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Recommended Resources BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Ben-Tor, Ammon, The Archaeology of Ancient Israel (1994) Hoerth, Alfred J., Archaeology and the Old Testament (1998) Hoffmeier, James K., The Archaeology of the Bible (2008) Moorey, P.R.S., A Century of Biblical Archaeology (1992) BIBLICAL STUDIES Alexander, T. Desmond, Brian S. Rosner, D.A. Carson, and Graeme Goldsworthy, Eds., New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Exploring the Unity & Diversity of Scripture (2000) Bartholomew, Craig G., and Michael W. Goheen, The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story, 2nd ed. (2014) Fee, Gordon, and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bible, 3rd ed. (2003) Geisler, Norman L., and William E. Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible, rev. ed. (1986) Goldsworthy, Graeme, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible (2002) CHRISTIANITY & CULTURE Cunningham, Loren, and Janice Rogers, The Book That Transforms Nations: The Power of the Bible to Change Any Country (2006) Miller, Darrow, Discipling Nations: The Power of Truth to Transform Culture (1998) Schmidt, Alvin J., How Christianity Changed the World (2004) Stark, Rodney, For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery (2003) Stark, Rodney, The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion (2012) Stark, Rodney, The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success (2006)
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CHRISTIAN LIVING Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Life Together, trans. John W. Doberstein (1993; orig. pub. 1939) Colson, Charles, The Body: Being Light in Darkness (1994) Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert, Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions (2014) Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor … and Yourself (2009) Kinnaman, David, and Gabe Lyons, Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme (2016) CHURCH HISTORY Brown, Peter, The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, 200—1000 (2003) Gonzalez, Justo L., The History of Christian Thought, 3 vols. (1987) Gonzalez, Justo L., The Story of Christianity, 2 vols. (2010) MacCulloch, Diarmaid, The Reformation: A History (2005) McDermott, Gerald, The Great Theologians: A Brief Guide (2010) Noll, Mark, The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys (2004) Noll, Mark, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 3rd ed. (2012) ETHICS Hauerwas, Stanley, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics (1991) McDowell, Sean, ETHIX: Being Bold In A Whatever World (2006) Moreland, J.P., and Scott Rae, Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics (2000) Wright, N.T., After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters (2010) EVIL & SUFFERING Alcorn, Randy C., If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (2009) Lewis, C.S., The Problem of Pain (several editions; orig. pub. 1940)
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Plantinga, Alvin, God, Freedom, and Evil (1977) Wright, N.T., Evil and the Justice of God (2006) EVOLUTION Behe, Michael, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996) Meyer, Stephen C., Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (2013) Wells, Jonathan, Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? (2000) GENERAL APOLOGETICS Boa, Kenneth, and Robert M. Bowman, 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense (2013) Boa, Kenneth, and Larry Moody, I’m Glad You Asked: In-depth Answers to Difficult Questions About Christianity (1995) Chesterton, G.K., Orthodoxy (2015) D’Souza, Dinesh, What’s So Great About Christianity (2007) Groothuis, Douglas R., Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (2011) Guinness, Os, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion (2015) Guinness, Os, God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt (1996) Keller, Timothy, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2009) Koukl, Gregory, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (2009) Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity (several editions; orig. pub. 1943) McDowell, Sean, and Jonathan Morrow, Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists (2010) McGrath, Alister E., Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith (2012) Moreland, J.P., Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity (1987) Sproul, R.C., Reason to Believe: A Response to Common Objections to Christianity (1982) Strobel, Lee, The Case for Faith (2014)
