James Emery White has written an interesting book aimed at answering questions people might have about Christianity. Chapter 1 discusses reasons for believing in the existence of God.By garyzacharias

This book, which has garnered a lot of attention, deals with how we should live in a post-Christian America. Aaron Renn says we need to focus on three key domains of our evangelical life: personal, institutional, and missional. This podcast looks at the first of these three areas.By garyzacharias

Chuck Colson says in this book that salvation is a free gift--but it costs everything. He then tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and relates this to all of us.By garyzacharias

D. A. Carson, author of many books, offers here a landmark critique of tolerance in contemporary Western culture. The chapter I cover today looks at the old and the new definitions of toleranceBy garyzacharias

This podcast covers the ancient meaning of happiness, according to J.P. Moreland.By garyzacharias

J. P. Moreland, a wonderful writer and thinker, deals here with the world's idea of happiness and how empty it leaves people.By garyzacharias

This book, by Clay Jones, deals with the human fear of death and what we can do about it. I'm looking this time at chapter 5, which discusses various unsuccessful secular attempts to give us a sense of transcendence over death.By garyzacharias

God is doing amazing things in the Muslim world, bringing people to faith in Jesus through dreams and visions. I discuss a few of these and cover what the author says about interacting with Muslims.By garyzacharias

I'm covering several more important questions Hank Hanegraaff answers in this book: How can the eternal Son of God be "the firstborn over all creation"? What distinguishes Christianity from other religions? Don't all religions lead to God? What happens to a person who never heard of Jesus? What is a cult? Are Jehovah's Witnesses Christians?…

Here's the second half of the chapter dealing with worldviews and culture wars.By garyzacharias

Chuck Colson and Nancy Pearcey challenge all of us to understand biblical faith as an entire worldview. In this podcast I discuss what a worldview is and what the current culture war involves.By garyzacharias

This chapter concludes with reasons to believe the Bible is of divine origin and the problem of supposed contradictions.By garyzacharias

This is one of my favorite Lee Strobel books, in which he takes on hard questions about Christianity. I'm doing a two-part podcast on a chapter that asks if God is worthy of worship if he kills innocent children as seen in several Old Testament passages.By garyzacharias

Philip Yancey's book has been a best-seller and an award winner. I cover his sixth chapter, where he struggles with a key question: Does personal suffering come packaged with a clear explanation from God?By garyzacharias

This podcast finishes going over Greg Koukl's opening chapter on pluralism.By garyzacharias

This booklet by Stand to Reason is one in a series that explores important aspects of our culture today. Greg Koukl takes on a modern saying: "Jesus is my savior and the only way for me, but I can't say He is the way for others."By garyzacharias

Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist and proponent of an ancient earth, spends one chapter showing the problems with the young-earth position when it comes to the rate of evolution.By garyzacharias

Chapter 15 in this book offers good advice on issues a Christian should avoid or approach with caution when interacting with Muslims.By garyzacharias

This podcast covers a chapter that discusses apocryphal books of both the Old and New Testaments--their contents and why they were rejected.By garyzacharias

I finish the author's chapter on miracles.By garyzacharias

Craig Blomberg, noted professor and author, spends one important chapter on the issue of New Testament miracles.By garyzacharias

Dr. Jeff Myers deals with a crucial question for our times: Does the truth matter?By garyzacharias

In this podcast, I cover two important questions Natasha Crain deals with--Is Jesus the Jewish Messiah? Is Jesus God?By garyzacharias

Neil Shenvi's book explores the evidence for Christianity. In chapter 10 he sums up his entire book and discusses Christianity's answers to three key questions of any worldview--What does it explain? Is it coherent? Is it livable?By garyzacharias

This book has been updated for the 21st century. Chapter 3 gives useful knowledge of the psychological factors involved in the formation and growth of non-Christian cults.By garyzacharias

This is an important book that looks at the rise of critical theories like Critical Race Theory as well as social justice ideology. It focuses on implications for the Christian church and society. This podcast covers part of the book's chapter on problems with critical theory and how its central ideas conflict with evangelical theology.…

This book is a guide for Christians to understand the ideas and forces shaping our times. It's a worldview classic. I look at the chapter that discusses secularism--its history, its influence, and its answers to to life's ultimate questions.By garyzacharias

Josh McDowell calls this book an "indispensable reference work. I discuss their take on reincarnation, a concept that has grown in popularity in recent years.By garyzacharias

