Apologetics Resources
Apologetics Workbook One
Categories 1-3
SUGGESTED BOOKLIST:
A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
*Blaise Pascal, Pensées (Trans. by A.J. Krailsheimer, Penguin Books, 1995)
Frank Turek, Stealing From God
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
*Myers and Noebel, Understanding the Times
Additional Resources:
Apologetics Template for Printing
Lesson I
Recommended Reading:
–Nicene Creed: https://www.usccb.org/prayers/nicene-creed
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson II
Recommended Reading:
--Jehovah's Witnesses on the Holy Spirit:
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-the-holy-spirit/
–Lewis, God in the Dock: https://www.orcuttchristian.org/Lewis%20CS%20-%20God_in_the_Dock.pdf
–Aquinas, Summa Theologica: https://freecatholicebooks.com/books/summa.pdf
Lesson III
Recommended Reading:
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Pink, Attributes of God: https://www.chapellibrary.org/pdf/books/aogo.pdf
Lesson IV
Recommended Reading:
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Pink, Attributes of God: https://www.chapellibrary.org/pdf/books/aogo.pdf
Lesson V
Recommended Reading:
–St John of Damascus, “Heresy of the Ishmaelites:” https://archive.org/details/heresy-of-the-ishmaelites-by-
st.-john-of-damascus-8th-c./mode/2up?view=theater
Lesson VI
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
Lesson VII
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
Lesson VIII
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
EXTRA: Biologos articles:
1) “How is Evolutionary Creation different from Evolutionism, Intelligent Design, and Creationism?”https://biologos.org/common-questions/how-is-biologos-different-from-evolutionism-intelligent-design-and-creationism
2) “How Long are the Days of Genesis 1?” https://biologos.org/common-questions/how-long-are-the-days-of-genesis-1
Lesson IX
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Lewis, The Problem of Pain: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.264598/page/n115/mode/2up
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson X
Recommended Reading:
–Billy Hollowell, “'I Almost Died': Inside Ex-Atheist Lee Strobel's Journey to Find Proof of Heaven, Hell and Near-Death Experiences:” https://cbn.com/news/cwn/i-almost-died-inside-ex-atheist-lee-strobels-journey-find-proof-heaven-hell-and-near-death
--Cyprian, De Mortalitate (Treatise Seven): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050707.htm
Lesson XI
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XII
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–“The God Debate II: Harris vs. Craig:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaHXKLRKzg&t=489s
Lesson XIII
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
--“Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy,” by Nick Needham: https://credomag.com/article/augustine-and-the-pelagian-controversy/
--Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15094.htm
–Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, https://ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html
Lesson XIV
Recommended Reading:
–Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology:
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/hodge/theology1/theology1.iv.iii.v.html#fnf_iv.iii.v-p16.5
Lesson XV
Recommended Reading:
–Augustine, “Letter 211:” https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1102211.htm
–Aquinas, Summa Theologica II-II: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18755/pg18755-images.html
–Luther, Commentary on Galatians: http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Luther%20Commentary%20on%20Galatians.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XVI
Recommended Reading:
–Augustine, Confessions: https://ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confessions/confessions.iv.html
–Tozer, Pursuit of God: https://ia601605.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/33/items/GutenbergENzip/31.zip&file=Pursuit%20of%20God%2C%20The%20-%20A.%20W.%20Tozer%2C%202008%20%2839p%29.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Tozer, The Purpose of Man: https://archive.org/details/purposeofmandesi0000toze/page/20/mode/2up
–Augustine, City of God: https://files.romanroadsstatic.com/materials/romans/nicene-christianity/City%20of%20God.pdf
Lesson XVII
Recommended Reading:
– The 2009 “Manhattan Declaration:” https://www.manhattandeclaration.org/
–Alcorn, Why Pro-Life?: https://www.epm.org/static/uploads/downloads/book-resources/why-prolife-2004-edition.pdf
–Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html
EXTRA: on Evangelium Vitae: https://www.usccb.org/resources/wwmin-evangelium-vitae-summary.pdf
Lesson XVIII
–Copan, Is God a Moral Monster?: https://archive.org/details/is-god-a-moral-monster-making-sense-of-the-old-testament-god-by-paul-copan/page/131/mode/2up
–Grimke, “An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States:” https://archive.org/details/ASPC0001867100/mode/2up
Lesson XIX
Recommended Reading:
--Baxter, The Reformed Pastor:
https://ccel.org/ccel/b/baxter/pastor/cache/pastor.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XX
Recommended Reading:
–Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, https://ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XXI
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
Lesson XXII
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Galileo, Letter to Grand Duchess Christina: https://web.stanford.edu/~jsabol/certainty/readings/Galileo-LetterDuchessChristina.pdf
Lesson XXIII
Recommended Reading:
–Athanasius, Letter XXXIX (Letter 39): https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf204.xxv.iii.iii.xxv.html