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Wallace, J. Warner, Cold Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels (2013) Zacharias, Ravi, Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message (2002) GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY & MISSIONS Bediako, Kwame, Jesus and the Gospel in Africa: History and Experience (2004) Jenkins, Philip, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2007) Marty, Martin E., The Christian World: A Global History (2008) Stott, John R.W., Christian Mission in the Modern World: What the Church Should Be Doing Now (1974) Yohannan, K.P., Revolution in World Missions: One Man’s Journey to Change a Generation (2004) HISTORICAL APOLOGETICS (Christology & Reliability of Scripture) Bock, Darrell L., and Daniel B. Wallace, Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture's Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ (2007) Bruce, F.F., Are the New Testament Documents Reliable? 6th ed. (2003) Habermas, Gary R., and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (2004) Henry, Carl F.H., God, Revelation, and Authority, 6 vols. (1999) Komoszewski, J. Ed, M. James Sawyer, and Daniel B. Wallace, Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture (2006) McDowell, Josh, and Sean McDowell, More Than a Carpenter (2009) Sheler, Jeffery L, Is the Bible True? How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm the Essence of the Scriptures (1999) Strobel, Lee, The Case for Christ (2013) Strobel, Lee, The Case for the Real Jesus (2014) Strobel, Lee, The Case for the Resurrection (2010)
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INSPIRATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Aitken, Jonathan, John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace (2007) Colson, Charles W., Born Again (1978) Elliot, Elisabeth, Shadow of the Almighty (1958) Foxe, John, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (several editions; orig. pub. 1563) Hillenbrand, Laura, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010) Metaxas, Eric, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (2007) Metaxas, Eric, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (2010) Ripken, Nik, The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected (2013) Sheikh, Bilquis, I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman’s Encounter with God (1978) Tada, Joni Eareckson, Joni: An Unforgettable Story (1976) Ten Boom, Corrie, The Hiding Place (1971) Wilkerson, Bruce, The Cross and the Switchblade (1962) Zacharias, Ravi, Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows (2006) ISLAM Garrison, David, A Wind in the House of Islam (2015) Geisler, Norman L., and Abdul Saleeb, Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (2002) Qureshi, Nabeel, Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward (2016) Qureshi, Nabeel, No God But One: Allah or Jesus? A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity (2016) Qureshi, Nabeel, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (2016) Solomon, Sam, and Atif Debs, Not the Same God: Is the Qur’an’s Allah the Lord God of the Bible? (2015)
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MARRIAGE & FAMILY Goodin, Douglas, God's Design for Marriage: What You Need to Know Before You Say 'I Do!' (2013) Hill, Wesley, Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (2010) Hubbard, Peter, Love into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church (2013) Keller, Timothy, The Meaning of Marriage (2003) McDowell, Seth, and John Stonestreet, Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful Approach to God’s Design for Marriage (2014) Stanton, Glenn, Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth (2014) Stanton, Glenn, The Ring Makes All the Difference (2011) Thomas, Gary, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (2015) MIRACLES Geivett, R. Douglas, and Gary R. Habermas, eds., In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History (1997) Lewis, C. S., Miracles: A Preliminary Study (several editions; first published 1947) Metaxas, Eric, Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life (2014) RELATIVISM Beckwith, Francis J., and Gregory Koukl, Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (1998) Copan, Paul, True for You, But Not for Me: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless (1998) McDowell, Josh, and Bob Hostetler, The New Tolerance: How a Cultural Movement Threatens to Destroy You, Your Faith, and Your Children (1998) SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE Johnson, Abby, The Walls Are Talking: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories (2016) Johnson, Abby, Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-
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Opening Journey Across the Life Line (2011) Klusendorf, Scott, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture (2009) Renshaw, Jessica Shaver, Gianna: Aborted and Lived to Tell About It (2011) SCIENCE & FAITH [see also Evolution] Lennox, John C., God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2009) Meyer, Stephen C., Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (2009) Polkinghorne, John, The Polkinghorne Reader: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning (2010) Strobel, Lee, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points toward God (2004) SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us (2005) Foster, Richard, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth (1988) Ortberg, John, The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (2015) Smith, James K.A., Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works (2013) Smith, James K.A., You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit (2016) Whitney, Donald S., Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (1991) Willard, Dallas, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives (1991) SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DISCIPLESHIP Augustine, The Confessions (several editions; orig. pub. 397) Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, The Cost of Discipleship (1995) Bridges, Jerry, Pursuit of Holiness (2006; first published 1978) Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God (several editions; orig. pub. 1691) Colson, Charles, How Now Shall We Live? (2004) DeYoung, Kevin, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will (2009)
