Bibliography
Topics:
- Apologetics
- Cults and Other Religions
- Contemporary Culture Analysis/Postmodernism/Emerging Church
- Worldview
- Science and Faith
- Church History
- New Testament Theology
- Bible Study
- Bible Background
- Holy Spirit Issues
- Worship
- Pop Culture/Entertainment
- Christian Inspiration/Spiritual Growth
- End Times/Revelation Interpretation
- Christian Education
- Preaching
- Leadership
- C.S. Lewis
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Apologetics:
- Lee Strobel - The Case for Christ
- Lee Strobel - The Case for Faith
- Philip Jenkins - The Hidden Gospels
- Craig Bloomberg - The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
- Paul Copan - Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?
- Gary Habermas - The Historical Jesus
- Gary Habermas and Douglas Geivett - In Defense of Miracles
- Gregory Boyd - Letters from a Skeptic
- William Lane Craig - Reasonable Faith
- Ronald Nash - Faith and Reason
- Norm Geisler - Christian Apologetics
- J.P. Moreland - Scaling the Secular City
- Alistair McGrath - Intellectuals Don't Need God: And other Modern Myths
- Josh McDowell. and Don Stewart,. - Answers to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask About the Christian Faith.
- Josh McDowell, - Evidence That Demands a Verdict.
- Josh McDowell, - More Evidence That Demands a Verdict.
- John R.W Stott, - Basic Christianity.
- Ravi Zacharias - Can Man Live Without God?
- Ravi Zacharias - Jesus Among other Gods
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Cults and Other Religions
- Ron Rhodes - The Challenge of Cults and New Religions
- Walter Martin - The Kingdom of the Cults
- Francis Beckwith, Carl Moser and Paul Owen - The New Mormon Challenge
- Janis Hutchinson - Out of the Cults and Into the Church: Understanding and Encouraging Ex-Cultists
- Craig Hawkins - Goddess Worship: Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism
- Hank Hanegraaff - Christianity in Crisis
- Lewis Hopfe and Mark Woodward - Religions of the World
- Raymond Scheindlen - A Short History of the Jewish People
- Huston Smith - The World's Religions
- William Zellner - Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Lifestyles
- Norman Geisler - Answering Islam
- Denny - An Introduction to Islam
- Peters - Muhammad and the Origin of Islam
- Ayoub - Islamic Faith and Practice
- al-Gazali - Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship
- Mateen Elass - Understanding the Koran: A Quick Christian Guide to the Muslim Holy Book
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Contemporary Culture Analysis/Postmodernism/Emerging Church
- Stanley Grenz - Primer on Postmodernism
- Richard Middleton and Brian Walsh - Truth is Stranger then it Used to Be
- Dennis McCallum - The Death of Truth
- Chuck Colson - Burden of Truth
- Douglas Groothuis - Truth Decay
- Carl Raschke - The Next Reformation
- Robert Weber - The Younger Evangelicals
- Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo - Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel
- Brian McLaren - A Generous Orthodoxy
- Brian McLaren - A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey
- Brian McLaren - The Story we find Ourselves in: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian
- Brian McLaren - The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity
- Dave Roberts - Following Jesus: a non-religious guidebook for the spiritually hungry
- Chuck Colson - The Good Life
- Philip Jenkins - The Next Christendom: the Coming of Global Christianity
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Worldview:
- James Sire: The Universe Next Door
- J.P. Moreland - Love God with All Your Mind
- Nancy Pearcey and Chuck Colson - How Now Shall We Live?
