Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is apologetics and why do we need it? / Mark Mittelberg -- An apologetic for apologetics / Josh McDowell -- A relevant apologetic / John Warwick Montgomery -- Apologetics for the 21st century / H. Wayne House -- A biblical argument for balanced apologetics / E. Calvin Beisner -- The character of the good apologist -- Cultural and theological issues in apologetics / Norman L. Geisler -- The essentials of the christian faith / J. P. Moreland -- Postmodernism and truth / Francis J. Beckwith -- Christians, politics, and the separation of church and state / Louis Markos -- Aslan in the public square / Scott Klusendorf -- Abortion, research cloning, and beyond / Alan W. Gomes -- The value of historical theology for apologetics / Chad V. Meister -- Open theism -- Defending Christian theism / Winfried Corduan -- The cosmological argument / Miguel Angel Endara -- The design argument / Sean Choi -- The transcendental argument / R. Douglass Geivett -- God and the evidence of evil / Richard G. Howe -- The New Testament, Jesus Christ and the Da Vinci code / Gary Habermas -- The resurrection of Jesus and agnosticism -- World religious movements / Kurt Van Gorden -- Mormonism / Jim Valentine and Eric Pement -- Jehovah's Witnesses and the doctrine of salvation / Ron Rhodes -- Oneness Pentecostals and the doctrine of God / Richard G. Howe -- Witchcraft / Jon Trott -- Satanism / David J. Hesselgrave -- Reasoning faith and global missions / Douglas Groothuis -- Postscript: A manifesto for Christian apologetics.