Is Your Church Ready?: Motivating Leaders to Live an Apologetic Life [Paperback]

Ravi Zacharias (Editor), Norman L. Geisler (Editor)

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Publication Date: July 19, 2003

A ministry resource for motivating all Christians to become thoughtful apologists of their faith Although apologetics is as crucial today as it has ever been, the classical model for defending the faith often seems irrelevant to the 21st century where people listen with their eyes and think with their emotions. Is Your Church Ready? Presents a team of highly qualified Christian thinkers---including Ravi Zacharias, John Guest, Jay Budziszewski, Judy Salisbury, Dean Halverson, and Peter Grant---who build a case for the place of apologetics in the local church, home, and school. Using personal examples and illustrations they address: * How to answer objections to Christianity * How to equip children in the home and prepare youth to remain committed to Christ after they leave for college * How to reach international students and the foreign-born Included are discussion questions and a 'Church Leaders Resource Guide' to the best books, articles, organizations, and websites on the subject.

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A ministry resource for motivating all Christians to become thoughtful apologists of their faith

Although apologetics is as crucial today as it has ever been, the classical model for defending the faith often seems irrelevant to the 21st century where people listen with their eyes and think with their emotions. Is Your Church Ready? Presents a team of highly qualified Christian thinkers—including Ravi Zacharias, John Guest, Jay Budziszewski, Judy Salisbury, Dean Halverson, and Peter Grant—who build a case for the place of apologetics in the local church, home, and school. Using personal examples and illustrations they address:

• How to answer objections to Christianity • How to equip children in the home and prepare youth to remain committed to Christ after they leave for college • How to reach international students and the foreign-born Included are discussion questions and a "Church Leaders Resource Guide" to the best books, articles, organizations, and websites on the subject.

About the Author

For over thirty-five years, Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world in great halls and universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and numerous universities internationally. He is listed as a Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford university. He has appeared on CNN and other international broadcasts. The author of several books for adults and children, he powerfully mixes biblical teaching and Christian apologetics. His most recent works include Walking from East to West, a memoir; The Grand Weaver, an exploration of God's intention in both the ordinary and the startling elements of life; and The End of Reason, a rebuttal of the claims of the so-called New Atheists. His weekly radio program, Let My People Think, is broadcast on 1,692 stations worldwide, and his weekday program, Just Thinking, is on 412. He is founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, ? SPANISH BIO: Ravi Zacharias, master en divinidades de Trinity International University, es un orador reconocido asi como presidente de Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Su programa semanal de radio, Let My People Think, se retransmite por mas de mil quinientas emisoras de todo el mundo. Es autor de varios libros para adultos y ninos. Su ultimo libro, De Oriente a Occidente, fue editado por Editorial Vida en el ano 2006. El Dr. Zacharias y su esposa residen in Atlanta, Georgia.

Norman Geisler (PhD, Loyola University) is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary and author or coauthor of over fifty books including Decide for Yourself, Baker's Encyclopedia of Apologetics, and When Skeptics Ask. SPANISH BIO: Norman Geisler (PhD, Loyola University) es presidente del Seminario Evangelico del Sur y autor de mas de cincuenta libros, entre los que se destacan Decide For Yourself, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics y When Skeptics Ask. Fue tambien coeditor de Is Your Church Ready? Un libro asociado a Quien creo a Dios?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (July 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310250617
• ISBN-13: 978-0310250616
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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For over thirty-five years, Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world in great halls and universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and numerous universities internationally. He is listed as a Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford university. He has appeared on CNN and other international broadcasts. The author of several books for adults and children, he powerfully mixes biblical teaching and Christian apologetics. His most recent works include Walking from East to West, a memoir; The Grand Weaver, an exploration of God's intention in both the ordinary and the startling elements of life; and The End of Reason, a rebuttal of the claims of the so-called New Atheists. His weekly radio program, Let My People Think, is broadcast on 1,692 stations worldwide, and his weekday program, Just Thinking, is on 412. He is founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Zacharias and his wife, Margie, have three grown children and reside in Atlanta.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tough Question..., October 5, 2003

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The title of this books poses a crucial question. Church leaders are compelled to come up with an answer of some kind. How do you defend the faith to a generation that hears with its eyes and thinks with its emotions? Any ideas? By adapting classical apologetics to meet today's challenges. John Guest, Judy Salisbury, Ravi Zacharias, and others use personal examples to help you address objections to Christianity, equip teens to remain faithful to Christ, reach foreign-born residents, and more.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Getting the church ready to do the work, July 19, 2005

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We are called to "be prepared (always!) to give an answer to everyone who asks us to give the reason for the hope that we have," doing this with "gentleness and respect." Unfortunately, many in the church today are not motivated to defend their faith. As this book points out, a number of Christians who go to college end up losing their faith because they had not based their faith on God's Word and were easy fodder for the secular humanist professors at the university. This book has a series of articles with good advice on "motivating leaders to live an apologetic life." The read is simple enough, and while there is nothing absolutely "earth-shattering" in it, solid advice is provided. I recommend this book for pastors and youth pastors especially to help them realize ways they can get their charges motivated to do what God has directly commanded. Thanks for reading my reviews, as this is #200. I look forward to the next #200--if only I had more time in the day!

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5.0 out of 5 stars REAL church growth material, August 25, 2007

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If you are committed to maturing a group of christian to be fully equipped to do the work of the gospel. Then this is a book you should get ahold of and read until it falls apart. It is simply one of the best books I have read in the last several years for developing a biblical insight on a subject and showing you how to put it into practice.