When did the Catholic Church begin? Was Peter really the first Pope? What does the Catholic Church teach? Are all of their teachings Biblically based? Why are there extra books in the Catholic Bible? Who wrote those books? Do they line up with Scripture? Should they be accepted as authoritative? If not, why not? In the resources below, you’ll learn answers to these important questions and others.
FEATURED ARTICLE:
“AN EXAMINATION OF CATHOLICISM” by Charlie Campbell
CONTENT:
– The Origin of the Catholic Church
– Some areas of Agreement Between Catholics and Evangelicals
– Some Areas of Disagreement Between Catholics and Evangelicals
– The Gospel
– Purgatory
– Praying for the Dead and to the Saints
– Mary
– The Bible (The Apocrypha)
– The Authority of Church Tradition
– Sharing the Truth in Love With Catholics
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:
“The Pope and the Papacy” by John MacArthur
“The Apocrypha: A Survey of the History of the Apocrypha from the Jewish Age to the Reformation” by William Webster
“Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious” by William Webster
“The Church Father’s Interpretation of the Rock of Matthew 16:18” (Includes a critique of the Catholic book Jesus, Peter and the Keys) by William Webster
“The Roman Catholic Teaching on Salvation and Justification” by William Webster
“Is Peter the Rock on Which the Church is Built?” by Matt Slick
“Does the New Testament Support the Roman Catholic View of Communion?” by Norman Geisler
“Is the Perpetual Virginity of Mary a Biblical View?” by Bodie Hodge
“Why Scripture and the Facts of History Compel Me, a Former Roman Catholic, to Remain a Committed Evangelical Protestant” (A Response to Frank Beckwith’s, Return to Rome) by William Webster
“How Critics of Christianty Often Distort the Story of Galileo” by Charlie Campbell
AUDIO:
“Why I’m Not a Roman Catholic” by Norman Geisler
“The Issue of the Canon of Scripture” by William Webster
(Who decided which books belong in the Bible? Why were the apocryphal books left out of the Bible?)
“The Papacy: Matthew 16 – Peter and the Rock” by William Webster
“The Pope and the Papacy” by John MacArthur
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES IN OUR ONLINE STORE:
THE END TIMES & BEYOND: A Concise, Chronological Overview of End-Time Bible Prophecies
What does the Bible say about the future? Will wars and famines ever cease? Will there ever be peace in the Middle East? Will Jesus return to the Earth? Learn where the world is headed in this clear overview of upcoming events in Bible prophecy. Pastor, author, and teacher Charlie Campbell, discusses prophecies surrounding:
• Societal Degeneration
• the Rapture
• the Tribulation + Antichrist
• the Invasion of Israel
• the Battle of Armageddon
• Jesus’s Second Coming + Reign
• the Great White Throne Judgment
• the New Earth + more
Charlie holds to a Pretribulational Rapture and Premillennial Second Coming (the same view shared by Norman Geisler, John Walvoord, John MacArthur, Warren Wiersbe, Chuck Smith, etc.).
Updated 2023 edition!
ONE-MINUTE ANSWERS TO SKEPTICS: Concise Responses to the Top 50 Objections & Questions
Could you use help answering atheists, skeptics, and agnostics’ top 50 objections and questions about God and the Bible? Objections like:
• “Why doesn’t God just appear to us in a public setting and prove He exists?”
• “The New Testament authors stole details for Jesus’s life story from religions that were around long before Christianity!”
• “The God of the Old Testament commanded the Israelites to commit genocide!”
• “The Bible condones slavery! Only evil, selfish men would concoct a book like that!”
• “You think Christianity is true because you live in the West and were brought up in the Christian faith. If you had been born in India, you’d be a Hindu!”
Learn how these and other objections and questions can be answered! Paperback, 104 pages.
New, Updated & Expanded Edition!
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE BIBLE: Discoveries that Verify People, Places, and Events in the World's Most Influential Book
Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of ancient artifacts, documents, and inscriptions that verify details in the Bible. Join Charlie Campbell for a journey through the ancient land of the Bible (Israel, Egypt, Jordan, etc.) to learn about dozens of these fascinating discoveries. This updated 2020 edition features:
• New discoveries
• Concise explanations of finds
• 100+ color photographs
• Bible-history timeline
• Subject and Scripture index
• Questions for discussion
• 300+ footnotes for further study
• Q&A with the author
CHARLIE CAMPBELL'S ENTIRE VIDEO LIBRARY
This tiny USB flash drive contains all 34 of Charlie Campbell’s videos (approx. 50 mins. each) on a wide variety of issues related to the defense of the Christian faith. Just plug it into the USB port on your television or computer (Mac or PC) and begin watching. Click here to order or for more details.
APOLOGETICS QUOTES: Words That Will Strengthen Your Faith & Equip You to Answer Critics of the Bible
This updated edition now includes more than 500 faith-strengthening quotes by leading defenders of the Christian faith . . .
• Norman Geisler
• Lee Strobel
• John Lennox
• Ron Rhodes
• C.S. Lewis
• Josh McDowell
• Frank Turek
• J. Warner Wallace + lots more
Includes author, subject, and scripture index.
SCROLLS & STONES: Compelling Evidence the Bible Can Be Trusted
Can we trust the Bible? Isn’t the Bible just “ancient fiction” written by fallible, perhaps even deceitful men? Haven’t books of the Bible been lost and even tampered with down through the centuries? Isn’t the Bible out-of- sync with scientific discoveries? What about the apparent contradictions in the Bible? What makes the Bible any different than the Hindu Vedas, Quran, or Book of Mormon? Charlie Campbell has been researching answers to questions like these for nearly twenty-five years. It was his initial research that led him to become a follower of Jesus in 1990. In Scrolls & Stones he shares some of the evidence that changed his mind back then but also fascinating new discoveries . . . all confirming the reliability of the Bible. You’ll learn about:
• Extrabiblical Historical Sources that Verify Biblical Events
• Scientific Discoveries Archaeological Evidence
• Fulfilled Prophecies
• Ancient Scrolls and Manuscripts
• Answers to Skeptics’ Objections and Questions
• Questions for further reflection and small group discussion
• Full subject index
Many teens growing up in Christian homes have not been exposed to the wealth of evidence and good arguments for God’s existence and the trustworthiness of the Bible. Under-equipped and weak in their faith, many young adults walk away from the Christian faith after they move out of the house, if not before. ABR hears this sad story over and over from heartbroken parents. Well, we would love to help prevent this from happening to your son or daughter. Charlie Campbell, the founder of ABR, has developed a “Youth Apologetics Course” that will help EQUIP your son or daughter to STAND STRONG in the truth and “contend earnestly for the faith” (Jude 3). It consists of ten videos, two books, and a fill-in-the-blank workbook that your teen can watch, read, and go through at their own pace at home. Learn more here.