Apologetics Study Bible Notes

by Ted Cabal; Chad Owen Brand; E. Ray Clendenen; Paul Copan; J. P. Moreland

and

1 more

Publisher:

Holman

, 2007

Overview

The Apologetics Study Bible is a unique resource designed to help people answer important and life-shaping questions. It provides this wealth of knowledge in one place enabling readers to know the reasons and evidences for the Christian hope and to articulate those reasons to others asking big questions.

Human beings are the only creatures who ask questions. Major questions.

• Can I know that God exists?
• Am I the product of a blind evolutionary process or was I created by God?
• How strong is the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection?
• Is the Bible reliable and true?
• Do I have a destiny beyond my life on earth?
• Can evil be reconciled with belief in God who is both all-powerful and all-loving?

Crafted by real people like you who have wrestled with the same questions and doubts you are facing now, the material in The Apologetics Study Bible features some of the leading thinkers of the twenty-first century, including Craig Blomberg, Darrel Bock, Charles Colson, Paul Copan, William Lane Craig, William Dembski, John Frame, Norman L. Geisler, Gary Habermas, Hank Hanegraaff, Philip E. Johnson, Walt Kaiser, Al Mohler, John Warwick Montgomery, J. P. Moreland, Thomas Schreiner, Ravi Zacharias, and many more.

Key Features

• Introductions and notes for each of the sixty-six books of the Bible that provide evidence of the reliability and truthfulness of Scripture.
• Over 130 articles written by today’s leading Christian thinkers dealing with life’s ultimate questions
• Twisted Scripture Notes address ways that various religious movements distort Scripture to support doctrines contrary to historic Christian teaching
• Biographical sketches of some of the greatest Christian apologists
• A timeline of Christian apologists and their works
• Charts showing important archaeological discoveries for both the Old and New Testaments
• A Chart showing how the manuscript evidence for the New Testament compares to that of other ancient documents
• Charts comparing world religions and the new religious movements
• Full color maps
• An extensive annotated bibliography
• And much more!

Contents

Top Highlights

“The greatest weakness of the theory of evolution is that science has not discovered a process that can create all the necessary information, which can be likened to the software that directs a computer. Without such a demonstrated creative process, evolution is merely a story, because its supposed mechanism can neither be duplicated in a laboratory nor observed in nature.” (Pages 7–8)

“It is noteworthy that in no other religious writings in the world do we find any specific predictive prophecies like we find in the Scripture. You will find no predictive prophecies whatsoever in the writings of Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, Lao-Tse, or Hinduism. Yet in the Scripture there are well over two thousand prophecies, most of which have already been fulfilled.” (Page xxix)

“The only mechanism the evolutionists have is a combination of random variation and natural selection, illustrated by the survival of the insects that happened to be resistant to an insecticide. This Darwinian mechanism has never been shown to be capable of creating new genetic information or new complex body parts such as wings, eyes, or brains. Without a mechanism that can be demonstrated to be capable of the necessary creation, the theory of evolution is just a fantasy with no real scientific basis.” (Page 8)

“By inerrancy, we mean that when all the facts are known, the Bible—in its original manuscripts and properly interpreted—will be shown to be true and never false in all that it affirms, whether related to doctrine, ethics, or the social, physical, or life sciences.” (Page 1412)

Contributors

• Charles Colson
• John Frame
• Norman L. Geisler
• Al Mohler
• And dozens more!

Product Details

• Title: The Apologetics Study Bible: Real Questions, Straight Answers, Stronger Faith
• Authors: Ted Cabal, Chad Owen Brand, E. Ray Clendenen, Paul Copan, J. P. Moreland, Doug Powell
• Publisher: Holman
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2009
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Apologetics; Bible › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781087796673, 9781433600906, 1433600900, 1087796679
• Resource ID: LLS:APLGSTDYBBL
• Resource Type: Study Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-09T17:51:26Z

About the Editors

Ted Cabal (B. A., M. A. Dallas Baptist University; M. Div., Ph. D. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Christian Philosophy and Applied Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Once an ardent atheist, Dr. Cabal was converted while reading the New Testament Gospels.

Chad Owen Brand (B. A. Rockmont College, M. Div., Ph. D. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Brand is gifted as a scholar, apologist, pastor, and student of contemporary culture and religion. He is co-editor and author of the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, and author of One Sacred Effort, available in the Broadman & Holman Baptist History Collection (11 Vols.).

E. Ray Clendenen (B. A. Rice University, Th. M. Dallas Theological Seminary, Ph. D. the University of Texas at Arlington) is Director of Academic Publishing, B & H Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee. He has been the architect of The Apologetics Study Bible within B & H Publishing Group.

Paul Copan (B. A. Columbia International University; M. A., M. Div. Trinity International University; Ph. D. Marquette University) holds the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida. He is the author of True for You, But Not for Me, That’s Just Your Interpretation, and How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?, as well as co-author of Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration and Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Figment?

J. P. Moreland (B. S. University of Missouri; M. A. University of California, Riverside; Th. M. Dallas Theological Seminary; Ph. D. University of Southern California) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, California. He has authored or co-authored numerous books and articles. Dr. Moreland served with Campus Crusade for ten years, planted two churches, and has spoken on over 200 college campuses.