The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapters “It’s Unfair That Humans Are Punished For Adam’s Sin” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless 
Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (Henri Blocher)
The New Chosen People: A Corporate View of Election (William Klein)
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “Why Are Some Old Testament Laws Harsh And Oppressive?” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless
Toward Old Testament Ethics (Walter Kaiser)
Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis (William J. Webb)
An Eye For An Eye (Christopher Wright)
Walking In The Ways of the Lord (Christopher Wright)
Leviticus [New International Commentary on the Old Testament] (Gordon Wenham)
Deuteronomy [New International Biblical Commentary, Old Testament Series 4] (Christopher Wright)
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapters “You’re A Speciesist If You Think Humans Are Superior to Nonhuman Animals”, and “Animals Have Rights Just Like People Do” in How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless
What We Can’t Not Know (J. Budziszewski)
Can We Be Good Without God? (John Hare)
Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists (Benjamin Wiker)
“Animals”, chapter 3 in Applied Ethics (David S. Oderberg)
Rethinking Peter Singer: A Christian Critique (ed.,Gordon Preece)
Evolution, Animal “Rights,” and the Environment (James B. Reichmann)
The Birds Our Teachers: Biblical Lessons from a Lifelong Bird Watcher (John Stott)
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “Doesn’t The Bible Condone Slavery?”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith
The Bible In Politics: How To Read The Bible Politically (Richard Bauckham)
Toward Old Testament Ethics (Walter C. Kaiser)
God’s People in God’s Land: Family, Land, and Property in the Old Testament (Christopher J.H. Wright)
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The following books are recommended for further reading in the chapter “How Could A Loving God Command Genocide?”, in That’s Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith
God Is A Warrior (Tremper Longman III and Daniel G. Reid)
Now Choose Life (Gary Millar)
Perspectives On War in the Bible (John Wood)
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The following books are recommended reading in the chapter on “Boundless Relativism” in Countering Culture: Arming Yourself to Confront Non-Biblical Worldviews, written by David Noebel and Chuck Edwards.
Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Frank Beckwith and Greg Koukl)
True For You, But Not For Me: Deflating The Slogans that Leave Christians Speechless (Paul Copan)
That’s Just Your Interpretation (Paul Copan)
Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists (Benjamin Wiker)
Douglas Jones, Editorial Director of Canon Press, has recommended The Beauty of Modesty: Cultivating Virtue in the Face of a Vulgar Culture
“When it comes to issues of modesty, a false dichotomy appears to have taken hold of most Christians. Either the biblical requirements of modesty are accepted, and nerdiness is layered on top of that, or the nerdiness “requirement” is rejected, and the responsibility for modesty is rejected along with it. In this important book, David and Diane Vaughan avoid both errors, and do a very fine job of showing us the teaching of Scripture on this issue. Their approach is not at all superficial—they are not urging us to depart from one sort of cultural captivity in order to take up residence in another kind of cultural captivity. A crucial part of their argument is to develop a biblical view of the body, and to have how we dress that body take its part in a well-formed biblical world and life view. It only stands to reason. This is a fine book and I recommend it highly.”
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The following books are required reading in the course Cultural Issues In Christian Perspective taught by Dr. Del Tackett and Dr. Chris Leland, at Focus on the Family Institute.
Boa, K.D. & Bowman, R. M. (2001). Faith has its reasons: An integrative approach to defending Christianity. Colorado Spring, CO: NavPress.
Bonhoeffer, D. (1954). Life together. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
Briner, Bob. (1993). Roaring lambs. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
Colson, C. (1999). How now shall we live? Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Colson, C. (2003). Being the body. Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group.
de Tocqueville, Alexis. (1835). Democracy in America, (Vol 1). (Reprinted by Vintage Books, New York, 1990).
Dobson, J. (2004). Marriage under fire. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
Ellis, E. S. (1884). Not yours to give. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates (Reprinted by Conservative Printing, 2003).
Grudem, W. A. (2003). Business for the glory of God: The Bible’s teachings on the moral goodness of business. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
Kavanaugh, P. 1996. Spiritual lives of the great composers. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Lewis, C. S. (1974). The abolition of man. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancicso.
Minnery, T. (2001). Why you can’t stay silent: A biblical mandate to shape our culture. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishing/Focus on the Family.
Olasky, M. (1999). The American leadership tradition. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
Pollock, J. (1996). William Wilberforce: A man who changed his times. Mclean, VA: The Trinity Forum.
Postman, N. (1985). Amusing ourselves to death: Public discourse in the age of show business. New York: Penguin Books.
Schaeffer, F. A. (1984). The great evangelical disaster. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books
Schmidt, Alvin J. (2004). How Christianity changed the world. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
Sire, J. W. (2004). The universe next door. A basic worldview catalog. 4th edition. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Schlossberg, H. (1990). Idols for destruction: The conflict of Christian faith and American culture.Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
Sowell, T. (1995). The vision of the anointed: Self-congratulation as a basis for social policy. New York, NY: Basic Books.
White, H. (2006). Postmodernism 101. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Books.
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The syllabus describes the course as follows – - -
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to deepen and broaden the student’s understanding of the core assumptions of the Christian worldview, and to apply this perspective to critical issues involving the contemporary family, church, and society. The goal is to enable students to think more clearly about the ultimate issues of human existence so that they may live more purposeful lives and participate more constructively in the calling of the Christians as a transformed and transforming community through which God heals individuals, families and societies.
The course focuses on the central issue of our understanding of the existence and nature of God, human beings, and the world around us. The aim is clearer insight into Christ’s ongoing redemptive work centered in the Christians and Christian community as God’s chief agent of societal change. Christ’s work extends beyond the individual to include all of created reality, especially the social aspects of human experience. Students are encouraged to go beyond mere understanding to actual participation in the advancement of God’s kingdom on earth.
OBJECTIVES
1. To awaken the student’s spirit, heart and mind toward God and the world which Christ came to restore.
2. To facilitate the understanding and communication of the essential elements of a Christian worldview, as it contrasts with other competing and counterfeit worldviews.
3. To equip students to develop a biblically and theologically informed understanding of the relationship between social institutions and God’s design for social order.
4. To expose the students to new ways of thinking about social institutions, current issues and pathologies and the Christian’s role in effecting transformation in each sphere of life.