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

Articles by Dr. Geisler

 

 

 

 

Newest Articles

 

  Setting the Record Straight on the BestSchools interview with Mike Licona (May 2012)  *NEW* 2012
  Misstatements about J.I. Packer's Support of Licona's View  *NEW* 2012
  Is Jesus' Home Town a Myth?  (by Dr. Joseph Holden) 2012
  The Emergent Church: Theological Postmodernism 2012
  A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism 2012
  A 45-minute Interview with Dr. Geisler by Apologetics315 2011
  Evangelicals and Redaction Criticism; Dancing on the Edges 1987
  God, Dispensations, and the Problem of Evil 1982
  Articles on the Licona/Mt. 27 Controversy 2011
  Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars 1988

 

 

Apologetics

  An Apologetic for Apologetics   
 

A 45 minute Interview with Dr. Geisler by Apologetics315

 

 

Atheism

 

  Can Atheists Justify Being Good Without God?  
  Primitive Monotheism (redirects to ses.edu)  
  From Apologist to Atheist: A Critical Review of John W. Loftus book Why I Rejected Christianity 2007

Bible        
[Reliability| Inspiration | Inerrancy | Hermeneutics]
  Several Articles on the Licona/Mt.27 Controversy  
  Explaining Hermeneutics: A Commentary on the Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermenutics  
  An Evaluation of A.T.B. McGowen’s book The Divine Inspiration of Scripture 2007
  A Review of Peter Enns', Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of Old Testament 2009
  A Note on the Percent of Accuracy of the New Testament Text  
  The Dating of the New Testament  (redirects to bethinking.org)  
  The Gabriel Revelation Stone (archaeological find) 2008
  Evangelicals and Redaction Criticism; Dancing on the Edges 1987
  Is Jesus' Home Town a Myth?  (by Dr. Joseph Holden) 2012

 

Emergent Church Movement

 

  The Emergent Church: Theological Postmodernism  
  The Emergent Church: Emergence or Emergency?  
  The Shack: Helpful or Heretical?  

 

 

Eschatology | Prophecy

 

  The Importance of Premillenialism (revised) 2009
  Why Hold to a Pre-Mill View? 2007
  Review of Hank Hanegraaff’s Book, The Apocalypse Code  
  A Friendly Review of Hank Hanegraaff’s Book, The Last Disciple  
  Response to Steve Gregg's Defense of Hank Hanegraaff's Partial Preterism  
  God, Dispensations, and the Problem of Evil 1982

 

 

Ethics | Morality

  Any Abosolutes? Absolutely! (redirects to equip.org)  
  Can Atheists Justify Being Good Without God?  
  Rick Warren on the Gay Marriage (Union)  
  Common-Sense Answers to Arguments for Abortion (redirects to leaderu.com)  
  To Drink or Not to Drink: A Sober Look at the Question [PowerPoint] [PDF]  
     

 

ETS (Evangelical Theological Society)

  Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars (Presidential Address to the ETS) 1988
  Why I Resigned from the Evangelical Theological Society 2003
  A Band-aid on Cancer: Comments on the ETS Decision to Accept ICBI Statement 2004
  Open Theism and Enerrancy & Did Clark Pinnock Recant His Errant Views? 2003
  Methodological Unorthodoxy  
  Neotheism: Orthodox or Unorthodox? A Theological Response to Greg Boyd  

 

 

Evangelism

  How to Know God?  

 

 

Evil, the Problem of | Theodicy

 

  God, Dispensations, and the Problem of Evil 1982
  The Shack: Helpful or Heretical?  

