Does God really exist?
Can the Bible be trusted?
Who was Jesus?
Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
If God is good, why does He allow suffering?
Can Christianity stand alongside modern science?
Are miracles possible?
Is Christianity really the only true faith?
And what should a Christian say when a skeptic points to hypocrisy within the Church?
Christian Apologetics Explained takes these questions seriously.
Written for Christians, pastors, worship leaders, Bible teachers, evangelists, ministry leaders, seekers, and thoughtful skeptics, this book presents a clear Christian response to some of the most difficult questions surrounding God, Scripture, Jesus Christ, faith, reason, science, morality, suffering, miracles, and the truth claims of Christianity.
The discussion begins with the existence and nature of God before moving into the historical reliability of the Bible and the identity of Jesus Christ. The case for the resurrection receives focused attention, followed by questions about competing religions, suffering, science, miracles, and the failures of Christians and churches.
The final chapter turns toward the person asking the questions.
How should a Christian speak with a skeptic?
How should a believer respond when the answer is difficult?
How can evidence be presented without turning a conversation into an argument?
How can apologetics serve evangelism rather than become an exercise in winning debates?
These pages insist on intellectual honesty, biblical conviction, respectful conversation, careful reasoning, and a clear focus on Jesus Christ.
The research reaches across Christian apologetics and historical scholarship. The bibliography includes influential works published and developed across the twentieth and twenty first centuries, including C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, F. F. Bruce's The New Testament Documents, Craig Blomberg's The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona's The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Timothy Keller's The Reason for God, Michael Licona's The Resurrection of Jesus, Josh McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ, Richard Swinburne's The Existence of God, and N. T. Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God.
The book carries a 2026 copyright and forms Book Two of the Christian Apologetics Series.
If you are a Christian who wants stronger answers, a pastor preparing for difficult questions, a worship leader who wants greater confidence when speaking about Christian truth, a Bible teacher serving a questioning generation, or a seeker who wants to examine the claims of Christianity carefully, these pages give you serious questions and substantial answers to consider.
Read the question.
Consider the evidence.
Test the arguments.
Then face the most important question of all:
What will you do with Jesus Christ?
Josiah Everstone is a Christian theology and apologetics author whose writing focuses on the questions that arise when Christian faith meets skepticism, philosophy, science, history, morality, and everyday life.
In Christian Apologetics Explained, Everstone presents a reasoned Christian response to questions about God's existence and nature, the historical reliability of the Bible, the identity of Jesus Christ, the resurrection, competing religious claims, suffering, science, miracles, church hypocrisy, and the concerns of seekers and skeptics.
His approach places strong emphasis on intellectual honesty, careful reasoning, biblical conviction, respectful conversation, evangelism, and the central claims of the Christian gospel.
Christian Apologetics Explained is Book Two of the Christian Apologetics Series.