In a world of growing skepticism, Charismatic Christianity offers a bold approach to defending the faith. In THE PROPHETIC APOLOGETIC, Jonathan Ammon demonstrates how supernatural encounters with Jesus are central to our relationship with God and the defense of the Christian faith. This concise guide introduces an extraordinary approach to apologetics. You will learn how a charismatic worldview can help you reason with skeptics. You will learn how charismatic theology offers unique answers to skepticism’s biggest arguments, and how a charismatic lifestyle better enables you to share your faith. More than a one-stop manual for defending the faith, this book re-centers Christian philosophy and apologetics on the supernatural. Discover what the Bible has to say about God’s ongoing revelation of Himself through Jesus and the miraculous power of God.

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings. Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Peter), Ehrman proposes that Jesus can be best understood as an apocalyptic prophet--a man convinced that the world would end dramatically within the lifetime of his apostles and that a new kingdom would be created on earth. According to Ehrman, Jesus' belief in a coming apocalypse and his expectation of an utter reversal in the world's social organization not only underscores the radicalism of his teachings but also sheds light on both the appeal of his message to society's outcasts and the threat he posed to Jerusalem's established leadership.

The modern apologetic enterprise, according to Myron Penner, is no longer valid. It tends toward an unbiblical and unchristian form of Christian witness and does not have the ability to attest truthfully to Christ in our postmodern context. In fact, Christians need an entirely new way of conceiving the apologetic task. This provocative text critiques modern apologetic efforts and offers a concept of faithful Christian witness that is characterized by love and grounded in God's revelation. Penner seeks to reorient the discussion of Christian belief, change a well-entrenched vocabulary that no longer works, and contextualize the enterprise of apologetics for a postmodern generation.

Noted scholars (William A. Dembski, Darrell L. Bock, etc.) address and respond to all major contemporary challenges (philosophical, historical, ethical, scientific, etc.) to the divine inspiration and authority of the Bible.

The Evangelism-Apologetic Study Bible is a comprehensive resource that integrates the what and why of belief with witnessing instructional guidance coupled with personal helps in Christian growth. Included are almost 2500 entries with topics such as Beliefs and Defense (understanding the why of belief and the how to defend it), Evangelistic Talking Points (private and pulpit jump starters), Excuses and Answers (how to handle objections to being saved), Ways to Tell (various methods in sharing the Gospel), Soul Winner Traits (the character and discipline of the soul winner), Role of the Law (the role of the Ten Commandments in evangelism), Tips for Witnessing (hints to effective witnessing/soul winning, Relevancy of Revival (biblical reasons for church revival), Counseling Helps (keys to helping the addicted or troubled), Spurs to Soul Winning (inspirational and motivational mediations to soul win), Windows to Clarity (illustrations to clarify biblical truth), Tell the Gospel (content of the soul winner's message), Truth or Not (exposing religious folklore), Follow-Up (new believer guidance), Prophetic Proofs (how fulfilled prophecy substantiates the validly of the Bible and claims of Jesus Christ), Science and the Bible (ways science substantiate the Bible), Archaeology and the Bible (ways archaeology substantiate the Bible) and the Second Coming of Christ (notes about Jesus second return). Each entry is an easy navigable thread.

Much has been written on apologetics of the Old Testament canon and historicity, investigating the Old Testament as an object of apologetics. However, this study is the first comprehensive investigation focusing on apologetics within the Old Testament--i.e., the Old Testament theological foundations of the discipline of Christian apologetics-- investigating apologetics as an object of the Old Testament. Taking seriously the biblical texts at its outset, the study presents a biblically based scheme of five types of apologetic strategy: narrative apologetics, prophetic apologetics, wisdom apologetics, "citatory" apologetics as antithetic proclamation, and exemplary apologetics. It focuses on the many explicit confrontations in dialogues, disputes, quotes, and responses, in both prose and poetical form, which are accompanied by an indirect dispute, taking substantial space within the historical parts of the Hebrew Bible. These theological themes are derived from the Old Testament itself, not adapted from the New Testament. This book serves to fill the gap of a proper biblical-theological foundation of the academic field of apologetics. It is a new challenge for all apologists who wish to take seriously the biblical theological foundation of their discipline. With its sole focus on the Hebrew Bible, this study speaks to Jewish scholars as well. It enriches the current discussion on Jewish apologetics, its beginnings and first developments.

In this first book of the logos apologetics series, we will trace the earliest manifestations of apologetics. We will examine the biblical record of apologetic expressions and emanations from the Garden throughout Jewish history. In addition, the development of apologetic groups within the Jewish community will be explicated. Moreover, apologetic personalities will be explored. It is our hope that the information presented will help the modern apologist operate in this ministry with a proper understanding and foundation.