Saved before Christ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Wallace . . . . . . . 989
Why Do Catholics Have More Books in Their Bible? . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . . 997
If God already knows What We need, then Why pray? . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . 1009
What Does the Bible Say about Demons? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Matlock . . . . . 1016
Why Are Some Christians Hypocrites?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sharp . . . . . . 1030
If there Is such Good evidence for God,
Then Why Don’t More People Believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie Littleton . . . . 1039
How Can I Make Sense of the Trinity?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . 1046
Did the Apostles Report Jesus’ Words Accurately? . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Royal Howard . 1053
Is It Okay to Have Doubts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Morrow . . . 1060
Does the Bible Contain Errors? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Thomas . . . . . 1071
What Does the Bible Teach about Angels?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . 1079
How Do I Know Jesus Even Existed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Sterrett. . . . . . 1093
What’s the Problem with Judging Others?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fred von kamecke . . . 1103
Do I need to forgive people Who Decline forgiveness? . . . . . . . . . John Stonestreet. . . . 1111
Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Licona . . . . . . 1114
What Do Mormons Believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Johnson. . . . . . 1124
Is Jesus the Only Way? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Kunkle . . . . . . 1140
Did Jesus Claim to Be God?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert M. Bowman Jr. and
J. Ed Komoszewski . . 1144
are there “lost” Gospels that Were left out of the Bible?. . . . . . . . Jonathan Morrow . . . 1150
Who Is the Holy Spirit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Sterrett. . . . . . 1158
Can something Be true for you, but not true for Me? . . . . . . . . . . Dillon Burroughs . . . 1161
What about Those Who Have Never Heard of Jesus? . . . . . . . . . . John Stonestreet. . . . 1170
Don’t Religious Beliefs Just Reflect Where One Was Raised? . . . . . . J. Steve Lee . . . . . . 1179
What Is the Connection between Christianity and Judaism?. . . . . . . fred von kamecke . . . 1189
Is Homosexuality Natural?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Shlemon . . . . . 1201
How Can a person Get into Heaven? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Johnson. . . . . . 1206
How Can I Be Sure That I Am Saved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Esposito. . . . . 1211
Does What I Think Really Matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie Littleton . . . . 1215
Why Should I Wait Until Marriage to Have Sex? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . 1227
How Do We Know the Bible Includes the Right Books? . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Morrow . . . 1230
If God Made everything Good, Why shouldn’t I smoke pot? . . . . . . . Ryan Snuffer. . . . . . 1233
What Are the Crucial Differences between Muhammad and Jesus?. . . Mike Licona . . . . . . 1244
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Is There Evidence for Life after Death? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank Hanegraaff. . . . 1247
How Should a Christian Relate to Culture? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josiah Vencel . . . . . 1251
What Makes Christianity Unique? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Carlson . . . . . 1260
Why Are There So Many Different Denominations? . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sharp . . . . . . 1270
How Do I share My faith?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg stier . . . . . . . 1273
How Can Jesus Be God and Man?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Sterrett. . . . . . 1279
If God Made the universe, then Who Made God? . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sharp . . . . . . 1287
Aren’t All Religions Basically the Same?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . 1304
What Do Buddhists Believe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Carlson . . . . . 1310
What Does It Mean that God “Inspired” the Bible?. . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Esposito. . . . . 1312
Can God Make a rock so Big that He Can’t lift It? . . . . . . . . . . . alex Mcfarland . . . . 1316
Does the Bible Endorse Slavery? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mark Reynolds . . 1322
What Is the Core of the Biblical Worldview? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bayard Taylor . . . . . 1323
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the same God?. . . . . . . . . . . Alan Shlemon . . . . . 1328
Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla Alupoaicei . . . . 1334
Can people Who Commit suicide Go to Heaven? . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sharp . . . . . . 1339
Should Christians Be Tolerant? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Morrow . . . 1346
What Is Apologetics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Kunkle . . . . . . 1355
Is the New Testament Reliable?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh McDowell. . . . . 1359
Is Christianity a Copycat Religion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McDowell . . . . 1366
Are the Teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses Compatible with the Bible? . Eric Johnson. . . . . . 1389
What Does the Bible Teach about Purgatory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Wallace . . . . . . 1397
What Is Heaven Like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryl Rodriguez . . . . 1399
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