Get to know some of the best minds in the field of apologetics, making a case for the truth of Christianity. Most are current while some have passed away. 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 comprehensive list; many theologians and church fathers have been left off.)
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• Kerby Anderson – Head of Probe ministries
• John Ankerberg – Founder of Ankerberg Theological Research Institute
• Ken Boa – relational evangelism, discipleship, apologetics
• Krista Bontrager – theologian, scholar communications director for Reasons Institute
• Robert Bowman – noted apologetics and theology teacher (Biola)
• Justin Brierley – host of Unbelievable? on Premier Christian Radio, UK
• Charlie Campbell – head of AlwaysBeReady.com
• Alisa (Girard) Childers – blogger, speaker
• Paul Copan – Philosophy and ethics; apologist and author
• William Lane Craig – philosopher, theologian, apologist; debater par excellence
• Natasha Crain – national speaker, author of three books, blogger
• William Dembski – philosopher of science and mathematician; ID theorist
• Lenny Esposito – founder of ComeReason apologetics ministry
• Phil Fernandes – Christian philosopher, apologist, debater with audio resources
• Hillary Morgan Ferrer – founder of Mama Bear Apologetics, author of an upcoming book
• Norman Geisler – prolific author of over 70 books; Classical apologist
• R. Douglas Geivett – Professor of Philosophy Talbot Department of Philosophy / Biola
• Douglas Groothuis – Christian philosopher, author, teacher (blog archives)
• Gary Habermas – the world’s foremost expert on the resurrection of Jesus
• Ken Ham – young Earth creationist involved with Creation Museum.
• Hank Hanegraaff – today’s Bible Answer Man
• Craig Hazen – director of Biola’s Christian Apologetics program
• Timothy Keller – urban pastor, author and apologist
• Greg Koukl – apologist and president of Stand to Reason
• Peter Kreeft – professor of philosophy at Boston College, noted apologist
• John Lennox – philosopher of science, mathematician, Oxford debater of Dawkins
• C.S. Lewis – famous author, lecturer, apologist; Narnia books, Mere Christianity
• Mike Licona – historian and apologist; authority on the resurrection of Jesus
• Paul Little – late apologist and author noted for his simple style and easy communication
• Josh McDowell – famous for Evidence that Demands a Verdict
• Sean McDowell – worldview youth minister / itinerant apologist
• Alex McFarland – itinerant apologist targeting young people, teens
• Alister McGrath – Oxford professor of theology, author and opponent of new atheism
• J.P. Moreland – Christian philosopher, noted author, apologist
• David Noebel – founder of Summit Ministries and worldview apologist
• Holly Ordway – author, professor of English and member of faculty for online M.A. in Apologetics at Houston Baptist University
• Amy Orr-Ewing – senior vice president with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, joint director of Oxford Centre for Christian apologetics, speaker
• Nancy Pearcey – called “America’s preeminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual,” author, professor at Houston Baptist University
• Alvin Plantinga – world-class philosopher; reformed epistemology, philosophy of religion
• Doug Powell – excellent multimedia apologist at SelflessDefense
• Ron Rhodes – author and apologist founder of Reasoning from the Scriptures
• Mark D. Roberts – pastor, author, speaker, blogger. Emphasis in NT / Gospels
• Mary Jo Sharp – speaker, author, professor at Houston Baptist University
• Hugh Ross – astrophysicist apologist and old Earth creationist; founder Reasons to Believe
• Matt Slick – founder of CARM.org with extensive apologetics encyclopedia
• R.C. Sproul – notable theologian, author, and classical apologist
• Laurie Stewart – attorney, event speaker, founder of Intelligent Faith
• Lee Strobel – journalist famous for his Case for Christ series of books; popular apologist
• Melissa Cain Travis – author, professor of Christian apologetics at Houston Baptist University
• Frank Turek – itinerant apologist and founder of CrossExamined; debated Hitchens
• J. Warner Wallace – cold case detective, pastor, and apologist with extensive web site
• James White – theologian, author, prolific debater, and reformed apologist
• Dallas Willard – Christian philosopher; notable works in philosophy, discipleship
• N.T. Wright – retired Bishop of Durham; notable work on the resurrection
