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100 Christian apologists. Most are current. Some are dead. A couple are very old. Some are not popular. They range from world-class philosophers and thinkers to internet and radio apologists. But all have made an impact with their works and ministries.
They are in alphabetical order. (This is not a top 100, and theologians and church fathers have been left out.)
1.
Kerby Anderson - VP of International Society of Christian Apologetics.
2.
John Ankerberg - Founder of
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute; Great
podcast.
3.
Greg Bahnsen - the late great presuppositional apologist.
Debated Gordon Stein.
4.
Andy Bannister - London School of Theology / Oxford Centre for Christian apologetics.
5.
Francis Beckwith - noted philosopher and apologist, especially in the area of ethics.
6.
Ken Boa - relational evangelism, discipleship, apologetics.
7.
Darrell Bock - Research Professor of NT Studies at
Dallas Theological Seminary.
8.
Joe Boot - apologist, educator, author and pastor.
9.
Robert Bowman - noted apologetics and theology teacher (Biola)
10.
Justin Brierley - host of
Unbelievable? on Premier Christian Radio, UK.
11.
Kyle Butt -
staff at Apologetics Press and editor of Discovery magazine. Debated
Barker.
12.
Ted Cabal - general editor of
The Apologetics Study Bible.
13.
Charlie Campbell - itinerant apologist and head of
AlwaysBeReady.com.
14.
Ergun Caner - provost Arlington Baptist College; author.
15.
Edward John Carnell - was a prominent and influential Christian theologian and apologist.
16.
G.K. Chesterton - famous author, philosopher, theologian, apologist.
17.
David K. Clark - apologist with notable
books; teaches at
Bethel Seminary
18.
Gordon Clark - Christian philosopher, apologist, and theologian. Contemporary of Van Til.
19.
Kelly James Clark - notable philosopher of religion, author;
Calvin College.
20.
Gene Cook - host of
UnchainedRadio; reformed pastor and apologist. Owns a pit bull.
21.
Paul Copan - Philosophy and ethics; noted apologist and author.
22.
Winfried Corduan - Christian philosopher of religion; noted author.
23.
Steven B. Cowan - Associate director of Apologetics Resource Center;
Areopagus Journal
24.
William Lane Craig - philosopher, theologian, apologist;
Debater par excellence.
25.
Dinesh D’Souza - writer, speaker, debater. Various
notable debates.
26.
William Dembski - philosopher of science and mathematician; ID theorist.
27.
William Edgar - Professor of Apologetics
Westminster Theological Seminary; jazz pianist.
28.
Lenny Esposito - founder of
ComeReason apologetics ministry.
29.
C. Stephen Evans - philosophy of religion; apologetics; great author.
Baylor.
30.
Paul D. Feinberg - the late philosopher of religion and apologist;
author.
31.
Harold Felder - founder of
GivingAnAnswer apologetics ministry.
32.
Phil Fernandes - Christian philosopher, apologist, debater. Tremendous
audio resources.
33.
John Frame -
Reformed Theological Seminary; reformed apologist; Van Til expert.
34.
Norman Geisler - prolific author of over 70 books; Classical apologist.
35.
R. Douglas Geivett - Professor of Philosophy Talbot Department of Philosophy /
Biola
36.
Simon Greenleaf - legal scholar famous for his book
Testimony of the Evangelists.
37.
Douglas Groothuis - Christian philosopher, author,
teacher.
38.
Shandon L. Guthrie - philosophy, apologetics, atheism, comparative religions, ethics.
39.
Gary Habermas - the world's foremost expert on the resurrection of Jesus.
40.
Hank Hanegraaff - today's Bible Answer Man.
41.
Craig Hazen - director of Biola's Christian Apologetics
program.
42.
J.P. Holding - founded
Tektonics apologetics website; author.
43.
Anthony Horvath -
Athanatos Christian Ministries and online
Apologetics Academy.
44.
Phillip E. Johnson - one of the key leaders of the Intelligent Design movement.
45.
Walter Kaiser - scholar, writer, educator, and distinguished Professor of Old Testament.
46.
Timothy Keller - urban pastor and apologist noted for his clear communication.
47.
Greg Koukl - apologist and president of
Stand to Reason; excellent
radio program.
48.
Peter Kreeft - professor of philosophy at
Boston College, noted apologist.
49.
John Lennox - philosopher of science, mathematician, Oxford
debater of Dawkins.
50.