Stand to Reason, started and led by Greg Koukl, is a wonderful apologetics organization. This is one of their outstanding booklets created to help Christians deal with several challenges to their faith. In this podcast, I cover the section which considers the Christian and Mormon beliefs about God.By garyzacharias

Josh McDowell, author of this book, gives evidence for the historical Jesus. In the chapter I cover in this podcast, he asks if Jesus thought of himself as the Messiah and Son of God and what these terms meant.By garyzacharias

Here's an important book that discusses the looming spiritual crisis of artificial intelligence. I cover his fourth chapter--how we have lost the sense of God and transcendent values. The results have been terrible for us and our society.By garyzacharias

A major issue these days is transgenderism. Andrew Walker's book is an invaluable introduction to a complex, controversial, and often painful subject. I cover part of one chapter that discusses the fall in Eden and the tragic results not only around us but within us.By garyzacharias

Ron Rhodes does an excellent job in this book. I am looking today at his intro and first chapter, which covers Mormonism today and where it came from.By garyzacharias

This will be the last podcast covering Mark Mittelberg's book. I discuss the last five barriers to a confident faith in Christianity.By garyzacharias

This will be the next-to-last podcast covering Mark Mittelberg's book. In this section he looks at five barriers to faith and how to overcome them.By garyzacharias

Continuing my look at Mark Mittelberg's book, I cover the remainder of the arrows he says point to the truth of Christianity--Jesus' life and resurrection, the emergence of the church, the changed lives of early skeptics, the deaths of the disciples, the changed minds of modern skeptics, and the testimonies of modern believers.…

Mark Mittelberg completes his examination of the Bible as evidence of the truth of Christianity.By garyzacharias

Mark Mittelberg lays out twenty arrows that he believes point to the truth of Christianity. In this podcast we look at six of these arrows dealing with the universe, DNA, the sense of morality we all share, and the Bible.By garyzacharias

In chapter 9 Mark Mittelberg reviews the six faith paths that people have chosen in their pursuit of spiritual truths. In addition, he starts in on twelve arrows he believes point to the truth of Christianity. I discuss the first of these--design in the universe.By garyzacharias

Mark Mittelberg continues his examination of various faith paths people take in their search for God. This chapter deals with the Christian view, which he calls the evidential faith path.By garyzacharias

Continuing through Mark Mittelberg's book, I cover chapters that explore two popular faith paths people follow--intuitive (truth is what you feel in your heart) and mystical (truth is what you think God told you).By garyzacharias

I'm continuing my podcasts covering one book by Mark Mittelberg. This time I cover two chapters that explore faith paths he calls "traditional" and "authoritarian."By garyzacharias

I'm continuing an in-depth look at Mark Mittelberg's book. In this podcast I review a chapter that explores one popular worldview today--relativism ("Truth is whatever works for you.").By garyzacharias

Mark Mittelberg has a wonderful book that seeks to build a firm foundation for our beliefs about life and God. I used this book in our church apologetics class, so I'd like to go through it in the next few podcasts. Today I will focus on his intro and chapter one, in which he defines faith and explains who has it.…

This book is part of the Politically Incorrect Guide series, which I highly recommend. This podcast covers the first chapter, in which the author talks about the attacks on the Bible, especially those by the "New Atheists." Is religion really the greatest threat to world peace as they believe?By garyzacharias

Does Christianity really offer anything which is superior to other religions? Is Jesus superior to other religious or philosophical leaders? Norm Geisler answers these questions in one section of his book.By garyzacharias

This book asks "What's right with this world, and how did it get that way?" For this podcast, I look at the chapter dealing with Christianity's contribution to helping the poor.By garyzacharias

This book, by D. James Kennedy, has various chapters exploring ways the Bible has influenced the Western world. I'm an English major who loves literature, so I went to the chapter that illustrates the Bible's impact on Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, Dostoevsky, and many others.By garyzacharias

Everything J. P. Moreland writes is wonderful, and this book is no exception. In a section of the book called "How to Develop a Mature Christian Mind," he discusses seven traits of the empty self, a growing problem in America that threatens the life of the mind.By garyzacharias

This book, written by Norm Geisler, offers valuable information and advice to a wide audience. In this podcast I go over the section dealing with the dating of the book of Daniel. Does the book contain real predictive prophecy, or was it written after the events it describes?By garyzacharias