William Lane Craig’s new book, On Guard, intends to be that manual.Ī highly accessible, visual, and concise book loaded with helpful figures and interesting sidebars, On Guard is a one-stop guidebook to learn how to defend your faith. There is a need for a well-rounded training manual that provides the “how-tos” of defending the Christian worldview. Due to the virulent attacks of the New Atheists, the Internet Infidels, and all manner of Biblical Bashers, along with a rising anti-evangelical bias in the media, evangelical Christians are demanding training in how to defend their Christian faith. We are currently experiencing a renaissance of interest in Christian apologetics. It will be a book you refer to over and over again. While this book would be for older teens and adults, and take time to read and possibly re-read sections to get a good handle on the subject, it is well worth the time and effort. Besides the good content, the sidebar definitions, quotes, pictures, facts, and the Talk About It boxes make this a wonderfully interactive book.

William Lane Craig writes a fairly easy-to-understand book in a fun and easy-reading style that walks you through both of these questions and many more. If you have ever wondered what apologetics is or if God even exists, then On Guard is the book for you to read. He has authored or edited over thirty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology and God, Time and Eternity, as well as over a hundred articles in professional journals of philosophy and theology, including The Journal of Philosophy, New Testament Studies, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, and British Journal for Philosophy of Science. Craig pursued research at the University of Louvain until assuming his position at Talbot in 1994. In 1987 they moved to Brussels, Belgium, where Dr. From 1980-86 he taught Philosophy of Religion at Trinity, during which time he and Jan started their family. 1977), and the University of Munich (Germany) (D.Theol. 1975), the University of Birmingham (England) (Ph.D. 1971) and graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A.

Craig pursued his undergraduate studies at Wheaton College (B.A. He and his wife Jan have two grown children.Īt the age of sixteen as a junior in high school, he first heard the message of the Christian gospel and yielded his life to Christ. William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California.

On guard defending your faith