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Alpha and Omega Ministries: My friend James White wrote most of the works you'll find here. His excellent blog is on the front page, and once you get past that, there's a tn of superb material on the Trinity, Roman Catholicism, the cults, and much more.
Answers in Genesis: The organization founded by Ken Ham. Here you'll find a wealth of helpful resources on creationism.
Apologetics Index: Anton Hein's well-maintained collection of apologetics and counter-cult resources.
Berean Christian Ministries: A good source of information on Mormonism, with informative articles and some helpful links.
Biblical Discernment Ministries: A triple misnomer. You'll find nothing biblical here and precious little that has anything to do with true discernment. As for "ministry," Rick Miesel is a classic theological Ishmael—a wild man whose hand is against every man (cf. Genesis 16:12). His only "ministry" is declaring well-known Bible teachers heretics. And to paraphrase something a famous book critic once said, The material at this site is both good and original. Unfortunately, the stuff that is good is not original, and the stuff that is original is not good. Miesel simply collates everything he can find that is critical of well-known Christian leaders and compiles "exposès." Some of this material is legitimate, but some is incredibly picayune. Much of it is nothing more than the spreading of gossip—and a lot is grossly inaccurate. Our advice is to use whatever you find here with the utmost caution; Mr. Miesel himself is not very trustworthy.
Center for Scientific Creation Home Page: A helpful source of material on the creation-evolution controversy.
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry: Interesting articles—mostly written by Matt Slick—on the cults and various theological issues. Much of what you will find here is quite good, and the website itself is an impressive achievement, representing several years of constant maintenance and improvement. CAVEAT: I'm troubled by Mr. Slick's insistence that it's possible to be a Christian and a universalist at the same time. Universalism is a denial that God must be feared and believed by those who will be saved, and to deny that is to deny the very basis for all the fundamental truths of the gospel (cf. Proverbs 9:10; Hebrews 11:6). So I think Mr. Slick is seriously wrong on this point, and his written defense of his position, far from clarifying the issue, muddies it even more.
A Christian ThinkTank: Glenn M. Miller's fascinating and ever-growing web site (formerly called "Unravelling Wittgenstein's Net"). In our assessment, Glenn's approach to apologetics is flawed from the get-go because of his notion that some common philosophical ground exists between non-Christian worldviews and Christianity. (I.e., he rejects presuppositionalism.) As a result, he is too enamored with philosophy and not interested enough in theology, but you'll still find some things here worth pursuing.
Christian Research and Evangelism: A fine source of material on various theological issues, collected (and in part written) by Dave Sherrill. He does an especially good job in response to the many contemporary attacks on the doctrine of justification by faith. Highly recommended.
Christian Research Institute: Hank Hanegraaff still calls himself "the Bible Answer Man," but in all candor, I've lost confidence in the leadership of this once-fine organization. Some of the archival articles at the website are fine, but no one should assume CRI's expertise or reliability on every matter they deal with. Since 1993, CRI has regularly downplayed the seriousness of Roman Catholicism's rejection of justification by faith alone. More recently, Mr. Hanegraaff has been aggressively and systematically misrepresenting Calvinism. (In fact, if he misunderstands what Calvinists believe as badly as some of his comments suggest, he is simply not qualified to do the type of ministry he does.) Not long ago Hanegraaff flip-flopped on his eschatalogical views and (like a lot of new converts to preterism) immediately began to speak and write against his own former beliefs with overbearing assertiveness and great zeal as if he were now a seasoned expert rather than a novice with a brand-new point of view. Hanegraaff also filed a frivolous lawsuit against another Christian apologist
Christian Research Institute Journal Articles: Newsletters, journal Articles and other resources from past issues of CRI publications. The web site (which looks very old and has quite possibly been abandoned) won't win any awards for ease of use, but you'll nevertheless find some valuable anti-cult literature and some instructive doctrinal help here.
