Hello, Dr. Craig. I am ecstatic about your forthcoming systematic philosophical theology. I have been following your work since 2009.

You have had an indescribable impact on my life and relationship with God.

I was wondering how these volumes will differ from the Defender's classes.

Will much of the content in these volumes be similar to what is covered in Defenders?

Thanks, Matthew, United States.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, Matthew.

I'm taking your question this week in a shameless attempt to publicize the release of volume one of my systematic philosophical theology this month in the UK by Wiley Blackwell.

Forgive me.

You know that series of books, blank for dummies, like chemistry for dummies or U.S.

history for dummies or electrical engineering for dummies. These books attempt to make difficult

subjects accessible to lay people, which means all of us outside our area of expertise. Well,

my defender's lessons could aptly be called systematic theology for dummies.

It covers the same material as my systematic philosophical theology, but at a simplified

level for layman.

In fact, the Defenders 4 series of lessons actually includes revisions to Defenders 3 based on my current

scholarly work. So you can get a sneak preview of my forthcoming volumes by reading the

transcripts of my Defender's lessons, are free to boot, posted on our website.

I can promote the newly released Volume 1 with a clear conscience, since of all the volumes,

this one should be almost entirely accessible to university-educated laypeople.

Subsequent volumes, like Volume 2A, will, I fear, be too difficult for most folks.

Remember, the target audience of these volumes is Christian philosophers, theologians, and scientists.

They're not intended to be easy to understand. So the defender's lessons present a wonderful

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