The word Apologetics is defined as “The branch of theology that deals with the defense of Christianity” (New Standard Encyclopedia Dictionary). Many today, mistakenly confuse the former, with the word apology or apologize. Thinking it as a connotation to beg forgiveness. Nothing could be further from the truth! Christian Apologetics signifies the making of a defense by answering the question “Is Christianity believable?”.

Reference material (this is not all enclusive):

Flavious Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
Flavious Josephus, Against Apion
Anselm, Truth, Freedom, and Evil
Aristotle. Posterior Analytics
Augustine, Against the Academics
A. Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind
N. L. Geisler, Thomas Aquinas, chap. 6
N.L. Geisler and F. Turek, I don’t have enough faith to be an Atheist
N.L. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
J. F. Harris, Against Relativism
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Plato, Protagoras and Theaetetus
Thomas Aquinas, On Truth
D. Wells, God in the Wastelands: No Place for Truth
Josh McDowell, The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict
H. S. Miller, General Biblical Introduction
Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield, The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible
Paul Copan, How do you know you're not wrong

There will be more references added as time permits.

Truth: What Is Truth?

1- What it truth?
2- Can we know truth?

#1- What is Truth ? [trooth] (plural truths [troothz, trooths]) n
1. true quality: correspondence to fact or reality
2. something factual: something that corresponds to fact or reality
spoke the truth

3. true statement: a statement that corresponds to fact or reality
4. obvious fact: something that is so clearly true that it hardly needs to be stated
5. something generally believed: a statement that is generally believed to be true
a religious truth

6. honesty: honesty, sincerity, or integrity
7. descriptive accuracy: accuracy in descript...

Truth (cont...): “This question had long agitated the world. It was the great subject of inquiry in all the schools of the Greeks. Different sects of philosophers had held different opinions, and Pilate now, in derision, asked him, whom he esteemed an ignorant fanatic, whether he could solve this long-agitated question. He might have had an answer. If he had patiently waited in sincerity, Jesus would have told him what it was. Thousands ask the question in the same way. They have a fixed contempt for the Bible; they deride the instructions of religion; they are unwilling to investigate and to wait at the gates of wisdom; and hence, like Pilate, they remain ignorant of the great Source of truth, and die in d

Truth (cont...): Following is an excerpt of what happened:

At this point Festus interrupted Paul's defense. "You are out of your mind, Paul!" he shouted. "Your great learning is driving you insane." "I am not insane, most excellent Festus," Paul replied. "What I am saying is true and reasonable. The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do." Acts 26:24-27

What did Paul have to be sure of when he made these bold statements?

He had to know what he was saying was true!
He had to know the King knew what he was saying was true!
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