 

Evolution | Intelligent Design

  A Review of Michael Behe's book, The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism  

 

 

Islam | Qu'ran | Koran

  Answering Islam: An Interview with Norman L. Geisler   (redirects to iclnet.org)  
  The Story of Abdul Saleeb (coauthor with Dr. Geisler) (redirects to leaderu.com)  

 

Miracles | Anti-supernatural Bias

  Miracles and Modern Scientific Thought (redirects to leaderu.org)  

 

  

Mormonism | LDS

  Should a Mormon Become the President of the United States?  
  www.FortheSakeoftheGospel.com  

 

 

Neotheism | Open Theism

  Neotheism: Orthodox or Unorthodox? A Theological Response to Greg Boyd  
  Open Theism and Enerrancy & Did Clark Pinnock Recant His Errant Views? 2003
     

 

Philosophy

  Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars 1988
  A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism 2012

 

 

Political Controvery | Legislating Morality | Christian Heritage

 

  Should a Mormon Become the President of the United States? 2011
  An Evaluation of the “Evangelical Manifesto” 2008
  The Conservative Agenda  
  We the People… 2008

 

 

The Resurrection

  A Critical Review of the Empty Tomb  
  I Believe... In the Resurrection of the Flesh (redirects to equip.org) 1989
 

The Battle for the Resurrection: An Interview with Dr. Norman Geisler   (redirects to iclnet.org)

 

 

 

Roman Catholicism

  Why Roman Catholics are Leaving the Roman Catholic Church in Mass  
  What Think Ye Of Rome?  Part Three: The Catholic-Protestant Debate on Biblical Authority    (redirects to iclnet.org)  
  What Think Ye of Rome? Part Four: The Catholic-Protestant Debate on Papal Infallibility    (redirects to iclnet.org)  
  Is the Roman Catholic Church the Only Church of Christ?  By Mike Field  

 

Theology

  Epigenetics Offers New Solution to Some Long-Standing Theological Problems:  Inherited Sin, Christ’s Sinlessness, and Generational Curses Can Be Explained  
  Is God an Android? (On God and Feelings)  

 

 

The “Local Church” Movement

  The Local Church Cult and the Supreme Court of Texas:  A Big Victory for the Counter-Cult Movement 2007
  A Response to the Christian Research Journal’s Recent Defense of the “Local Church” Movement 2009
 

Amicus Brief in Favor of John Ankerberg in Opposition to the Petition of the Local Church

2006
  Supreme Court Denies Lawsuit Against Ankerberg and Harvest House 2007

 

 

Interviews with Dr. Geisler

 

An Interview with Dr. Geisler by Christian Book Previews 2003
  LogosTalk - Hanging Out with Dr. Geisler (redirects to blog.logos.com) 2008
  A 45-minute Interview with Dr. Geisler by Apologetics315 2011

 

Tributes

  A Tribute to Dr. Geisler by Dr. Ravi Zacharias  
  In Defense of Ergun Caner 2010
  A Tribute to Paul Harvey  

 

 

Articles by Guest Authors

  Professor F. David Farnell critiques the "genre interpretation" of Mt. 27:51-53  
  Is the Roman Catholic Church the Only Church of Christ?
    by Mike Field
 
  Closing the Back Door:  The Need for Christian Education
    by Randy Douglass
 

 

 

Videos

 

  Dr. Geisler's official Youtube Channel  
  How I got Into Apologetics (short youtube video)  
  Is the Bible Reliable?  (short youtube video)  
  Geisler on One Minute Apologist (several youtube videos)  
  Do all religions lead to God?  (short youtube video)  
  John Ankerberg's collection of Dr. Geisler Interviews  
  Veritas Seminary's collection of Dr. Geisler Lectures  

 

 

MP3s

 

  The Basis for Inerrancy (Christ's View of the Scriptures)
  Logic and the Laws of Logic (10 minutes)

 

Other Articles

  Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History?  
    by Edwin M. Yamauchi (redirect to leaderu.com)
 
  The Story of Abdul Saleeb (redirects to leaderu.com)  
  The Christian Apologetics Journal  
     by various authors(redirects to SES.edu)
 
  The Pagan Connection: Did Christianity Borrow from the Mystery Religions? by Patrick Zukern (redirect to probe.org)  
  Did Christianity Borrow from Pagan Religions
   by Morais and Gleghorn (Probe.org)
 

 

 

 

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