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Goodin, Douglas, Exalted (2012) Horton, Michael, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (2014) Jones, Barry D., Dwell: Life with God for the World (2014) Keller, Timothy, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope That Matters (2009) Keller, Timothy, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2011) Kempis, Thomas à, The Imitation of Christ (several editions; orig. pub. 1418) Moreland, J.P., Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul (1997) Navigators, The, The 2:7 Series (2014) Packer, J.I., Knowing God (1993) Putman, Jim, DiscipleShift: Five Steps that Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples (2013) Scorgie, Glen G., A Little Guide to Christian Spirituality: Three Dimensions of Life with God (2009) Thune, Robert H., and Will Walker, The Gospel-Centered Community (2013) Thune, Robert H., and Will Walker, The Gospel-Centered Life (2014) Tozer, A.W., The Pursuit of God (1982)
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE Garber, Steven, The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior (2007) Harris, Alex, and Brett Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (2008) Morrow, Jonathan, Welcome to College: A Christ-follower’s Guide for the Journey (2008)
STUDY BIBLES English Standard Version (ESV) Student Study Bible New Living Translation (NLT) Study Bible
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TECHNOLOGY Braner, Andy, Alone: Finding Connection in a Lonely World (2012) Carr, Nicholas, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain (2010) Koch, Kathy, Screens and Teens: Connecting with Our Kids in a Wireless World (2015) Postman, Neil, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (2005; first published 1985) Turkle, Sherry, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology & Less from Each Other (2011) THEOLOGY [Christian Doctrine] Feinberg, John S., No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God, rev. ed. (2006) Grudem, Wayne A., Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (1994) Little, Paul, Know What You Believe: Connecting Faith and Truth (2003; orig. pub. 1969) Reeves, Michael, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith (2012) Schaeffer, Francis, A Christian Manifesto (2005) Stott, John R. W., Basic Christianity (2006) Wolters, Albert M., Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview, 2nd ed. (2005) Wright, N.T., Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (2008) WORLDVIEW Myers, Jeff and David Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews (2015) Pearcey, Nancy, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity (2004) Sire, James W., The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog (2004) Veith, Gene Edward, Jr., Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture (1994)
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CHRISTIAN LIVING Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Life Together, trans. John W. Doberstein (1993; orig. pub. 1939) Colson, Charles, The Body: Being Light in Darkness (1994) Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert, Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions (2014) Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor … and Yourself (2009) Kinnaman, David, and Gabe Lyons, Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme (2016) CHURCH HISTORY Brown, Peter, The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, 200—1000 (2003) Gonzalez, Justo L., The History of Christian Thought, 3 vols. (1987) Gonzalez, Justo L., The Story of Christianity, 2 vols. (2010) MacCulloch, Diarmaid, The Reformation: A History (2005) McDermott, Gerald, The Great Theologians: A Brief Guide (2010) Noll, Mark, The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys (2004) Noll, Mark, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, 3rd ed. (2012) ETHICS Hauerwas, Stanley, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics (1991) McDowell, Sean, ETHIX: Being Bold In A Whatever World (2006) Moreland, J.P., and Scott Rae, Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics (2000) Wright, N.T., After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters (2010) EVIL & SUFFERING Alcorn, Randy C., If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (2009) Lewis, C.S., The Problem of Pain (several editions; orig. pub. 1940)
