This is the chapter study index for the Read Along project for the book The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas: Paul's Mars Hill Experience for Our Pluralistic World by Paul Copan and Kenneth D. Litwak.

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• Introduction & Author Interview
• Chapter 1: Welcome to Athens
• Chapter 2: Was Paul's Speech at Athens a Mistake?
• Chapter 3: Paul's Athens
• Chapter 4: Our Athens
• Chapter 5: Paul's Speeches in Acts
• Chapter 6: Paul's Audience
• Chapter 7: Paul's Gospel for the Educated
• Chapter 8: The Art of Persuasion
• Chapter 9: Acting on the Truth
• Chapter 10: Going to Our Own Mars Hill

Thanks for Reading Along.

In partnership with The PowerPoint Apologist, Apologetics 315 presents a series of 12 Free PowerPoint presentations, covering 12 essential topics in apologetics.

These are free to download, modify, and use for your own apologetics presentations. (However, please retain the final two slides featuring the PowerPoint Apologist and Apologetics 315 resources.)

1. "Why Apologetics?" - PPT | Slideshare
2. "Why Believe Anything?" - PPT | Slideshare
3. "Why God?—part 1: A First Cause" - PPT | Slideshare
4. "Why God?—part 2: An Intelligent Cause" - PPT | Slideshare
5. "Why God?—part 3: A Moral Cause" - PPT | Slideshare
6. "Why Scripture?—A Defense of the New Testament" - PPT | Slideshare
7. "Why Jesus?—The Historical Jesus" - PPT | Slideshare
8. "Why Jesus?—The Resurrection of Jesus" - PPT | Slideshare
9. "Why Jesus?—The God-Man Jesus" - PPT | Slideshare
10. "Why Christianity?—In An Evil World" - PPT | Slideshare
11. "Why Christianity?—In A Pluralistic World" - PPT | Slideshare
12. "Why Christianity?—In My World" - PPT | Slideshare

Apologetics 315 has begun transcription of its collection of ongoing interviews with Christian historians, scientists, evangelists, philosophers, pastors, authors, and other leading scholars in the area of Christian apologetics—some 150+ and counting. This page will serve as an index for the completed transcripts. (Click here for a message from me about this project.)

Please feel free to suggest the next interviews to transcribe from the growing master list of interviews.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS:
• Gary Habermas
• Craig Keener
• Lee Strobel
• Hugh Ross
• Former atheist Richard Morgan
• Michael J. Kruger
• Michael Patton
• David Instone-Brewer
• Paul L. Maier
• Norman Geisler
• Craig Blomberg
• John Warwick Montgomery
• Paul Copan
• Bruce Little
• Ellis Potter
• Casey Luskin
• Jeff Zweerink
• David Robertson
• Frank Turek
• J.P. Moreland
• Scott Oliphint
• Ravi Zacharias
• Robin Collins
• Mike Licona 1
• Mike Licona 2
• Scott Klusendorf
• Mark Mittelberg
• Craig Evans
• Greg Koukl
• David Wood
• Michael Behe
• John Frame
• Matthew Flannagan
• Andrew Fellows
• Jay Smith
• Kerby Anderson
• Louis Markos
• Alister McGrath
• Kenneth Samples
• Robert Bowman
• Edgar Andrews
• Douglas Jacoby
• Donald Johnson
• Peter J. Williams

As always, you can help this project by funding it or volunteering your service to aid in the transcription. Thanks for your support!

Two years ago, Apologetics 315 addressed the question: "How do I get apologetics in my church?" with an essay series, ebook, and podcast. The goal of this project was simple: to share stories, experiences, and advice that will help Christians to start their own local apologetics initiatives.

Now there's a part 2 to the series. This is the index for How to Get Apologetics in Your Church 2. Listen to the podcast via the RSS feed or through iTunes.

