Apologetics & Evangelism Bibliography
November 27, 2008 by admin
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In the General Bibliography of I’m Glad You Asked, Kenneth Boa & Larry Moody recommend the following as books that “cover the whole range of topics related to apologetics and evangelism” in a manner less technical than most philosophy of religion books:
Joseph Aldrich, Lifestyle Evangelism
J.N.D. Anderson, Christianity and Comparative Religion
Kenneth Boa, God I Don’t Understand
Kenneth Boa, Cults, World Religions, and You
James Montgomery Boice, Does Inerrancy Matter?
James Mongomery Boice, ed., The Foundation of Biblical Authority
Colin Brown, ed., History, Criticism, & Faith
F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
Edward John Carnell, The Case for Biblical Christianity
Edward John Carnell, An Introduction to Christian Apologetics
Edward John Carnell, A Philosophy of the Christian Religion
J.V. Langmead Casserly, Apologetics and Evangelism
Colin Chapman, The Case For Christianity
Colin Chapman, Christianity on Trial
Gordon, H. Clark, ed., Can I Trust My Bible
Robert E.D. Clark, Science and Christianity–A Partnership
James F. Coppedge, Evolution: Possible or Impossible?
William Lane Craig, the Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe
William Lane Craig, the Son Rises: Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Bolton Davidheiser, Evolution and Christian Faith
David A. DeWitt, Answering the Tough Ones
David Hugh Freeman, A Philosophical Study of Religion
Norman L. Geisler, Apologetics
Norman L. Geisler, ed., Inerrancy
Norman L. Geisler, Philosophy of Religion
Norman L. Geisler an Paul D. Feinberg, Introduction to Philosophy
John Gerstner, Reason for Faith
Jerry H. Gill, the Possibility of Religious knowledge
Michael Green, Man Alive!
Os Guinness, The Dust of Death
Don J. Gutteridge, Jr., The Defense Rests Its Case
Gary R. Habermas, The Resurrection of Jesus
R. Laird Harris, Inspiration and Canonicity of the Bible
Arthur F. Holmes, Faith Seeks Understanding
Arlie J. Hoover, The Case for Christian Theism
Arlie J. Hoover, Fallacies of Unbelief
Cedric B. Johnson and H. Newton Malony, Christian Conversion: biblical and Psychological Perspectives
C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis, Miracles. A Preliminary Study
C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Gordon R. Lewis, Judge for Yourself
Gordon R. Lewis, Testing Christianity’s Truth Claims
Paul E. Little, How to Give Away Your Faith
Paul E. Little, Know Why You Believe
Wayne McDill, Making Friends for Christ
Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict
Josh McDowell, More Than A Carpenter
Josh McDowell, The Resurrection Factor
Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, Answers To Tough Questions
Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, Reasons Why Skeptics Ought to Consider Christianity
Alan Loy McGinnis, The Friendship Factor
John Warwick Montgomery, ed., Christianity for the Tough Minded
John Warwick Montgomery, Faith Founded on Fact
John Warwick Montgomery, ed., God’s Inerrant Word
John Warwick Montgomery, History and Christianity
Frank Morrison, Who Moved the Stone?
Henry Morris, biblical Cosmology and Modern Science
Henry Morris, Many Infallible Proofs
Jon Tal Murphree, A Loving God and A Suffering World
J.I. Packer, God Has Spoken
Jim Peterson, Evangelism As A Lifestyle
Clark Pinnock, Reason Enough
Clark H. Pinnock, Set Forth Your Case
Mattew Prince, Winning Through Caring
Richard L. Purtill, Reason To Believe
Earl Radmacher, ed., Can We Trust the Bible?
Bernard Ramm, A Christian Appeal to Reason
Robert L. Reymond, The Justification of Knowledge
Don Richardson, Eternity In Their Hearts
Francis Schaeffer, Escape From Reason
Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There
Francis Schaeffer, He Is There and he Is Not Silent
Francis Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live
Hugh Sylvester, Arguing With God
James Sire, The Universe Next Door
A.E. Wilder Smith, Man’s Origin, Man’s Destiny
R.C. Sproul, If There Is a God, Why Are There Atheists
R.C. Sproul, Objections Answered
Kenneth E. Stevenson and Gary R. Habermas, Verdict on the Shroud
John R.W. Stott, Basic Christianity
Merrill C. Tenney, The Reality of the Resurrection
L. Duane Thurman, How to Think About Evolution
Cornelius Van Til, Apologetics
Cornelius Van Til, Christian-Theistic Evidences
Cornelius Van Til, The Defense of the Faith
John Wenham, The Goodness of God
Rheinallt Nantlais Williams, Faith, Facts, History, Science–and How They Fit Together
Clifford A. Wilson, Rocks, Relics, and Biblical Reliability
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Reason Within the Bounds of Religion
Barry Wood, Questions Non-Christians Ask
Edwin Yamauchi, The Stones and the Scriptures
Philip Yancey, Where is God When It Hurts?
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Why Were Certain Texts Arbitrarily Excluded From The New Testament Canon?
October 13, 2008 by testertwo
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “Why Were Certain Texts Arbitrarily Excluded From The New Testament Canon?” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless , by Paul Copan.
The Canon of Scripture (F.F. Bruce)
Christ and the Bible (David Wenham)
“The Biblical Canon” by David Dunbar, in Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon (eds., D.A. Carson and John Woodbridge)
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Old Testament Prophecies Are Taken Out Of Context In The New Testament
October 2, 2008 by testertwo
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “Old Testament Prophecies Are Taken Out Of Context In The New Testament”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith, by Paul Copan.