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Plantinga, Alvin, God, Freedom, and Evil (1977) Wright, N.T., Evil and the Justice of God (2006) EVOLUTION Behe, Michael, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996) Meyer, Stephen C., Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (2013) Wells, Jonathan, Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? (2000) GENERAL APOLOGETICS Boa, Kenneth, and Robert M. Bowman, 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense (2013) Boa, Kenneth, and Larry Moody, I’m Glad You Asked: In-depth Answers to Difficult Questions About Christianity (1995) Chesterton, G.K., Orthodoxy (2015) D’Souza, Dinesh, What’s So Great About Christianity (2007) Groothuis, Douglas R., Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (2011) Guinness, Os, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion (2015) Guinness, Os, God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt (1996) Keller, Timothy, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2009) Koukl, Gregory, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (2009) Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity (several editions; orig. pub. 1943) McDowell, Sean, and Jonathan Morrow, Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists (2010) McGrath, Alister E., Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith (2012) Moreland, J.P., Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity (1987) Sproul, R.C., Reason to Believe: A Response to Common Objections to Christianity (1982) Strobel, Lee, The Case for Faith (2014)
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Wallace, J. Warner, Cold Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels (2013) Zacharias, Ravi, Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message (2002) GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY & MISSIONS Bediako, Kwame, Jesus and the Gospel in Africa: History and Experience (2004) Jenkins, Philip, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2007) Marty, Martin E., The Christian World: A Global History (2008) Stott, John R.W., Christian Mission in the Modern World: What the Church Should Be Doing Now (1974) Yohannan, K.P., Revolution in World Missions: One Man’s Journey to Change a Generation (2004) HISTORICAL APOLOGETICS (Christology & Reliability of Scripture) Bock, Darrell L., and Daniel B. Wallace, Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture's Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ (2007) Bruce, F.F., Are the New Testament Documents Reliable? 6th ed. (2003) Habermas, Gary R., and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (2004) Henry, Carl F.H., God, Revelation, and Authority, 6 vols. (1999) Komoszewski, J. Ed, M. James Sawyer, and Daniel B. Wallace, Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture (2006) McDowell, Josh, and Sean McDowell, More Than a Carpenter (2009) Sheler, Jeffery L, Is the Bible True? How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm the Essence of the Scriptures (1999) Strobel, Lee, The Case for Christ (2013) Strobel, Lee, The Case for the Real Jesus (2014) Strobel, Lee, The Case for the Resurrection (2010)
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INSPIRATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Aitken, Jonathan, John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace (2007) Colson, Charles W., Born Again (1978) Elliot, Elisabeth, Shadow of the Almighty (1958) Foxe, John, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (several editions; orig. pub. 1563) Hillenbrand, Laura, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010) Metaxas, Eric, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (2007) Metaxas, Eric, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (2010) Ripken, Nik, The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected (2013) Sheikh, Bilquis, I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman’s Encounter with God (1978) Tada, Joni Eareckson, Joni: An Unforgettable Story (1976) Ten Boom, Corrie, The Hiding Place (1971) Wilkerson, Bruce, The Cross and the Switchblade (1962) Zacharias, Ravi, Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows (2006) ISLAM Garrison, David, A Wind in the House of Islam (2015) Geisler, Norman L., and Abdul Saleeb, Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (2002) Qureshi, Nabeel, Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward (2016) Qureshi, Nabeel, No God But One: Allah or Jesus? A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity (2016) Qureshi, Nabeel, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (2016) Solomon, Sam, and Atif Debs, Not the Same God: Is the Qur’an’s Allah the Lord God of the Bible? (2015)
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MARRIAGE & FAMILY Goodin, Douglas, God's Design for Marriage: What You Need to Know Before You Say 'I Do!' (2013) Hill, Wesley, Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (2010) Hubbard, Peter, Love into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church (2013) Keller, Timothy, The Meaning of Marriage (2003) McDowell, Seth, and John Stonestreet, Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful Approach to God’s Design for Marriage (2014) Stanton, Glenn, Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth (2014) Stanton, Glenn, The Ring Makes All the Difference (2011) Thomas, Gary, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (2015) MIRACLES Geivett, R. Douglas, and Gary R. Habermas, eds., In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History (1997) Lewis, C. S., Miracles: A Preliminary Study (several editions; first published 1947) Metaxas, Eric, Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life (2014) RELATIVISM Beckwith, Francis J., and Gregory Koukl, Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (1998) Copan, Paul, True for You, But Not for Me: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless (1998) McDowell, Josh, and Bob Hostetler, The New Tolerance: How a Cultural Movement Threatens to Destroy You, Your Faith, and Your Children (1998) SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE Johnson, Abby, The Walls Are Talking: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories (2016) Johnson, Abby, Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-
