About Dr. Geisler

Education


	William Tyndale College, 1950-55 (diploma) University of Detroit, 1956-57 Wheaton College, 1958 (B.A. in philosophy) Wheaton Graduate School, 1960 (M.A. in theology) William Tyndale College, 1964 (Th.B.) Wayne State University Graduate School, 1964 (work in philosophy) University of Detroit Graduate School, 1965-66 (work on M.A. in philosophy) Northwestern University, Evanston, 1968 (work in philosophy) Loyola University, Chicago, 1967-70 (Ph.D. in philosophy)

Professional Experience


	Graduate Assistant in Bible-Philosophy Department, Wheaton College, 1959 Part-time Instructor in Bible at Detroit Bible College, 1959-62 Full-time Assistant Professor of Bible and Apologetics at Detroit Bible College, 1963-66 Full-time Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, 1970-71 Visiting Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1969-70 Chairman of Philosophy of Religion, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1970-79 Professor of Systematic Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1979-1988 Dean of Liberty Center for Research and Scholarship, Lynchburg, VA, 1989-91 Co-founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary, 1992 Dean of Southern Evangelical Seminary, 1992-99 President of Southern Evangelical Seminary, 1999-2006 Dean of Southern Evangelical Seminary, 2006-07 Founder and President of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, 2006-Present Co-founder of Veritas Evangelical Seminary, 2007 Chancellor of Veritas Evangelical Seminary, 2007-Present Distinguished Professor of Apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary, 2007-Present

Pastoral/Pulpit Ministries


	Director of Northeast Suburban Youth for Christ, near Detroit, 1952-54 Pastor of Dayton Center Church, Silverwood, Michigan, 1955-57 (ordained here 1956) Assistant Pastor of River Grove Bible Church, River Grove, Illinois, 1958-59 Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, Warren, Michigan, 1960-63 President of Alumni of Detroit Bible College, 1961-62 Several interim pastorates in Michigan, Illinois, and Texas, 1965+ "Quest for Truth," radio ministry 1981-91 Senior Pastor of Southern Evangelical Church, Charlotte, NC 2003-07 Internationally known speaker at churches, retreats, pastor's conferences, universities, radio, and television since 1960

Books (authored, co-authored, and/or edited by Dr. Geisler)