- Nancy Pearcey - Total Truth
- Francis Schaeffer - Escape from Reason
- Francis Schaeffer - The God Who is There
- Francis Schaeffer - The complete works of Francis Schaeffer
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Science and Faith:
- Lee Strobel - The Case for A Creator
- Del Ratsch - Science and Its Limits
- Del Ratsch - The Battle for Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation/Evolution Debate
- Michael Behe - Darwin's Black Box
- Ian Barbour - Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues
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Church History:
- W.H.C. Frend - The Rise of Christianity
- J. Stevenson - A New Eusebius
- J. Stevenson - Creeds, Councils, Controversies
- Bruce Shelley - Church History in Plain Language
- Williston Walker - A History of the Christian Church
- Henry Bettenson - Documents of the Christian Church
- R. W. Southern - Western Society and the Church in The Middle Ages
- Margaret Deanesly - A History of the Medieval Church 590-1500
- Alvin Schmidt - Under the Influence: How Christianity Transformed Civilizationheology:
- Stanley Grenzy - Theology for the Community of God
- Alistair McGrath - The Christian Theology Reader
- Millard Erickson - The Word Became Flesh
- Sinclair B Ferguson and David F Wright - New Dictionary of Theology
- Colin Brown - Christianity and Western Thought
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New Testament Theology:
- N.T. Wright - The New Testament and the People of God
- N.T. Wright - Jesus and the Victory of God
- N.T. Wright - The Resurrection of the Son of God
- John Meier - A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus
- Elaine Pagels - Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
- Luke Timothy Johnson - The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels
- Carl Olsen and Sandra Meisel - The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in the Da Vinci Code
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Bible Study:
- Gordon Fee - How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
- Gordon Fee - New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors
- Leland Ryken - How to Read the Bible as Literature
- Michael Gorman - Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers
- D. Brent Sandy and Ronald L. Giese - Cracking Old Testament Codes: A Guide to Interpreting the Literary Genres of the Old Testament
- Mark Strom - The Symphony of Scripture: Making Sense of the Bible's Many Themes
- Scot McKnight - Introducing New Testament Interpretation
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Bible Background:
- Ralph Gower - The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times
- Alfred Hoerth, Gerald Mattingly, Edwin Yamauchi - Peoples of the Old Testament World
- Paul Meier - In The Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church
- Paul Meier - The Works of Josephus
- Readings from the First Century World
- Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary
- Zondervan Pictoral Encyclopedia of the Bible
- Oxford Bible Atlas
- Lawrence O. Richards - Expository Dictionary of Bible Words
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Holy Spirit Issues:
- John White - When The Spirit Comes With Power
- Charles Kraft - Christianity with Power
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Worship:
- Marva Dawn - Raching Out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for this Urgent Time
- David Peterson - Engaging with God
- Andrew Hill - Enter His Gates with Praise
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Pop Culture/Entertainment:
- David Dark - Everyday Apocalypse
- Jim Ware - The God of the Fairy Tale
- Neil Postman - Amusing Ourselves to Death
- William Romanowski - Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Pop Culture
- Ron Luce - Battle Cry for a Generation: the fight to save America's youth
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Christian Inspiration/Spiritual Growth:
- Philip Yancey - The Jesus I Never Knew
- Philip Yancey - What's So Amazing About Grace
- Mike Yaconelli - Messy Spirituality
- J.I. Packer - Knowing God
- A. W. Tozer - The Pursuit of God
- Henri Nouwen - In the Name of Jesus
- Ravi Zacharias - Cries of the Heart
- Kelly Monroe - Finding God at Harvard: Spiritual journeys of thinking Christians
- Pete Greig and Dave Roberts - Red Moon Rising: How 24-7 prayer is awakening a generation
- Ravi Zacharias - Recapture the Wonder
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End Times/Revelation Interpretation:
- Craig Koester - Revelation and the End of All THIngs
- Eugene Peterson - Reversed Thunder
- A. J. Conyers - Eclipse of Heaven
- Gregory Beale - The Book of Revelation
- Darrel Bock and Stanley Gundry - Three Views on the Millenium and Beyond
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Christian Education:
- Eugene Roehlkepartain - The Teaching Church
- Daryl Eldridge - The Teaching Ministry of the Church
- Linda Vogel - Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith
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Preaching:
- Haddon Robinson - Biblical Preaching
- Haddon Robinson - Making a Difference in Preaching
- anything by Fred Craddock, Haddon Robinson or Will Willimon
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Leadership:
- George Cladis - Leading the Team-Based Church
- Walter C. Wright - Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Leadership Service
- Gary L. Mcintosh and Samuel D. Rima - Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership
- Reggie McNeal - A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders
- Dallas Willard - Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ
- Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem, James H. Furr - Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey
- Bill Hybels - Courageous Leadership
- Tim Elmore - Wired for Influence: Skills to Lead Others
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C.S. Lewis:
- Mere Chrsitianity
- The Great Divorce
- The Problem of Pain
- Miracles
- The Screwtape Letters
- The Chronicles of Narnia
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