What Are the Top Apologetics Resources for Students?
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With the release of my newest book on teaching apologetics and worldview to the next generation (So The Next Generation Will Know with J. Warner Wallace), I decided to update the list of top apologetics resources for students. There are many more quality resources than this, but here are a few of my favorites:
BIBLES:
1. 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.
2. Re-Think: 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.
4. Wheatstone Academy: One-week worldview experience designed to help students ask deep, meaningful questions, think Christianly about the arts and culture, and cultivate their own faith.
BOOKS:
1. More Than a Carpenter (J. McDowell & S. McDowell)
2. Cold Case Christianity (J. Warner Wallace)
3. Is God Just a Human Invention? (McDowell & Morrow)
4. Welcome to College (J. Morrow)
6. Love Thy Body (Nancy Pearcey)
CURRICULUM:
1. Evidence for Faith: Six 10-min sessions, along with study guide and discussion questions, on evidence for the Christian faith with Download Youth Ministry.
2. Advocates: A yearlong apologetics study for high school students in partnership with AWANA.
3. True U: Three 10-part apologetics series for upper high school and college students on the existence of God, reliability of the Bible, and the historical Jesus.
4. The Defense Never Rests: Student workbook to go along with training material from William Lane Craig (ages 10-16).
5. Understanding the Times: High school worldview curriculum for the Christian school classroom.
6. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be An Atheist: Curriculum created by Frank Turek to go along with his classic book.
7. Foundation Comparative Worldview Curriculum: Designed for small group, church, and homeschool environments (3rd-6th grade).
YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
*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. One Minute Apologist: Quick interviews with leading apologists on a variety of issues.
4. Sean McDowell YouTube channel
Sean McDowell, Ph.D. is a professor of Christian Apologetics at Biola University, a best-selling author of over 15 books, an internationally recognized speaker, and a part-time high school teacher. Follow him on Twitter: @sean_mcdowell and his blog: seanmcdowell.org.