Your Beginner’s Guide to Learning Apologetics

Are you passionate about getting into apologetics? I get frequently asked about advice on how one should best get equipped for answering difficult questions about Christianity. In this video, I’ll share about some of the best practices and resources that have helped me grow in Christian apologetics. I’m aware that there are many more good channels out there than the ones I highlight. The ones I mention are simply the ones that have helped me the most. Under the list of apologetics channels, I’ll add some great channels I didn’t mention in the video. Do check them out as well! 0:00 Intro 0:22 Theology First! 2:00 Real-Life Practice 3:08 Studying Apologetics 4:47 The Game Plan 6:50 Final Advice Channels for Biblical and Theological Formation: @Mike Winger https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeWinger @THE BEAT by Allen Parr https://www.youtube.com/user/thebeatagp @ReasonableFaithOrg (Defenders Class): https://www.youtube.com/user/Reasonab... Theology Books: Gordon McConville, Exploring the Old Testament Series (several small and very readable volumes, highly recommended!) David Wenham and Steve Walton, Exploring the New Testament series (also several small and very readable volumes, highly recommended!) Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (this is probably the most wide-read book on hermeneutics) Apologetics Channels: @Premier Unbelievable? by Justin Brierley: https://www.youtube.com/c/Unbelievabl... @Capturing Christianity by Cameron Bertuzzi: https://www.youtube.com/c/CapturingCh... @InspiringPhilosophy by Michael Jones: https://www.youtube.com/c/InspiringPh... @Whaddo You Meme?? by Jon McCray: https://www.youtube.com/c/whaddoyoumeme @Melissa Dougherty https://www.youtube.com/c/MelissaDoug... @Testify by Erik Manning: https://www.youtube.com/c/TestifyApol... @Trinity Radio by Braxton Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/c/BraxtonHunter @DanielApologetics https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielApolo... Introductory books on apologetics: Who Made God? And Answers to over 100 Tough Questions on Faith by Ravi Zacharias and Norman Geisler That’s Just Your Interpretation by Paul Copan True for you but not for me by Paul Copan Letters from a Skeptic by Gregory and Edward Boyd God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? by John Lennox There is a God by Anthony Flew The Atheist who didn’t Exist by Andy Bannister Tactics by Gregory Koukl Relativism by Gregory Koukl The Reason for God by Timothy Keller Why Does God Allow Evil? by Clay Jones The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan On Guard by William Lane Craig Channels by Atheists: @CosmicSkeptic by Alex O'Connor @Genetically Modified Skeptic by Drew McCoy @Rationality Rules by Stephen Woodford @Apostate Prophet by Ridvan