Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (Holman Quicksource Guides) [Paperback]

Doug Powell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006 | Series: Holman Quicksource Guides

In today’s pluralistic society, not every approach to sharing the gospel will work with all people. Being ready to give reasons for the hope we have in Christ means understanding the contextual framework of the people we are addressing.

In the Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics, Renaissance man Doug Powell defends the Christian faith in a new key; taking timehonored approaches in apologetics and freshly presenting them for a new generation.

Chapters include:

1. What Is Apologetics?

2. The Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence

3. The Teleological Argument for God’s Existence

4. The Axiological Argument for God’s Existence

5. Which God Exists?

6. Where Did the New Testament Come From?

7. Is the New Testament Reliable?

8. ExtraBiblical Evidence for Jesus

9. Is the Old Testament Reliable?

10. The Fulfillment of Prophecy

11. What About Miracles?

12. Was Jesus Raised from Death?

13. Did Jesus Claim to Be God? Is He the Only Way?

14. How can God allow Evil, Pain, and Suffering?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Doug Powell has a Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. He combines expertise in apologetics with professional skills in graphic design and music to create video and internet resources for discipleship and evangelism. His work also includes design of online medical education courses, corporate Web sites, flash animation, and more. Doug’s music is featured on record labels including Mercury and RCA. Rolling Stone magazine said, "Powell makes music that’s larger than life." Visit Doug at www.selflessdefense.com and www.dougpowell.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: B&H Academic (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080549460X
• ISBN-13: 978-0805494600
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What an amazing resource! I love it!, August 8, 2006

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Fuseic Music (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (Holman Quicksource Guides) (Paperback)

This book is the best apologetics resource I own. It's the most comprehensive handbook I've ever seen on apologetics. Each page is loaded with full color photos making it much more interesting to read. This is a great book for personal reading or Sunday school classes. The modern design also makes it great for High School students.

Powell's book is fresh and to the point. It's also very accessible to an average reader. That's what I love so much about it. He starts with the question of God's existence and then takes the reader step by step from there. It's well thought out and easy to follow.

If you wish to do a class on apologetics in your church, look no further - this is your book!

My wife (who normally doesn't read apologetics books) took one look at it with all the pictures and now she's reading it. Trust me, that's a miracle in itself.

I highly recommend it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book if your faith in the Bible needs a boost., May 12, 2007

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K. Royce (Mystic, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (Holman Quicksource Guides) (Paperback)

This book covers philosophical arguments for the existence of God, and then gives evidence for the God of the Bible. The quality that sets this book apart from other apologetic books is the full color pictures used liberally throughout the book. This is a good book for you if you feel threatened by the secular attacks against the truth of the Bible, or if you want a good book to lend to a "seeking" non-Christian. The book covers philosophical arguments for the existence of God and physical evidences (such as archaeology) for the truth of the Bible, and discusses how we know the Bible today is essentially the same Bible as what was originally written. The one weakness I saw in this book was that the author claims "The big bang remains the best explanation for the current state fo the universe (p. 44)." He goes on to show this model still requires a creator, but it is unfortunate that he refutes atheistic causes for the creation of the universe, and then apparently tries to merge the atheistic philosophy he just refuted with the Biblical description of creation. The rest of the book is great, especially effective with the use of many pictures.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Quick and Reliable Source for Apologetics, June 7, 2010

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Mike Robinson "Mike A Robinson: Apologetic An... (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (Holman Quicksource Guides) (Paperback)

All Christians are commanded to defend the gospel (Jude 1:3 - "I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" and 1 Peter 3:15 - "Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you..." We are commanded to preach God's word as the means of the salvation for the lost; additionally we must defend the Gospel when the lost have questions or when skeptics attack it. And in "Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics," Doug Powell defends the truth of the Gospel in a fresh and insightful manner.

Topics Powell (MA Apologetics, Biola) includes are:

- The Cosmological Argument for God's Existence

- The Teleological Argument

- The Axiological Argument

- The reliability of the New Testament documents

- The historical evidence for Christ

- Proof from fulfilled prophecy

- The Resurrection of Christ

- The problem of evil and suffering

- And more.

This is a practical and scholarly work that is written for the non-specialist and all average Christians who desire to defend the faith and win the lost to Christ.

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