The Christian Way: An evangelistic and apologetic ministry of former-Christian Scientists, founded by Carolyn Poole. Good information, presented in a helpful format.
Christian Witness to Roman Catholicism: Rob Zins writes powerfully and compellingly and pulls no punches. His material answering the claims of the Roman Catholic Church is outstanding for its candor and clarity. The website is well designed and easy to use, too.
The Gospel Information Pages: Material assembled by Natalie Pappas answering the errors of Watchtower (Jehovah's Witness) doctrine.
Inner City Christian Discernment Ministry: Here's a site critical of charismatic excesses, written by Robert S. Liichow , once a student of Robert Tilton and familiar with several Word-Faith ministries through his own involvement with them.
Institute for Religious Research: Resources on Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church Universal and Triumphant. See especially "Mormons in Transition" for an excellent collection of resources about the Latter-Day Saints. This is a smartly-designed Web site with some excellent helps for those seeking to understand and minister to cultists.
Issues That Make Christians Squirm: Answers to skeptics' common objections against Christianity. Written in a warm and engaging style, some of these are quite good.
Just for Catholics: Thoughtful and thorough biblical responses to the errors of Roman Catholicism.
Newlight: A thoughtful critique of Roman Catholic Mariolatry from a former Catholic.
Operation Clambake: The Secrets of Scientology: Information exposing the chicanery and false teaching behind the Scientology cult. This is not an evangelical response to Scientology, but it is an enlightening exposè nonetheless.
Origins: This site features scholarly and popular resources concerning intelligent design and philosophical theism. I prefer the approach of presuppositional apologetics, but there are some well-written and useful pieces here.
Personal Freedom Outreach: This ministry publishes a quarterly journal exposing cults and heresies. A generous sampling of their journal articles are on-line at the web site, including a number of informative and insightful critiques of Benny Hinn's various excesses. The website design is bland and hard to navigate, but if you have time to click through lots of links and layers of pages, you'll find several fascinating and well-written pieces. Here's hoping PFO will post more of their articles.
Proclaiming the Gospel: Mike Gendron's ministry to Roman Catholics. You'll find some excellent articles and many other resources here, now with a slick new design and easy-to navigate interface.
Stand to Reason: Greg Koukl's apologetics ministry. Great articles on doctrine, ethics, apologetics, and social issues—plus a well-written blog.
Tekton Apologetics Ministries: An in-your-face reply to some of the more aggressive Internet skeptics. The proprietor, J. P. Holding, is one of the more controversial Christian apologists on the Web. Frankly, he usually employs far too much raw personal invective for my tastes, but in the mix you'll also find some thoughtful arguments. Mr. Holding has had run-ins with James White and Steve Hays that have cost him credibility. (His own hostility to Calvinism, combined with a pathological inability to represent Calvinists fairly, is the root of most of the problems Holding has run into with his fellow Christian apologists.) His apparent use of pseudonyms and some unnecessary mystery about his real name also raised questions about his seriousness over the years. His post explaining the name game is a fascinating read and will give you a sample of his trademark style..
The True.Origin Archive: Articles (mostly by Tim Wallace) exposing the myth of evolution.
Utah Lighthouse Ministry: The ministry of Jerald and Sandra Tanner. One of the best sources of material exposing the errors and deceptions of Mormonism.
Watch the Tower: The official Web Site of Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. Paul Blizard's exposé of the JW cult, with some fascinating historical details, including a photo of "Judge" Rutherford at a beer party during the Prohibition era—and "Watchtower 101 (a primer)."
WatchtowerInformationService.org: A wealth of news and resources about Jehovah's Witnesses and The Watchtower Society. The News section is updated daily. You'll also find helpful articles and links to other sites answering the JWs. Especially interesting is the "Scientific Research" section. Includes an extensive Bibliography.
Watchman Fellowship: A fine ministry furnishing much helpful material related to discernment, cults, and other apologetic issues. Home of The Watchman Expositor.