
Get to know some of the best minds in the field. 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 top 50 list, and theologians and church fathers have been left out.)
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- Darrell Bock – Research Professor of NT Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary
- Ted Cabal – general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible
- G.K. Chesterton – famous author, philosopher, theologian, apologist
- Gordon Clark – Christian philosopher, apologist, and theologian.
- Kelly James Clark – notable philosopher of religion, author; Calvin College
- Steven B. Cowan – Associate director of Apologetics Resource Center; Areopagus Journal
- William Lane Craig – philosopher, theologian, apologist; Debater par excellence.
- Phil Fernandes – Christian philosopher, apologist, debater with audio resources.
- John Frame – Reformed Theological Seminary; reformed apologist; Van Til expert
- Norman Geisler – prolific author of over 70 books; Classical apologist
- R. Douglas Geivett – Professor of Philosophy Talbot Department of Philosophy / Biola
- Simon Greenleaf – legal scholar famous for his book Testimony of the Evangelists
- Douglas Groothuis – Christian philosopher, author, teacher
- Shandon L. Guthrie – philosophy, apologetics, atheism, comparative religions, ethics
- Craig Hazen – director of Biola’s Christian Apologetics program
- J.P. Holding – founded Tektonics apologetics website; author
- Anthony Horvath – Athanatos Christian Ministries and online Apologetics Academy
- Walter Kaiser – scholar, writer, educator, and distinguished Professor of Old Testament
- 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
- Gordon Lewis – philosopher and theologian; author of Testing Christianity’s Truth Claims
- Paul Little – late apologist and author noted for his simple style and easy communication
- Walter Martin – most famous for his Kingdom of the Cults book; the original Answer Man
- Josh McDowell – famous for Evidence that Demands a Verdict
- Alex McFarland – itinerant apologist targeting young people, teens
- Alister McGrath – Oxford professor of theology, author and opponent of new atheism
- Albert Mohler – president of SBTS, worldview cultural commentator, author, radio host
- John Warwick Montgomery – perhaps the most famous evidentialist apologist
- J.P. Moreland – Christian philosopher, noted author, apologist
- Ronald Nash – Professor Philosophy and Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary
- Scott Oliphint – Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology WTS
- Amy Orr-Ewing – Director of Training of the Zacharias Trust
- Alvin Plantinga – world-class philosopher; reformed epistemology, philosophy of religion
- Michael Ramsden – European Director of Zacharias Trust, speaker for RZIM
- Fazale Rana – PhD biochemist with Reasons to Believe
- Mark D. Roberts – pastor, author, speaker, blogger. Emphasis in NT / Gospels
- David Robertson – Scottish pastor famous/notorious for his Dawkins Letters
- Hugh Ross – astrophysicist apologist and old Earth creationist; founder Reasons to Believe
- Francis Schaeffer – famous late cultural apologist, author, philosopher; founder of L’Abri
- Mary Jo Sharp – author, apologist, debater; founder of Confident Christianity
- Matt Slick – founder of CARM.org with extensive apologetics encyclopedia
- R.C. Sproul – notable theologian, author, and classical apologist
- Lee Strobel – journalist famous for his Case for Christ series of books; popular apologist
- Dallas Willard – Christian philosopher; notable works in philosophy, discipleship
- Peter S. Williams – Christian philosopher; notable works countering Dawkins
- N.T. Wright – Archbishop of Canterbury; notable work on the resurrection
- Ravi Zacharias -perhaps today’s most notable international cultural apologist
#45, R.C. Sproul, wrote an excellent eschatological book called The Last Days According to Jesus, which helped me in my journey toward Preterism.