What if your faith were challenged by a skeptic, an atheist, a professor, a grieving friend, or someone simply asking, “How do you know Christianity is true?”
Could you give an answer?
Foundations of Christian Apologetics is written for Christians who want more than a faith they can profess. It is for believers who want to understand what they believe, why they believe it, and how to communicate those convictions with wisdom, courage, biblical conviction, and intellectual honesty.
From the biblical foundation of apologetics to the relationship between faith and reason, this book tackles some of the most serious questions facing Christianity.
You will encounter arguments concerning the existence of God, the reliability of Scripture, the identity of Jesus Christ, the resurrection, miracles, competing worldviews, the problem of evil, moral truth, and the responsibility of Christians to defend their faith wisely.
The book also reaches beyond theory. Its final chapters turn toward practical Christian witness, showing how knowledge, humility, gracious speech, critical thinking, and sound reasoning can work together when believers face difficult questions.
The intellectual roots of Christian apologetics reach back through centuries of Christian thought, including the work of Augustine and Anselm of Canterbury, while the modern apologetics conversation represented in the bibliography includes influential voices such as William Lane Craig, Norman Geisler, Alvin Plantinga, C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, Peter Kreeft, and Alister McGrath.
Published in 2026, this volume brings together biblical teaching, theological reasoning, philosophical arguments, historical questions, and practical guidance in one accessible resource.
Whether you are a pastor preparing to answer difficult questions, a worship leader seeking stronger biblical foundations, a Bible teacher, ministry worker, seminary student, evangelist, or a Christian who simply wants greater confidence when discussing the faith, this book gives you substantial material to think about and put into practice.
Open the first chapter with one question in mind:
When Christianity is challenged, will you have an answer?
Foundations of Christian Apologetics is your invitation to think carefully, stand firmly, speak graciously, and defend the Christian faith with truth, wisdom, and confidence.
Josiah Everstone is a Christian theology and apologetics author whose work focuses on helping believers understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and historical foundations of the Christian faith.
In Foundations of Christian Apologetics, Everstone brings together biblical teaching, arguments concerning the existence of God, the reliability of Scripture, the identity and resurrection of Jesus Christ, miracles, competing worldviews, the problem of evil, Christian ethics, and practical approaches to defending the faith.
His writing is intended for Christians who want to think carefully about difficult questions while remaining firmly grounded in Scripture and committed to gracious Christian witness.
Foundations of Christian Apologetics is the first book in the Christian Apologetics Series.