Apologetics & Evangelism Bibliography

November 27, 2008 by admin  
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Book Cover 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

August 5, 2008 by testertwo  
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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?

July 11, 2008 by testertwo  
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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?

July 5, 2008 by testertwo  
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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?

June 27, 2008 by testertwo  
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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.

_______., ed. Revelation and the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976.

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.

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