Cultural Apologetics
Carson, D.A. Becoming Conversant With the Emerging Church
Carson, D. A. The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism
Copan, P. “True For Me, But Not For You.”: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless
Copan, P. " How Do You Know You Are Not Wrong?”: Responding To Objections That Leave Christians Speechless
Copan, P. “That’s Just Your Interpretation ”: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless
Dembski, W. and J.W. Richards. Unapologetic Apologetics: Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies
Moreland, J.P. Kingdom Triangle
Geisler, N.L. and R. Zacharias. Who Made God? And Answers To Over 100 Other Tough Questions Of Faith
Geisler. N.L. Is Man the Measure?
Geisler, N.L. and Paul K. Hoffman. Why I Am A Christian
Geisler, N.L. and F. Turek. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
Guinness. O. The Dust of Death
McGrath, A.E. and Joanna Collicutt McGrath. The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine
McGrath, A. The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise And Fall Of Disbelief In The Modern World
Schaeffer, F. How Should We Live Then?
Schaeffer, F. The God Who Is There
Schaeffer, F. Escape From Reason
Schlossberg, H. Idols For Destruction
Philosophyof Religion/Philosophical Apologetics/Theistic Apologetics
Beckwith, Francis J. David Hume's Argument Against Miracles: A Critical Analysis
Clark, K. J. Lints, R. and James K.A. Smith. 101 Key Terms In Philosophy And Their Importance For Theology
Clark, K.J. Philosophers Who Believe:The Spiritual Journeys Of 11 Leading
Thinkers
Copan, P. and P.K. Moser, The Rationality of Theism
Beilby, J. and D. K. Clark: A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
Craig, W.L. and W.S. Armstrong. God? A Debate Between a Christian And An Atheist
Delaney, C.F. Rationality and Religious Belief
Geisler, N.L. and P. Feinberg. Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective
Geisler, N.L. Miracles and the Modern Mind
Geisler, N.L. and Brooks. R. Come Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking
Geisler, N.L. and W. Corduan. Philosophy of Religion
Geisler, N.L. Christian Apologetics; Systematic Theology: Vol 1- Vol 4
Geivett, R.D. and G.R. Habermas. In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Actions in History
Evans, S.C. Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith
Hacket, S. The Resurrection of Theism
Kreeft, P. A Shorter Summa
Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity
Lewis, C. S. Miracles: A Preliminary Study
Lewis, C. S. The Problem of Pain; The Abolition of Man
Moreland, J.P. and Craig, W.L. Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview
Moreland, J. P. and K.Nielsen. Does God Exist: The Great Debate
Newport, J.P. Life’s Ultimate Questions: A Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
Pearcy, N.R. and C. B. Thaxton. The Soul Of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy
Peterson, M., W. Hasker, B. Reichenbach, and D. Basinger. Philosophy
of Religion. Second Edition
Plantinga, A. Warranted Christian Belief
Pojman, L.P. What Can We Know?: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge. Second Edition
Zacharias, Ravi. Can Man Live Without God?
Worldview Apologetics
Geisler, N.L. and W.D. Watkins. Worlds Apart: A Handbook On Worldviews
Sire, J. Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept
Hasker, W. Metaphysics: Constructing a Worldview
Hoover, A.J. The Case for Christian Theism
Naugle, D.K. Worldview: The History of a Concept
Pearcey, N. Total Truth:Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Resurrection Apologetics
Bauckham, R. The Fate of the Dead: Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses
Evans, S. C. Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection
Gillman, N. The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought
Habermas, Gary R. and A. Flew. Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? The Resurrection
Debate
Habermas, G. R. and M. Licona. The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
Longenecker, R.N. Life After Death: The Resurrection Message in the New Testament Stewart, R.B. The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright in Dialouge Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God
Classical Apologetics
Craig, W. L. Reasonable Faith: Third Edition
Sproul, R.C., Gerstner, J. and A. Lindsey. Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics
Geisler, N.L. and F. Turek. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
Moreland, J.P. Scaling the Secular City
Introduction to Christian Apologetics/Apologetic Methodology
Boa, K.D., and R. M. Bowman. Faith Has Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach to Defending Christianity
Burnson, S.R. and Wallis, J.L. C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer: Lessons for a New Century from the Most Influential Apologists of Our Time.
Cowan, S. B. Five Views on Apologetics
Dulles, A. A History of Apologetics
Kreeft, P.T and R.K. Tacelli. Handbook of Christian Apologetics
House, W.H. and J.M. Holden. Charts of Apologetics and Christian Evidences
Frame, J. M. Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction
Geehan, E.R. Jerusalem and Athens: Critical Discussions On The Philosophy And Apologetics Of Cornelius Van Til
Geisler, N. L. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
Richardson, A. Christian Apologetics
Stackhouse, J. Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today
Confronting the Intellectual Crisis In the Church/ Integrating the Mind Into Faith and Practice
Moreland, J.P. Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
Moreland, J.P. Kingdom Triangle
Noll, M. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Guinness, O. Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think And What To Do About It
Gill, D.W. The Opening of the Christian Mind: Taking Every Thought Captive to Christ
Sire. J.W. Discipleship of the Mind: Learning to Love God in the Ways We Think
Christology/Messianism/The Jesus Studies
Bowman, R.M. and J.E. Komoszewski. Putting Jesus Back In His Place: The Case For The Deity of Christ
Bauckham, R. God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament
Brown, Michael. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus Vol 2: Theological Objections
Burridge, R. and G. Gould. Jesus Now and Then
Collins, J.J. The Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature
Copan, P. and C.A. Evans. Who Was Jesus? A Jewish- Christian Dialogue
Cullman, O. The Christology of the New Testament
Evans, Craig and P. Flint. Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Hess, R.S. and M. Daniel Carrol. Israel's Messiah In The Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls
Hurtado, L. Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity
Hurtado, L. One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism
Jeremias, J. The Prayers of Jesus
Johnson, L.T. The Real Jesus:The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels
McNight, S. Who Was Jesus? Understanding His Identity in Light of Historical Scholarship
Moreland, J.P. and Wilkins, M. J. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus
Skarsaune, O. Incarnation: Myth or Fact?