C.S. Lewis - famous author, lecturer, apologist; Narnia books,
Mere Christianity.
51.
Gordon Lewis - philosopher and theologian; author of
Testing Christianity's Truth Claims.
52.
Mike Licona - historian and apologist; authority on the resurrection of Jesus.
53.
Bruce Little - philosopher noted for work on the
problem of evil and theodicy.
54.
Paul Little - late apologist and
author noted for his simple style and easy communication.
55.
David Marshall - world cultures, outspoken against new atheism.
56.
Walter Martin - most famous for his
Kingdom of the Cults book; the original Answer Man.
57.
Stuart McAllister - Scottish itinerant cultural apologist with
RZIM.
58.
Josh McDowell - famous for
Evidence that Demands a Verdict.
59.
Sean McDowell - worldview youth minister / itinerant apologist.
60.
Alex McFarland - itinerant apologist targeting young people, teens.
61.
Alister McGrath - Oxford professor of theology, author and opponent of new atheism.
62.
Chad Meister - philosopher of religion, ethics, logic; apologist, author;
Bethel College.
63.
Angus Menuge -
Concordia University professor of philosophy.
64.
Stephen Meyer -philosopher of science, intelligent design theorist,
author.
65.
Albert Mohler - president of
SBTS, worldview cultural commentator, author, radio host.
66.
John Warwick Montgomery - perhaps the most famous evidentialist apologist.
67.
J.P. Moreland - Christian philosopher,
noted author, apologist.
68.
Ronald Nash - Professor Philosophy and Theology at
Reformed Theological Seminary
69.
Randall Niles - itinerant and multimedia apologist.
70.
David Noebel - founder of
Summit Ministries and worldview apologist.
71.
Scott Oliphint - Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology
WTS
72.
Amy Orr-Ewing - Director of Training of the
Zacharias Trust.
73.
Craig Parton - trial lawyer and noted
Lutheran apologist.
74.
Alvin Plantinga - world-class philosopher; reformed epistemology, philosophy of religion.
75.
Doug Powell - excellent multimedia apologist at
SelflessDefense.
76.
Michael Ramsden -
European Director of Zacharias Trust, speaker for RZIM.
77.
Fazale Rana - PhD biochemist with
Reasons to Believe.
78.
Ron Rhodes - author and apologist founder of
Reasoning from the Scriptures.
79.
John W. Robbins - reformed apologist, founder of
Trinity Foundation.
80.
Mark D. Roberts - pastor, author, speaker, blogger. Emphasis in NT / Gospels.
81.
David Robertson - Scottish pastor famous/notorious for his
Dawkins Letters.
82.
Hugh Ross - astrophysicist apologist and old Earth creationist; founder
Reasons to Believe.
83.
Kenneth Samples - reformed philosopher, theologian, apologist with
Reasons to Believe.
84.
Francis Schaeffer - famous late cultural apologist, author, philosopher; founder of
L'Abri.
85.
Mary Jo Sharp - author, apologist, debater; founder of
Confident Christianity.
86.
James Sire - influential worldview author, apologist, and speaker.
87.
Matt Slick - founder of
CARM.org, one of the best apologetics encyclopedias on the web.
88.
R.C. Sproul - notable theologian, author, and classical apologist.
89.
Don Stewart - prolific author, apologist, and host of the
Bible Explorer.
90.
Lee Strobel - journalist famous for his
Case for Christ series of books; popular apologist.
91.
Richard Swinburne - world-class Oxford philosopher of religion; author.
92.
Frank Turek - itinerant apologist and founder of
CrossExamined; debated
Hitchens.
93.
Cornelius Van Til - the most famous presuppositional reformed apologist.
94.
Jim Wallace - cold case detective, pastor, and apologist; excellent
podcast.
95.
James White - theologian, author, prolific debater, and reformed apologist.
96.
Dallas Willard - Christian philosopher; notable works in philosophy, discipleship,
97.
Peter S. Williams - Christian philosopher; notable works
countering Dawkins
98.
Douglas Wilson - presuppositional apologist; number of
atheist debates (Hitchens, Barker)
99.
N.T. Wright - Bishop of Durham; notable work on the resurrection.
100.
Ravi Zacharias -perhaps today's most notable international cultural apologist.
Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with questions about knowledge and belief and related issues such as justification and truth. Some conceive of epistemology as an attempt to refute skepticism, the denial that knowledge is possible.
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002), pp. 39-40.
