Hearing the anecdotal side of what Craig does as a world-traveling apologist and debater helps the reader appreciate how Craig was led to prioritize having reasons for his faith and his motivation for providing and explaining those reasons. For such a public academic known for his philosophical brilliance, Craig makes sure that the reader never neglects the reality that these arguments and subjects deeply involve people’s emotions and what we all hold as most important in our lives. Not only does Craig format his book helpfully for the person who is being introduced to these apologetic topics, but he also weaves his autobiographical story between some seemingly abstract topics. The structure and format of the book is refreshingly useful, providing a number of helps along the way for the reader: definitions of key words in the margins, useful guided questions, Scripture passages, explanations of figures that were mentioned, and outlines with diagrams that map out the various logical arguments he deals with in each chapter. You’ll find several arguments that I’ve put into easily memorizable steps” (24). So this book is intended to be studied, not just read. His most recent work, On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision, is included among his more popular works intended to reach a broader audience.Ĭraig explains, “This book is intended to be a sort of training manual to equip you to fulfill the command of 1 Peter 3:15. From his high philosophical writings such as The Kalam Cosmological Argument and Time and Eternity to his more popular writings such as Hard Questions, Real Answers to his many debates seen on YouTube, few Christian apologists have outpaced his literary output for defending the faith. It’s difficult to name a more public, well-known evangelical philosopher and apologist than William Lane Craig.
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