Explaining and defending what Christians believe is more important than ever in today’s culture. Defend 2017 helps believers be better prepared to handle questions that often obstruct the path to evangelism.

Plenary sessions are free to all during the Jan. 2-6 workshop. Today’s top apologists and Christian scholars will speak in the plenary sessions during the day and in the evenings.

Here are the evening plenary speakers:

Jan. 2, 7 p.m. Craig Hazen, Biola University, director of M.A. program in Christian Apologetics and the M. A. program in Science and Religion

Jan. 3 7 p.m. Abdu Murray, North American Director of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, author, attorney, and former Muslim.

Jan. 4, 7 p.m. Greg Koukl, Stand to Reason ministry, award-winning author, and sought-after speaker on college campuses world-wide

Jan. 5, 8 p.m. Sean McDowell, Biola University, renowned author and speaker who is listed among today's top 100 apologists

For information, visit www.nobtsapologetics.com/defend.