Jesus and the Old Testament (R.T. France)
Mattew: Evangelist and Teacher (R.T. France)
Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period (Richard Longenecker)
“The New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Text Form and Authority” by Moises Silva in Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon (ed., D.a. Carson and John Woodbridge)
“The Use of the Old Testament in the New” by Klyne Snodgrass in New Testament Criticism and Interpretation (eds., David Alan Black and David Dockery)
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The Gospels Contradict Each Other
October 1, 2008 by testertwo
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “The Gospels Contradict Each Other”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith, by Paul Copan.
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Craig Blomberg)
Can I Trust The Bible? (Darrell Bock)
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Joel Green, Scot McKnight, and I Howard Marshall)
Studying the Synoptic Gospels: Origins and Interpretation (Robert Stein)
The Synoptic Problem (Robert Stein)
Jesus The Miracle Worker (Graham Twelftree)
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How Accurate Is the Bible?
August 23, 2008 by testertwo
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In I’m Glad You Asked, Kenneth Boa & Larry Moody recommend the following books on the topic of “How Accurate Is the Bible”:
F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
Norman Geisler, Christian Apologetics
Norman L. Geisler and William E. Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible
Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict
Josh McDowell and Don Stewart, Answers To Tough Questions
John Warwick Montgomery, ed., God’s Inerrant Word
Bernard Ramm, The Christian View of Science and Scripture
Bernard Ramm, Protestant Christian Evidences
R.C. Sproul, Objections Answered
Clifford A. Wilson, Rocks, Relics, and Biblical Reliability
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The Historical Reliability of the Gospels – Books Recommended by James Sire
In his book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All, James Sire recommends the following books on The Historical Reliability of the Gospels:
Is the New Testament Reliable?, by Paul Barnett
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig Blomberg
The Evidence for Jesus, by James D. G. Dunn
The Evidence for Jesus, by R. T. France
I Believe in the Historical Jesus, by I. Howard Marshall
Christ and the Bible, by John Wenham
Can I Trust The Bible?
The following books are recommended in Can I Trust The Bible?, by Darrell L. Bock
The Books the Church Suppressed, by Michael Green
Is the Bible Intolerant?, by Amy Orr-Ewing
“Tough Questions About the Bible” by Norman Geisler, in Who Made God? And Answers to Over 100 Tough Questions of Faith, edited by Ravi Zacharias and Norman Geisler
The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig Blomberg
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, by Eugene Peterson
Cries of the Heart: Bringing God Near When He Feels So Far Away, by Ravi Zacharas
How Reliable Is The Bible?
The following books are recommended in , a small group curriculum published by Willow Creek Resources.
I’m Glad You Asked, by Ken Boa and Larry Moody
Letters From a Skeptic, by Gregory Boyd and Edward Boyd
Reasonable Faith, by William Lane Craig
Why Believe?, by C. Stephen Evans
Give Me an Answer, by Cliffe Knechtle
Finding Faith, by Andrew Knowles
Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli
Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis
Miracles, by C.S. Lewis
Know What You Believe, by Paul Little
Know Why You Believe, by Paul Little
Scaling The Secular City, by J. P. Moreland
Reason to Believe, by R. C. Sproul
The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel
The Case for Faith, by Lee Strobel
Why Should I Trust The Bible?
The study Why: 40 Days Pursuing Answers To Life’s Biggest Questions recommends the following books for answering the question, “Why Should I Trust The Bible?”
Is The New Testament Reliable?, by Paul Barnett
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable, by F.F. Bruce
A General introduction to the Bible, by Norman Geisler and William Nix
The Making of the New Testament, by Arthur Patzia
How Reliable Is the Bible? Tough Questions, by Garry Poole
Is The Bible True?, by Jeffery Sheler
The New Testament Story, by Ben Witherington III
Revelation and Scripture
April 22, 2007 by testertwo
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Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Revelation and Scripture.
Archer, Gleason. Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982.
Bruce, F.F. The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove: IVP, 1988.
Carson, D. A. and John D. Woodbridge, eds. Scripture and Truth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.
Dockery, David. Christian Scripture. Nashville: Broadman, 1995.
Dulles, Avery Robert. Models of Revelation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992.
Geisler, Norman, ed. Inerrancy. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1979.
Henry, Carl F.H. God, Revelation, and Authority. 6 vols. Rev. ed. Wheaton: Crossway, 1999.
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Hodge, A.A., and B.B. Warfield. Inspiration. Repr. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979.
Jensen, Peter. The Revelation of God. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002.
Kaiser, Walter, Peter Davids, F. F. Bruce, and Mansfred Brauch, eds. Hard Sayings of the Bible. Downers Grove: IVP, 1996.
Montgomery, John W., ed. God’s Inerrant Word. Minneapolis: Bethany, 1974.
Nash, Ronald. The Word of God and the Mind of Man. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982.
Pache, Rene. The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture. Chicago: Moody, 1969.
Pinnock, Clark H. Biblical Revelation. Chicago: Moody, 1971.
Rogers, Jack Bartlett and Donald K. McKim. Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1980.
Warfield, B.B. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1962.
Wenham, John W. Christ and the Bible. 3d ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
Woodbridge, John D. and Kenneth S. Kantzer. Biblical Authority. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982.