Here is the table of contents:
00 - Introduction
01 - Why Apologetics Matters to Every Believer and Every Church
02 - How I Got Apologetics Started in My Church
03 - A Pastor's Perspective
04 - The Road to the Group
05 - How to Start a Church Apologetics Ministry
06 - The ‘Reasonable Faith?’ Course
07 - Four Lessons for the Apologetics Small Group
08 - Five Tips for Starting an Apologetics Group
09 - A Call to ACTION
10 - Kicking Off The Truth Project
11 - Evangelism, Apologetics, and Cultural Impact
12 - Questions are a Good Thing
13 - Implementing Apologetics Ministry
14 - When Apologetics is Not Welcome in Your Church
15 - Lessons Along the Way
16 - How to Organize an Apologetics Conference
17 - So You Want to Organize an Apologetic Event?
18 - An Effective Model for a Youth Apologetics Home Group
19 - How Churches Can Respond to Doubt
20 - Challenge: Start a Church Apologetics Group

Enjoy.

Read Along with Apologetics315 is a weekly chapter-by-chapter study through Is God Just a Human Invention? and Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists by Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow. This is a chapter index for the study, so you may want to bookmark it for your own reference.

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Series Introduction (includes link to authors interview)
Chapter 1: Is Faith Irrational?
Chapter 2: Are Science and Christianity at Odds?
Chapter 3: Are Miracles Possible?
Chapter 4: Is Darwinian Evolution the Only Game in Town?
Chapter 5: How Did the Universe Begin?
Chapter 6: How Did Life Begin?
Chapter 7: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?
Chapter 8: Has Science Shown There is No Soul?
Chapter 9: Is God Just a Human Invention?
Chapter 10: Is Religion Dangerous?
Chapter 11: Does God Intend for Us to Keep Slaves?
Chapter 12: Is Hell a Divine Torture Chamber?
Chapter 13: Is God a Genocidal Bully?
Chapter 14: Is Christianity the Cause of Dangerous Sexual Repression?
Chapter 15: Can People Be Good Without God?
Chapter 16: Is Evil Only a Problem for Christians?
Chapter 17: What Good Is Christianity?
Chapter 18: Why Jesus Instead of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Thanks for reading along.

Read Along with Apologetics315 is a weekly chapter-by-chapter study through Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Christianity by Douglas Groothuis. This is a chapter index for the study, so you may want to bookmark it for your own reference.

Full Study Guide here.

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Series Introduction (includes link to author interview)
Chapter 1: Introduction. Hope, Despair and Knowing Reality
Chapter 2: The Biblical Basis for Apologetics
Chapter 3: Apologetic Method: Evaluating Worldviews
Chapter 4: The Christian Worldview
Chapter 5: Distortions of the Christian Worldview - Or the God I Don't Believe In
Chapter 6: Truth Defined and Defended
Chapter 7: Why Truth Matters
Chapter 8: Faith, Risk & Rationality
Chapter 9: In Defense of Theistic Arguments
Chapter 10: The Ontological Argument
Chapter 11: Cosmological Arguments
Chapter 12: The Design Argument: Cosmic Fine-Tuning
Chapter 13: Origins, Design and Darwinism
Chapter 14: Evidence for Intelligent Design
Chapter 15: The Moral Argument for God
Chapter 16: The Argument from Religious Experience
Chapter 17: The Uniqueness of Humanity
Chapter 18: Deposed Royalty: Pascal's Anthropological Argument
Chapter 19: Jesus of Nazareth: How Historians Can Know Him and Why It Matters
Chapter 20: The Claims, Credentials and Achievements of Jesus Christ
Chapter 21: Defending the Incarnation
Chapter 22: The Resurrection of Jesus
Chapter 23: Religious Pluralism: Many Religions, One Truth
Chapter 24: Apologetics and the Challenge of Islam
Chapter 25: The Problem of Evil: Dead Ends and the Christian Answer
Chapter 26: Conclusion: Taking It to the Streets

Thanks for reading along.

A reader recently asked where to find an index of the book reviews done by Apologetics 315. This could have been done by using the topics label Book Reviews on the left topics listing.

However, there is an easier way now. Just click on the tab at the top of the page "Book Reviews" for the index page. There you will find a  listing of all the book reviews found on Apologetics 315, generally organized by topic. Within each category the books are listed according to the order they would be recommended by Ap315. This order has been influenced by both the reading level (beginner to advanced) and the quality of the content - all the while trying to achieve an optimal balance between these two.

Check out the book reviews index here.

If you want a complete listing of Recommended Apologetics Books, use the directory.
Enjoy.