“Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. In his spare time, Harry enjoys doing things with his family and friends, i.e., tennis, camping/backpacking, and mentoring others to realize their full potential in the service of our Lord.ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Harry earned his doctorate (DMin in Leadership & Global Perspectives) from George Fox University where his research culminated in a dissertation on Contextualizing and Defending the Gospel for GenZ: A Chastened Rationalistic Approach to Christian Apologetics. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Education and a Masters of Arts degree in Christian Apologetics from Biola University where he, until recently, worked as the Associate Director of the graduate programs in Christian Apologetics and Science & Religion.

He is the founder and director of, Inc., an organization dedicated to defending the truth claims of Christianity on the internet, radio and other related activities. Harry Edwards is married to Minerva and has the wonderful privilege of raising two young men, Chase and Jonathan, both of whom are in college. Craig has added another solid brick in the apologetic fortress that surrounds the Christian faith. Of particular importance are the chapters on evil, the resurrection of Jesus and Christian particularism/exclusivism. In fact, the DVD serves as a good introduction to apologetics, while the book deals with each issue in more depth. Of added value are the study guide and the DVD series that can be used in any number of study groups dedicated to apologetics. There are discussion questions throughout the book that can serve either as conversation starters or as invitations to dig deeper on the issues under discussion. With solid argumentation, poignant personal interludes and extremely helpful logical charts, On Guard serves as yet another tool for training the believer in apologetics and providing answers to questions raised by unbelievers. This failure however, does not take away from the value of the book or its usefulness in the apologetic endeavor. It seems that Craig is simply not able to put all of his apologetic cookies on the bottom shelf.

This is the one area where the book fails to attain its intended goal. Cook, 2010).Ĭraig claims that On Guard is his attempt at an introductory-level apologetics text. William Lane Craig, On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision, Foreword by Lee Strobel (Colorado Springs, CO: David C.

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