	*Title*	*Year*	*Publisher*

82	The Popular Handbook of Biblical Archaeology (forthcoming)	2013	Harvest House	details
81	When Skeptics Ask, revised	2012
80	The Big Book of Christian Apologetics	2012	Baker	details
79	Reasons to Believe	2012	Harvest House
78	From God to Us, revised	2012	Moody
77	Defending Inerrancy: Affirming the Accuracy of Scripture for a New Generation	2011	Baker Books	details
76	Systematic Theology: In One Volume	2011		details
75	If God, Why Evil? A New Way to Think about the Question	2011	Bethany House	details
74	Making Sense of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation	2009	Baker	details
73	Conversational Evangelism: How to Listen and Speak So You can Be Heard	2008	Harvest House	details
72	The Apologetics of Jesus: A Caring Approach to Dealing with Doubters	2008	Baker	details
71	The Big Book of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation	2008	Baker	details
70	Is Rome the True Church? A Consideration of the Roman Catholic Claim	2008		details
69	Conviction without Compromise: Standing Strong in the Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith	2008	Harvest House	details
68	When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidence	2008	Baker	details
67	Reasons for Faith	2007	Crossway	details
66	Love Your Neighbor	2007	Crossway	details
65	Popular Survey of the New Testament	2007	Baker	details
64	Creation in the Courts: Eighty Years of Conflict in the Classroom and the Courtroom	2007	Crossway	details
64	Integrity at Work; Finding Your Ethical Compass in a Post-Enron World	2007	Baker	details
63	Bringing Your Faith to Work: Answers for Break-Room Skeptics	2005	Baker	details
62	Correcting the Cults: Expert Responses to Their Scripture Twisting	2005	Baker	details
	Systematic Theology, Four Volumes	2005	Bethany	details
61	Systematic Theology, Vol 4: Church, Last Things	2005	Bethany	details
60	Systematic Theology, Vol 3: Sin, Salvation	2004	Bethany	details
59	Systematic Theology, Vol 2: God, Creation	2003	Bethany	details
58	Systematic Theology, Vol 1: Introduction, Bible	2002	Bethany	details
57	I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist	2004	Crossway	details
56	Is Your Church Ready? Motivating Leaders to Live an Apologetic Life	2003	Zondervan
55	Legislating Morality: Is it Wise? Is it Legal? Is it Possible?	2003	Wipf	details
54	Who Made God? And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith	2003	Zondervan	details
53	Living Loud Defending Your Faith	2002	B&H	details
52	The Battle for God; Responding to the Challenge of Neotheism	2001	Kregel	details
51	Why I Am a Christian; Leading Thinkers Explain Why they Believe	2001	Baker	details
50	Unshakable Foundations: Contemporary Answers to Crucial Questions about the Christian Faith	2000	Bethany	details
49	Chosen but Free: A Balanced View of God’s Sovereignty and Free Will	1999; 2010	Bethany	details
48	Baker’s Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics	1999	Baker	details
47	Legislating Morality	1998	Bethany House	details
46	The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism; The Great Divide Between Mormonism and Christianity	1998	Harvest House	details
45	When Cultists Ask; A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations	1997	Baker	details
44	Creating God in the Image of Man?	1997	Bethany House	details
43	Love Is Always Right	1996	Word	details
42	Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences	1995	Baker	details
41	Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross	1993; 2002	Baker	details
40	Miracles and the Modern Mind: A Defense of Biblical Miracles	1992; 2004	Baker/ Wipf	details
39	When Critics Ask: A Handbook on Bible Difficulties	1992	Victor	details
38	Matters of Life and Death: Calm Answers to Tough Questions about Abortion and Euthanasia	1991	Baker	details
37	Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal	1991		details
36	In Defense of the Resurrection	1991	Quest	details
35	The Life and Death Debate: Moral Issues of our Time	1990	Greenwood	details
34	Gambling: A Bad Bet	1990	Fleming Revell	details
33	Come Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking	1990	Baker	details
32	Apologetics in the New Age: A Christian Critique of Pantheism	1990; 2004	Baker/ Wipf	details
31	Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues & Options	1989; 2009	Baker	details
30	The Battle for the Resurrection	1989; 2004	Wipf	details
29	The Infiltration of the New Age	1989	Tyndale
28	Knowing the Truth about Creation	1989; 2003	Servant/ Wipf	details
27	Worlds Apart: A Handbook on World Views	1989; 2003	Baker/ Wipf	details
26	Signs and Wonders: Healings, Miracles, and Unusual Events: Which are real? Which are supernatural? Which are Counterfeit?	1988	Tyndale	details
25	Origin Science	1987	Baker	details
24	Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective	1987	Baker	details
23	Reincarnation Sensation	1986	Tyndale/ Wipf	details
22	False Gods of Our Time; a Defense of the Christian Faith	1985	Harvest House	details
21	Christianity under Attack	1985	Quest
20	Perspectives: Understanding and Evaluating Today's World Views	1984	Here's Life
19	To Drink or Not to Drink: A Sober Look at the Problem	1984	Quest
18	Religion of the Force	1983	Quest
17	Cosmos: Carl Sagan's Religion for the Scientific Mind	1983	Quest
16	Is Man the Measure? An Evaluation of Contemporary Humanism	1983	Baker/ Wipf	details
15	What Augustine Says	1982	Baker/ Wipf	details
14	The Creator in the Courtroom--Scopes II	1982	Baker
13	Decide for Yourself: How History Views the Bible	1982	Zondervan /Wipf	details
12	Biblical Errancy: An Analysis of its Philosophical Roots	1981	Zondervan /Wipf	details
11	Options in Contemporary Christian Ethics	1981	Baker	details
10	Inerrancy	1978	Zondervan	details
9	The Roots of Evil	1978	Zondervan
8	A Popular Survey of the Old Testament	1977; 1996	Baker	details
7	Christian Apologetics	1976; 1988	Baker	details
6	From God to Us: How We Got our Bible	1974	Moody Press	details
5	Philosophy of Religion	1974; 1988; 2003	Zondervan; Moody; Wipf	details
4	The Christian Ethic of Love	1973	Zondervan	details
3	Ethics: Alternatives and Issues	1971	Zondervan
2	General Introduction to the Bible	1968; 1986	Moody Press	details
1	Christ: the Key to Interpreting the Bible	1975	Wipf	details
1	To Understand the Bible, Look for Jesus: The Bible Student’s Guide to the Bible’s Central Theme
1	Christ: The Theme of the Bible	1968	Moody

Book Contributions (Partial list)