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Opening Journey Across the Life Line (2011) Klusendorf, Scott, The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture (2009) Renshaw, Jessica Shaver, Gianna: Aborted and Lived to Tell About It (2011) SCIENCE & FAITH [see also Evolution] Lennox, John C., God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2009) Meyer, Stephen C., Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (2009) Polkinghorne, John, The Polkinghorne Reader: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning (2010) Strobel, Lee, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points toward God (2004) SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us (2005) Foster, Richard, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth (1988) Ortberg, John, The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (2015) Smith, James K.A., Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works (2013) Smith, James K.A., You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit (2016) Whitney, Donald S., Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (1991) Willard, Dallas, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives (1991) SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DISCIPLESHIP Augustine, The Confessions (several editions; orig. pub. 397) Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, The Cost of Discipleship (1995) Bridges, Jerry, Pursuit of Holiness (2006; first published 1978) Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God (several editions; orig. pub. 1691) Colson, Charles, How Now Shall We Live? (2004) DeYoung, Kevin, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will (2009)
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Goodin, Douglas, Exalted (2012) Horton, Michael, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (2014) Jones, Barry D., Dwell: Life with God for the World (2014) Keller, Timothy, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope That Matters (2009) Keller, Timothy, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2011) Kempis, Thomas à, The Imitation of Christ (several editions; orig. pub. 1418) Moreland, J.P., Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul (1997) Navigators, The, The 2:7 Series (2014) Packer, J.I., Knowing God (1993) Putman, Jim, DiscipleShift: Five Steps that Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples (2013) Scorgie, Glen G., A Little Guide to Christian Spirituality: Three Dimensions of Life with God (2009) Thune, Robert H., and Will Walker, The Gospel-Centered Community (2013) Thune, Robert H., and Will Walker, The Gospel-Centered Life (2014) Tozer, A.W., The Pursuit of God (1982)
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE Garber, Steven, The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior (2007) Harris, Alex, and Brett Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (2008) Morrow, Jonathan, Welcome to College: A Christ-follower’s Guide for the Journey (2008)
STUDY BIBLES English Standard Version (ESV) Student Study Bible New Living Translation (NLT) Study Bible
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TECHNOLOGY Braner, Andy, Alone: Finding Connection in a Lonely World (2012) Carr, Nicholas, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain (2010) Koch, Kathy, Screens and Teens: Connecting with Our Kids in a Wireless World (2015) Postman, Neil, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (2005; first published 1985) Turkle, Sherry, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology & Less from Each Other (2011) THEOLOGY [Christian Doctrine] Feinberg, John S., No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God, rev. ed. (2006) Grudem, Wayne A., Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (1994) Little, Paul, Know What You Believe: Connecting Faith and Truth (2003; orig. pub. 1969) Reeves, Michael, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith (2012) Schaeffer, Francis, A Christian Manifesto (2005) Stott, John R. W., Basic Christianity (2006) Wolters, Albert M., Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview, 2nd ed. (2005) Wright, N.T., Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (2008) WORLDVIEW Myers, Jeff and David Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews (2015) Pearcey, Nancy, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity (2004) Sire, James W., The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog (2004) Veith, Gene Edward, Jr., Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture (1994)
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