–Calvin, Institutes: https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iii.vii.html
–Kuyper, Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology: https://archive.org/details/encyclopediasac00kuypgoog/page/472/mode/2up
–Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, https://ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html
Lesson XXIV
Recommended Reading:
–Young, Thy Word is Truth: https://archive.org/details/thywordistruth0000unse/page/38/mode/2up
--International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy:"
https://reformation.net/uploads/1/1/7/6/117618790/the_chicago_statement_on_biblical_inerrancy.pdf
Lesson XXV
Recommended Reading:
–Boorstin, The Discoverers: https://archive.org/details/B-001-024-356/page/542/mode/2up
Lesson XXVI
Recommended Reading:
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
–Runnells, CES Letter: https://cesletter.org/CES-Letter.pdf
Lesson XXVII
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
– “The Ark and the Darkness:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyDsRbfB7Q8&t=2590s
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
Lesson XXVIII
Recommended Reading:
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
Lesson XXIX
Recommended Reading:
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
--Wesley Huff, “The question of Canon: the who, what, and where of the books of the Bible":
Lesson XXX
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
Apologetics Workbook Two
Categories 4-6
SUGGESTED BOOKLIST:
*Blaise Pascal, Pensées (Trans. by A.J. Krailsheimer, Penguin Books, 1995)
Frank Turek, Stealing From God
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
*Myers and Noebel, Understanding the Times
Additional Resources:
Apologetics Template for Printing
Lesson I
Recommended Reading:
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
Lesson II
Recommended Reading:
–Strobel, The Case for Christ: https://www.divinerevelations.info/pdf/the_case_for_christ.pdf
–Linne, “Jesus is Alive:” https://open.spotify.com/track/2XJPDjbCLwnJIlxN8AKXMt
Lesson III
Recommended Reading:
–Spurgeon, “The Power of His Resurrection:”
https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/the-power-of-his-resurrection/#flipbook/
–St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation: https://ia904509.us.archive.org/1/items/athanasius-incarnation-of-the-word/St%20Athanasius%20On%20the%20Incarnation.pdf
–Anselm, Cur Deus Homo: https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ans/ans117.htm
Lesson IV
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
--Needham, "Truly God, Truly Man:"
https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/truly-god-truly-man-council-chalcedon
–Chalcedonian Creed: https://apostles-creed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chalcedonian-Creed.pdf
–Harvey, “The Man and the Birds:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2pTAAn9pc&t=3s
Lesson V
Recommended Reading:
--Cody Wilbanks, “How to Answer Doubts about the Second Coming:” https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/answer-doubts-second-coming/
Lesson VI
Recommended Reading:
–Spurgeon, “Behold the Lamb of God”: https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/behold-the-lamb-of-god/#flipbook/
–Origen, Homilies on Genesis and Exodus: https://archive.org/details/homiliesongenesi0071orig/page/136/mode/2up
(for a briefer excerpt, read this:) https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/abrahams-sacrifice-of-isaac-origen/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
–Bizzle: https://open.spotify.com/track/57sT1mjP1kOlqMWOoCuCsD
Lesson VII
Recommended Reading:
–Sproul, Objections Answered: https://archive.org/details/objectionsanswer0000spro/page/46/mode/2up or https://www.monergism.com/what-happens-person-who-never-heard-jesus-dr-r-c-sproul
–Schaeffer, The Church at the End of the Twentieth Century:
https://archive.org/details/churchatendof00scha/page/58/mode/2up?q=tape&view=theater
–Lewis, The Problem of Pain: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.264598/page/n115/mode/2up
–Kevin DeYoung, “Clarifying Inclusivism and Exclusivism.”
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/clarifying-inclusivism-and-exclusivism/
Lesson VIII
Recommended Reading:
--Reed, Rendering Unto Caesar: Was Jesus A Socialist? https://fee.org/wp-content/uploads/ebooks/reed_rendering_unto_caesar.pdf
Lesson IX
Recommended Reading:
–Pink, Attributes of God: https://www.chapellibrary.org/pdf/books/aogo.pdf
–Aquinas, Summa Theologica: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2003.htm#article8
–Tozer, Pursuit of God: https://ia601605.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/33/items/GutenbergENzip/31.zip&file=Pursuit%20of%20God%2C%20The%20-%20A.%20W.%20Tozer%2C%202008%20%2839p%29.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson X
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Machen, Christianity and Liberalism, https://ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html
Lesson XI
Recommended Reading:
–Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults: https://www.jesusisprecious.org/books/kingdom_of_the_cults-walter_martin.pdf
–Hoekema, The Four Major Cults: https://www.spiritualwarfareschool.com/library/Cults/The-Four-Major-Cults-Athony-a-Hoekema,%20462pg.pdf
Lesson XII
Recommended Reading:
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God:” https://www.jonathan-edwards.org/Sinners.pdf
Lesson XIII
Recommended Reading:
--Grudem, Systematic Theology: https://rebtheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Grudem-Systematic-Theology.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XIV
