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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More Books of Interest
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In his book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All, James Sire recommends the following books on The Character of Jesus Christ:
The Gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
Jesus Christ: The Witness of History, by Norman Anderson
Between Heaven and Hell, by Peter Kreeft
Socrates Meets Jesus, by Peter Kreeft
Understanding Jesus, by Alister McGrath
Meeting Jesus, by James Sire
Basic Christianity, by John Stott
The Christology of Jesus, by Ben Witherington, III
Jesus and the Victory of God, N.T. Wright
Who Is Jesus?, by N.T. Wright
The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “Religion Is Nothing More Than The Human Wish For A Father Figure”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith, by Paul Copan.
If There Is A God, Whay Are There Atheists? (R.C. Sproul)
Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism (Paul Vitz)
Sigmund Freud’s Christian Conscious (Paul Vitz)
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RELATED BOOKS
If you were stranded on a deserted island, which three theology books would you most want to have with you?
The dialogue between Steve Hays (Triablogue) and Jeremy Pierce (Parablemania) on the subject of interpretation and Genesis commentaries is certainly worth a look. You can check it out “
here” or “
here“.
“When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.” — 2 Timothy 4:13
“He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He has had wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up in the third heaven, and had heard things unlawful for a man to utter, yet he wants books! He has written a major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!
“The apostle says to Timothy and so he says to every Christian, ‘Give thyself to reading.’ The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon —
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Ann Coulter, isn’t usually an author that you would think of when building your theological library. However, consider the following statement made by William Dembski at Uncommon Descent;
“Having been a sounding board for Ann Coulter, on chapters 8-10 of GODLESS), I’m happy to see the entire book now that it is out. Ann is taking Phillip Johnson’s message as developed in DARWIN ON TRIAL and REASON IN THE BALANCE and bringing it home to the masses. Critics will dismiss it for its hyperbole, lack of nuance, and in-your-face attitude. But she has the gist just right, which is that materialism (she calls it liberalism) dominates our culture despite being held by only a minority of the populace and has become an agenda among our elites (academy, scientists, media) for total worldview reprogramming. Close to half the book is devoted to science and evolution. I cannot help but feel that GODLESS will propel our issues in the public consciousness like nothing to date. Phillip Johnson’s DARWIN ON TRIAL took ten years to sell 300,000 copies. I expect Ann will sell more than that in ten weeks.”
For more than two decades I have been selling books. During some of those years I did it as a hobby. For more than a decade it was my main source of income. This last year I have been selling books mainly because it is something that I have done for most of my life.
That really isn’t a good reason, and my time has become more valuable to me than the few dollars that I am making with the half-hearted effort I am putting into it.
So, . . . I am GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. I will be closing down my Ebay store sometime in the next few weeks. I have listed about 100 or so books this week as auctions, and will gradually sell off the rest of my inventory that way, as well.
So, you might want to check out my auctions. When I sell my books at auction there are invariably some things that sell for much more than what they should and other items that sell for pennies on the dollar, so use discernment and I think you will find a good bargain or two.
If you note an air of sadness, you are correct. This marks a pretty significant change for me, . . I will miss being The Bookman.
CLICK HERE to link to my Ebay bookstore.
