(From the back cover):

Believe it or not, you are on the front line of the spiritual war between persons who worship God and those who seek to cultivate a world apart from God.  And you are being attacked on every flank – through movies, music, television, friends, and, yes, even in your classroom at school where a Christian worldview is presented as antiquated, if presented at all.

Now, more than ever, you need to be prepared to defend your faith against the onslaught of lies and deception that so saturates our culture today.  Living Loud will help you lay a firm foundation – so you will be bold and confidant – ready to defend your faith.

     Living Loud is an excellent book for high school students as an introduction to apologetics, why apologetics is a necessary field of study, and how to use apologetics when witnessing to non-believers.  The language is mostly easy to understand – there are some very large terms that are common to the study of apologetics and to philosophy that are used but well explained, yet may present initial difficulty in understanding for someone completely unfamiliar with these disciplines – and the concepts build upon one another, demonstrating a proper and effective flow of information.  Each chapter starts with a portion of a scenario involving two high school boys and/or their younger sisters, and each chapter ends with review/study questions to consider.

     As with any resource, there are some things to be aware of.  Chapter Four gives evidences stated by Dr. Hugh Ross that our world has been intelligently designed.  While the evidences listed I would agree with, Dr. Ross himself I cannot for the most part agree with because of his stance on the universe being billions of years old and God using evolution as a tool in creation (these two points are not mentioned in Living Loud).  Remember, just because something (i.e., the book Living Loud) may be true and quotes something else, that does not mean the source of the quote is itself wholly true.