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XV
Recommended Reading:
–Milton, Paradise Lost: https://ia800509.us.archive.org/31/items/ParadiseLostByJohnMilton_201607/ Paradise%20Lost%20by%20John%20%20Milton.pdf
–Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God: https://ia801805.us.archive.org/7/items/EvangelismAndTheSovereigntyOfGodJIPacker_201803/EvangelismAndTheSovereigntyOfGod-JIPacker.pdf
Lesson XVI
Recommended Reading:
-Grudem, Systematic Theology: https://rebtheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Grudem-Systematic-Theology.pdf
--Olson, “Calvinism and Arminianism Compared:” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2018/11/calvinism-and-arminianism-compared-by-roger-e-olson/
--Ingle, “Prevenient Grace Compared With Irresistible Grace:”
https://evangelicalarminians.org/roy-ingle-prevenient-grace-compared-with-irresistible-grace/
--Ligonier “Is Grace Cooperative?:”
https://learn.ligonier.org/devotionals/grace-cooperative
–Whitefield, “The Holy Spirit Convincing…:” https://www.ccel.org/ccel/whitefield/sermons.xlii.html
–Owen, Pneumatologia: https://ccel.org/ccel/owen/pneum.i.vii.i.html
Lesson XVII
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Calvin, Institutes: https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.iv.iv.html
–Spurgeon, “Grace Exalted– Boasting Excluded:” https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/grace-exalted-boasting-excluded/#flipbook/
Lesson XVIII
Recommended Reading:
--Grudem, Systematic Theology: https://rebtheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Grudem-Systematic-Theology.pdf
--J.C. Ryle, Holiness:
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/ryle/holiness/holiness.iii.vi.html
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Pink, Attributes of God: https://www.chapellibrary.org/pdf/books/aogo.pdf
Lesson XIX
Recommended Reading:
–Keller, The Reason for God: (The Amazon sample allows you to read Chapter 1. Alternatively, just add this Christian classic to your apologetics bookshelf: https://amzn.to/40tufEB)
EXTRA: Polls of Americans:
Lesson XX
Recommended Reading:
Christian Research Institute Reports:
--Buddhism/Hinduism:
--https://www.equip.org/PDF/JAF3395.pdf
---Islam:
--https://www.equip.org/PDF/DI200-1.pdf (especially "5. The Hereafter")
--Mormonism:
--https://www.equip.org/PDF/JAF4401.pdf
--Alcorn, “Let Go of Lies About Heaven: Eight Myths Many Believe:”
https://www.epm.org/resources/2021/Mar/8/let-go-lies-heaven/
Lesson XXI
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Luther, The Large Catechism: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/luther/largecatechism.vi_1.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Lesson XXII
Recommended Reading:
–Foster, Celebration of Discipline
–Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Godly Life
https://archive.org/details/spiritualdiscipl00whit/page/n5/mode/2up
–Luther, A Treatise on Good Works: https://ccel.org/l/luther/good_works/cache/good_works.pdf
Lesson XXIII
Recommended Reading:
–Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Calvin, Institutes: https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.vi.ii.html
–Spurgeon’s “The Sinner’s Savior:” https://ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons22/sermons22.xlix.html
--Taylor, “10 Key Events: Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism in 20th Century America:”
--Muether “The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy:”
https://tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2020/05/the-fundamentalist-modernist-controversy/
Lesson XXIV
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
–Turek, Stealing from God: https://archive.org/details/frank-turek-stealing-from-god-why-atheists-need-god-to-make-their-case
–Tozer, Pursuit of God: https://ia601605.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/33/items/GutenbergENzip/31.zip&file=Pursuit%20of%20God%2C%20The%20-%20A.%20W.%20Tozer%2C%202008%20%2839p%29.pdf
Lesson XXV
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
Lesson XXVI
Recommended Reading:
–Lewis, Mere Christianity: https://archive.org/details/c.-s.-lewis-mere-christianity-2001/mode/2up
– The 2009 “Manhattan Declaration:” https://www.manhattandeclaration.org/
Lesson XXVII
Recommended Reading:
–Allison, Sojourners and Strangers:
–Foster, Celebration of Discipline: https://christianstronghold.com/youthministry/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Celebration_of_Discipline.pdf
–Calvin, Institutes: https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.vi.ii.html
--Bannerman, The Church of Christ:
Lesson XXVIII
Recommended Reading:
–Marx, Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htm
–Tozer, The Purpose of Man: https://archive.org/details/purposeofmandesi0000toze/page/20/mode/2up
–Aquinas, Summa Theologica: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2003.htm#article8
–Westminster Catechism: https://westminsterstandards.org/westminster-larger-catechism/
Lesson XXIX
Recommended Reading:
–Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults: https://www.jesusisprecious.org/books/kingdom_of_the_cults-walter_martin.pdf
Lesson XXX
Recommended Reading:
--DeYoung, “What Does the Bible Say About Transgenderism?:”
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/what-does-the-bible-say-about-transgenderism/
--Keathley, “Thinking Biblically about Transgenderism: A Biblical Response to Current Trends:” https://cfc.sebts.edu/faith-and-culture/thinking-biblically-about-transgenderism-a-biblical-response-to-current-trends/
--CBMW, “The Clarity of Complementarity: Gender Dysphoria in Biblical Perspective:” https://cbmw.org/2017/04/25/the-clarity-of-complementarity-gender-dysphoria-in-biblical-perspective/