A Reasoned Defense of the Faith: Collected Essays in Christian Apologetics

A Reasoned Defense of the Faith is a collection of theologically rigorous essays examining the ongoing relevance of Christian apologetics in a skeptical and pluralistic age. Drawing on the classical and evidential traditions and grounded in Lutheran theology, Adam S. Francisco engages topics such as the authority of Scripture, the resurrection of Christ, natural law, interreligious dialogue with Islam, and critiques of atheism, fideism, and relativism. Throughout, Francisco emphasizes the Church's biblical mandate to offer a reasoned defense of the faith (1 Peter 3:15) with intellectual integrity and confessional clarity. This volume serves both as an introduction to central apologetic issues and as a call for the Church to recover its voice in the contemporary world.