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Faith FAQ: Recommended Reading

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Faith FAQ: Recommended Reading

Here are the books that I go to most often when I dive into apologetics, and talking to people about the reasons why we believe what we believe.

Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity  Letters from a Skeptic, by Greg Boyd and Edward Boyd

More Than a Carpenter  More Than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

The Case for Christ:  A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus  The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel

Mere Christianity  Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis

Embodying Our Faith: Becoming a Living, Sharing, Practicing Church  Embodying Our Faith, Tim Morey

The Case for the Real Jesus - Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates Current Challenges to Christianity (Invert)  The Case for the Real Jesus, Student Edition, Lee Strobel with Jane Vogel

The Problem of Pain  The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis

The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today  Evidence that Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell

 

 

Books that cover Logic and Reasoning:

Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion [With CDROM]  Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion, Nancey Murphy

The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success  The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark

 

 

Books about theology – sometimes the best way to know what you think is to study it more!

  Covenant Affirmations, This We Believe, by Donald Frisk

Christian Theology: An Introduction  Christian Theology, an Introduction, Alister McGrath

The Christian Theology Reader (Wiley Desktop Editions)  The Christian Theology Reader, Alister McGrath, ed.

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church  Suprised by Hope, by N.T. Wright

A Summa of the Summa  Summa of the Summa, Thomas Aquinas, ed. by Peter Kreeft

 

 

Miracles and Science:

For my sermon on Miracles and Science, I interacted with Victory of Reason by Stark and Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion by Murphy (both above).  I also got a lot from a sermon called “Can Smart People Believe in God?” by John Ortberg, which can be found here.  I also read some from the book Miracles by C.S. Lewis:

Miracles

I also check out stuff on science and creation from God and Science, and (a different perspective) from Answers in Genesis.  I have recently read a little from TalkOrigins.

 

Finally, it is important to read and respect the questions that others have about Christianity – including other religions, atheists, and those who have no religion at all.  I have personally been reading stuff to challenge myself from the “New Atheists”.  A wikipedia article is here, which has references to books and websites.

 

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