Leading Christian Apologists

"If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." — Isaac Newton

These are the defenders of the faith we draw on — the leading Christian apologists of our day. We cite them throughout the site because they combine rigorous scholarship with the ability to make the case clearly. When we answer a challenge, we check our answer against how the best in that field handle it.

Textual Criticism & the Reliability of Scripture

• Wesley Huff — manuscripts, ancient languages, historical methodology. wesleyhuff.com
• Daniel B. Wallace — textual criticism; founder of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. csntm.org
• James White — textual criticism, canon, debate. aomin.org
• Michael J. Kruger — canon and manuscripts. michaeljkruger.com
• Peter J. Williams — Can We Trust the Gospels?
• Craig A. Evans · Darrell Bock — Gospels, historical Jesus, archaeology.

The Resurrection & Historical Jesus

• William Lane Craig — philosophy of religion, the Kalam cosmological argument, resurrection. reasonablefaith.org
• N.T. Wright — The Resurrection of the Son of God; New Testament history.
• Gary Habermas — the "minimal facts" method.
• Michael Licona — resurrection and historical method. risenjesus.com
• J. Warner Wallace — cold-case detective method. coldcasechristianity.com

Philosophy & the Existence of God

• Alvin Plantinga — the Free Will Defense; warrant.
• J.P. Moreland — consciousness, philosophy of mind.
• Robin Collins — fine-tuning.
• Peter Kreeft · Edward Feser — classical theism.

Science & Origins

• Stephen C. Meyer — Signature in the Cell, Darwin's Doubt.
• Michael Behe — irreducible complexity.
• William Dembski — the design inference.
• Hugh Ross · Fazale Rana — Reasons to Believe. reasons.org
• John Lennox — science and faith.

Cultural Apologetics & Everyday Persuasion

• Gregory Koukl — Stand to Reason; the best on how to have the conversation. str.org
  Tactics · The Story of Reality · Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air · Jesus, the Only Way: 100 Verses · Solid Ground (newsletter)
• Frank Turek — I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. crossexamined.org
• Norman L. Geisler — Who Made God?, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.
• Hank Hanegraaff — The Complete Bible Answer Book.
• Lee Strobel — former Chicago Tribune legal editor; the "Case for" series. leestrobel.com
  The Case for Christ · The Case for Faith · The Case for a Creator · The Case for the Real Jesus (aka In Defense of Jesus) · The Case for Easter · The Case for Christmas · The Case for Christianity Answer Book · The Case for Grace · The Case for Hope · The Case for Miracles · The Case for Heaven · Is God Real? · The Miracles Answer Book · Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary · What Jesus Would Say · God's Outrageous Claims · Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage · Today's Moment of Truth
• Ravi Zacharias — The End of Reason; RZIM.
• Alex McFarland — The 10 Most Common Objections to Christianity.
• David Aikman — The Delusion of Disbelief.
• Sean McDowell · Alisa Childers · Melissa Dougherty — cultural issues, deconstruction.
• C.S. Lewis — Mere Christianity, Miracles, The Problem of Pain.

Presuppositional & Reformed

• Jeff Durbin — apologetics, abortion, street-level debate.
• Sye Ten Bruggencate — presuppositional apologetics.
• Cornelius Van Til · Greg Bahnsen — the founders.

Catholic

• Trent Horn · Jimmy Akin — Catholic Answers. catholic.com

Islam & Other Faiths

• David Wood — Acts 17 Apologetics.
• Jay Smith · Sam Shamoun — Islam.
• Michael L. Brown — Judaism, Messianic apologetics.
• Nabeel Qureshi — Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus.

Note: This list is a starting roster, not a statement of total agreement with every position any of these men hold. We are grateful for their work and cite them where they are strongest.