	MissionShift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium (B&H, 2010) Evangelicals Engaging Emergent: A Discussion of the Emergent Church Movement (B&H, 2009) The Apologetics Study Bible (2007) The Portable Seminary: A Master’s Level Overview in One Volume (Bethany House, 2006) Passionate Conviction: Contemporary Discourses on Christian Apologetics (B&H, 2007) Four Views on Eternal Security (Zondervan, 2002) The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict (1999. A "managing editor." link) The Cult of the Virgin: Catholic Mariology and the Apparitions of Mary (1992) "Biblical Studies," Opening of the American Mind: The Integration of Biblical Truth in the Curriculum of the University (Baker, 1991) Walvoord: A Tribute (Moody, 1982) (read chapter here)

DVD Lectures

	Seminary in a Box (50 hours)	details
	Reason and Faith	details
	12 Points that Prove Christianity is True	details
	Overcoming Obstacles to Sharing Christ (8 hours)	details
	If God, Why Evil?	details
	Answering the Emergent Church Series	details
	Who Made God? And Answers to Other Tough Questions of the Christian Faith	details
	Truth in the Balance: The Case for Christianity Annual Apologetics Conference 2009	details

Debates


	“Can the Existence of God Be Proven?” with Professor Milton Rosenberg at College of Lake County (1973) “Sexual Morality: Relative or Absolute?” with Professor Kenneth Simonson at College of Lake County (1973) “Is Christianity Credible?” with Dr. Michael Scriven at University of Calgary (1974) “Is Humanistic Ethics Superior to Biblical Christianity?” with Dr. Joseph E. Barnhart at North Texas State University (January 24, 1974) “Can the Existence of God Be Proven?” with Dr. Jonathan Saville (Spring 1976) at University of California, San Diego “The Existence of God,” Southern Methodist University (March, 1977) “Is Christianity Credible?” with John Riteris at IUPU, Indianapolis (November 2, 1977) “The Reasonableness of God’s Existence” with Dr. William Wisdom, Temple University (November 8, 1979) “Does God Exist?” with Dr. Wisdom, Temple University (February, 1980) “Christianity vs. Humanism” with Dr. K. Kolenda, Rice University (March 14, 1980) “Inerrancy of Scripture” with Dr. Norman Beck (January, 1981) “Does God Exist?” with Dr. William De Vries, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts (April 8, 1981) “The Inerrancy of Scripture” with Dr. Thor Hall, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga “Creation/Evolution” with Dr. Claud Rupert (January 10, 1982, NBC-TV) “Creation vs. Evolution” with Dr. Paul Edwards (May 1983 “Should Creationism be Taught (as science) in the Public School? with Fred Edwards and Steve Schafersman (May 6, 1983) “Does God Exist?” with Harry Benswanger (April 9, 1984) “Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People?” a TV debate with Rabbi Kushner (1984) “Should Creation be Taught in Public Schools?” with Philip Kitcher (November 8, 1985) “Should Roe vs. Wade (Abortion) Decision Be Reversed?” with Charlotte Taft (January 17, 1986) “Christianity vs. Secular Humanism” with Dr. Paul Kurtz (1986), author of Humanist Manifesto II “Is Christianity Rational” with Harvey Siegel (1987) “Process Theism vs. Classical Theism” with John Cobb (April, 1988) “Should Creation be Taught in the Public Schools” with ACLU attorney Crawford (March 5, 1991) “Did Jesus Rise from the Dead” with Farrel Til (March, 1994)

Honors and Recognitions


	Graduated with honor from Wheaton College (1958) Chosen as an “Outstanding Educator of America” (1975) Philosophy of Religion chosen as a “Choice Evangelical Book of the Year” by Christianity Today (1975) First president of Evangelical Philosophical Society (1976) Elected to the Wheaton Scholastic Honor Society (1977) Listed in Who's Who in Religion, Writers Who's Who, and Men of Achievement Honored as Alumnus of the Year (1982) William Tyndale College (June 14, 1981) Quoted in Time magazine (Jan. 1982, Sept. 1985) General Introduction to the Bible won the Cornerstone Magazine book of the year award in its category (1986) When Skeptics Ask was nominated for the Medallion Award of the year in the category of Missions/Evangelism (1991) President of Evangelical Theological Society (1998) Gold Medallion Award for Legislating Morality (1999) Silver Medallion Award for Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (2000) Founder and first President of the International Society of Christian Apologetics (2006) Outreach Magazine recognized If God, Why Evil? as the 2012 Outreach Resource in Apologetics

Travel


	Dr. Geisler has lectured in all 50 states and 26 countries on six continents.

Family


	Married for 56 years (as of 2012) to wife Barbara Jean, graduate of Fort Wayne Bible College (Taylor University) Dr. and Mrs. Geisler have six children, fifteen grandchildren, and two (soon to be three!) great grandchildren

"I am put here for the defense of the gospel" - Phil. 1:16

About Dr. Geisler