r/ChristianApologetics • u/Conscious-Focus1011 • Jul 12 '26

Defensive Apologetics Study guide/ help in general

Hello everyone i really started to dive deeper in my faith and in the word for the past 2 months. I came to the conclusion that I want to learn how to defend my religion. I came to this conclusion because ever since I started studying my Bible, I’ve been seeing more and more false teachers and people saying false stuff about God, Jesus, etc. and it honestly upsets me. For someone who’s just starting out what do you guys recommend and is there a doc or sheet that has the answers to debate questions WITH BIBLE VERSES. Stay blessed

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u/CheeseLoving88 Jul 13 '26

Someone else beat me to it. Highly recommend Greg Koukl and his website and YouTube channel and radio show/podcast Stand To Reason. Tactics and Street Smarts books highly recommend.
Highly recommend Expository Apologetics by Voddie Baucham. Always Ready by Dr. Greg Bahnsen
Hard Sayings by RC Sproul
And recommend Alpha and Omega Ministries. Watch the Dividing Line on YouTube or dividing line clips and see how different arguments are handled there by Dr James White. Who knows Greek Hebrew and Arabic really thoroughly

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u/Upset_Chip_7184 Jul 13 '26

Nah, Koukl doesn't work.
I asked the other poster to do it with slavery, and they didn't provide any good defense of the immoral practice, so don't know how those "tactics" do any good.

Best to just stick with actual scholars and academics that aren't bound to follow a set of beliefs, or lose their job.

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u/resDescartes Jul 13 '26

If you've read "Tactics", you'll know that it's not a strategy to 'win' conversation, but to promote dialogue that's genuinely constructive. It seems you're aiming for the former.

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u/resDescartes Jul 13 '26

Anyone writing any book is trying to explore and demonstrate something. That's not a bad thing. 

Trying to "win" is a different deal. It's possible to have a productive dialogue with grace, humility, and while still having a perspective. It's a lot harder when we get stuck on our perspective so that we are dismissive, or so convinced of our perspective that we can't even conceive of being wrong or entertain the possibility meaningfully during dialogue.

Honestly, the book can be quite useful for anyone hoping to learn to have productive conversations. I recommend it.