Includes bibliographical references.

Apologetic methodologies -- What is apologetics? -- Why Christians often reject apologetics -- Apologetics in scripture -- Reasons for and against apologetics -- Apologetics in the early church -- The relationship between faith and reason -- Types of focus in apologetics -- General apologetics systems -- Evidential versus presuppositional -- Philosophical apologetics -- Using philosophy in apologetics -- Types of philosophy -- Philosophical inquiry -- Tools of philosophy -- Disciplines within philosophy -- Types of certainty -- Kinds of philosophical certainty -- Methodology in philosophy -- Laws of logic and objections -- Informal fallacies -- Nature of truth -- How can truth be known? -- Tests for truth -- Forms of skepticism -- Views of perception -- Views of reality -- Theistic apologetics -- Seven major worldviews -- Worldviews contrasted -- Classic arguments for the existence of God -- Evaluation of classic arguments for the existence of God -- What is God like? -- Evil -- Views of evil -- Theories of God's relationship to evil --

Religious apologetics -- Theories on the origin of religion -- Comparison of creation accounts -- Evolutionary view of the origin of religion -- The meaning of religion -- World religions -- Secular humanism versus Christianity -- Biblical apologetics -- Old Testament manuscripts -- Old Testament archaeology -- New Testament manuscripts -- Comparison of New Testament with other ancient works -- New Testament archaeology -- Archaeologists and historians confirm Biblical reliability -- Jewish and pagan historians confirm Biblical history -- Jesus in the writings of Paul -- Historical Christological heresies -- False views of the two natures of Christ -- Messianic prophecies fulfilled in Christ -- Introduction to the Jesus seminar -- Evaluation of the Jesus seminar -- Jesus seminar and the Bible -- Critics' views of the "Jesus of history" and the "Christ of faith" -- Theories on the resurrection of Jesus Christ -- Early church fathers on the nature of the resurrection body -- Three modern views of Christ's resurrection body -- Which resurrection theory best fits the facts? -- Comparing resurrection, resuscitation, and reincarnation -- The problem of miracles -- Scientific apologetics -- Main views on the origin of life and of the universe -- Two models of origins : fiat creation and naturalistic evolution -- Christian theories of origins -- Scientific evidence for the age of the universe -- Contrasts between origin science and operation science -- The relationship between creation ex nihilo and evangelical theology -- Intelligent design theory -- Intelligent and unintelligent causes contrasted.