The Best Apologetics Resources for Students–Updated!
People ask me all the time for my top resource recommendations to equip students in apologetics and worldview. While there are many more quality resources than I can list, here's a few that I have either used, helped created, or heartily endorse for either Junior High or High School students:
BIBLES:
The Apologetics Study Bible for Students. This Bible has quick answers to the top 130+ questions students have about God, the Bible, ethics, and other religions, as well as many other apologetics features spread throughout its pages.
CONFERENCES:
1. Summit Ministries: A life-changing 12-day worldview training experience for students in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee (ages 16-22).
2. Reality Student Apologetics Conferences: Weekend apologetics conferences tailored uniquely for students featuring leading apologists, thinkers, and influencers.
3. Impact 360 Immersion: Two-week summer worldview and apologetics experience for high school students in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
BOOKS:
1. More Than a Carpenter. Great introductory book on the historical Jesus and the reliability of the Bible. The 2024 version and is even shorter and timely (Study guide here).
2. Cold Case Christianity (J. Warner Wallace). Great stories and graphics.
3. Is God Just a Human Invention? Offers answers to the top 17 challenges by atheists (Free video curriculum here)
4. Tactics: A Game-Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions. Practical guide to teach students how to defend their faith and engage others in spiritual conversations.
5. Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships in A Confused Culture (curriculum here)
6. 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity (R. McLaughlin)
7. A Rebel’s Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, & Love Amid the Noise of Today’s World. A guide to help students think through tough ethical issues from a biblical perspective (study guide and videos here).
8. Other suggested books I have used with students: Mere Christianity, Love Thy Body, A Student’s Guide to Culture, The Case for Christ.
CURRICULUM (Youth Group and Christian Schools):
1. Evidence for Faith: Six 10-min sessions on evidence for the Christian faith, along with study guide and discussion questions (Download Youth Ministry).
2. Advocates: A 6, 12, 18, 24, or 32-week apologetics study for high school students in partnership with AWANA (video and study guides available. Sample video here).
3. Darkroom: Engaging videos and resources to help students explore big questions.
4. Understanding the Times: High school worldview curriculum for the Christian school classroom.
5. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be An Atheist: Curriculum created by Frank Turek to go along with his classic book.
YOUTUBE CHANNELS:
*These videos are great to show in order to spur conversation with students:
1. Reasonable Faith Animated Videos:
2. Impact 360 videos. These are short animated videos on questioning the Bible, the resurrection, and the nature of worldview.
3. Sean McDowell YouTube channel. How to study the Bible with the Top 10 Misunderstood Verses (short videos with discussion guide).
4. Other trusted YouTube channels for students to follow: Red Pen Logic, Melissa Dougherty, Alisa Childers, Cross Examined, The Beat with Allen Parr, Mike Winger, and Give Me An Answer with Cliff and Stuart Knecthle.
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS:
Noah Brierly (noahxboa) on TikTok.
Cliff and Stuart Knecthle on TikTok.
Red Pen Logic (Tim Barnett) on TikTok.
If you are looking for a guide on how to do apologetics effectively today, check out Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture.
