The 2026 edition
Teachers the book names
Voices the Foundations of Hope weeks lean on — a thesis, the points that matter, and a line you can take into the room.
J.P. Moreland
Arguments for the existence of God · In defense of the soul
Belief in God is not a leap past reason. Cosmological, design, and moral arguments, plus the reality of the soul, make theism the better fit for the world we actually inhabit.
Module IWilliam Lane Craig
The absurdity of life without God · Kalam
If God does not exist, life has no ultimate meaning, value, or purpose — and yet we cannot live as if that were true. The Kalam argument then gives theism a cosmological nerve.
Module IGreg Koukl
Relativism · Tactics · Those who never heard
Knowledge is not enough. The ambassador asks questions, spots self-refuting claims, and trusts that God is not unfair to those who have not heard a missionary’s voice.
Module IIGary Habermas
The historical Jesus · Minimal facts
You do not need to win every critical debate to put the resurrection on the table. Use the facts a wide range of scholars already grant.
Module ICraig Hazen
Evidence for the resurrection
Christianity is odd among world religions: it hangs on a public, testable event. An intelligent seeker should start where a claim can actually be checked.
Module IGarrett DeWeese
Solving the problem of evil
Evil is not a disproof of God. The logical problem has an answer. The evidential and existential problems need the cross, not a shrug.
Module IIIDallas Willard
Jesus, the smartest man who ever lived
Jesus is not a mascot for warmth. He is a mind — the smartest person in the room about life, the kingdom, and how a human being actually works.
Module ILee Strobel
The Case for Christ
A skeptical journalist’s method still works: ask who wrote, how early, whether they could know, and whether they told the truth. The Gospels survive that.
Module IJoe Hellerman
Defending the Gospel accounts of Jesus
The Gospels read as ancient biography rooted in memory, not as folklore that grew in the dark for generations.
Module IIIDavid Allen Black
Key issues in New Testament text criticism
We are not guessing at a lost book. The manuscripts let us recover the text with a confidence no other ancient work enjoys.