Strobel, L. The Case For The Real Jesus
Theissen, G. and A .Merz. The Historical Jesus:A Comprehensive Guide
Ben Witherington III and L. M. Ice. The Shadow of the Almighty: Father, Son, and Spirit in Biblical Perspective
Ben Witherington III: The Jesus Quest: The Third Search For Jew Of Nazareth
Ben Witherington III: Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom
Wright, N.T. Jesus and the Victory of God
Zacharias, R. Jesus Among Other Gods
Messianic Apologetics/Jewish- Christian Relations
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Vol 1: General and Historical Objections
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Vol 2: Theological Objections
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Vol 3: Messianic Prophecy Objections
Brown, M. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Vol 4: New Testament Objections
Copan, P. and C.A. Evans. Who Was Jesus? A Jewish- Christian Dialogue
Patai, R. The Messiah Texts
Skarsaune, O. In The Shadow Of The Temple: Jewish Influences On Early Christianity
Scientific Apologetics
Barrow, J.D. and F.J. Tipler. The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Collins, F.S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence For Belief
Dembski, W. A. Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology
Johnson, P.E. Darwin on Trial
Johnson, P. E. Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education
Johnson. P.E. The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
Ross, H. The Creator and The Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God
Ross, H. The Genesis Question: Scientific Advances The Accuracy of Genesis
Strobel, L. The Case for a Creator
Reliability of the New Testament/Old Testament-Textual Criticism
Archer, Gleason L. Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982.
Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2006.
Blomberg, Craig L.The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel. Downer's Grove Ill: InterVarsity, 2001.
_____. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity, 1987.
_____. Jesus of Nazareth: How Historians Can Know Him And Why It Matters. Available online at http://www.henrycenter.org/files/blomberg.pdf.
Bock, Darrell. Can I Trust the Bible? RZIM Critical Questions Booklet Series. Norcross, Ga: Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, 2001.
_____. Studying the Historical Jesus: A Guide to Methods and Sources. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002.
Bruce, F. F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity, 1960. Available online at http://www.theologue.org/NewTestamentDocuments-FFBruce.htm
_____. Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974.
Burridge, Richard. What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco Roman Biography. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, Second Edition, 2004.
Comfort, Phillip W. and David. P. Barnett. The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
Craig, William L. Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus. Lewiston: Mellen, 1989.
_____. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics. Wheaten IL: Crossway Books, 1994.Third Edition.
Estrada, David and William White Jr. The First New Testament. Nashville, Tenn: Thomas Nelson, 1978.
Evans, Craig A. “Authenticity Criteria in Life of Jesus Research.” Christian Scholar’s Review 19 (1989): 6-31.
_____. “Life-of-Jesus Research and the Eclipse of Mythology.” Theological Studies 54 (1993): 3-36.
France, R.T. The Evidence for Jesus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1986.
Habermas, Gary. The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ. Joplin, Mo: College Press, 1996.
Harrison, Ronald K. “Historical and Literary Criticism of the Old Testament.” In The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein.Vol.1. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1979.
Hemer, Colin. J. The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenestic History. Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
Kaiser, Walter. The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable and Relevant? Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity 2001.
Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and the Old Testament. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity, 1966.
Linnemann., Eta. Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology? Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.
_____. Is There A Synoptic Problem? Rethinking the Literary Dependence of the First Three Gospels. Grand Rapids: Baker,1992.
McRay, John. Archaeology and the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker,1991.
Metzger, Bruce. Chapters in the History of New Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963.
_____. An Introduction to the Apocrypha. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957.
_____. Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Paleography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
_____. The Text of the New Testament. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.
_____. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. Third edition. London; New York: United Bible Societies, 1975.
Mounce, Robert H. “Is the New Testament Historically Accurate?” Can I Trust My Bible? Ed. by Howard Vos. Chicago: Moody Press, 1963.
Patzia. Arthur G. The Making of the New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1995.
Roberts, Mark D. Can We Trust the Gospels?: Investigating the Reliability of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Wheaten, Ill: Crossway Books. 2007.
Robinson, John A.T. Redating the New Testament. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976.
Sherwin-White. A.N. Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon, 1963.
Stein, Robert. Studying the Synoptic Problem: Origins and Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.
Wegner, Paul D. A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
Wenham, John. Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem. Downer’s Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1992.
_____. Christ and the Bible. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1972.
Wilkins, Michael J. and J.P. Moreland. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
Wilson, Clifford A. Rocks, Relics and Biblical Reliability. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977.
Winter, Bruce W. and Andrew D. Clarke. The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
The Canon
Beckwith, Roger. The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.
Bruce, F.F. The Canon of Scripture. Downers Grove Ill: InterVarsity, 1988.
Carson. D.A. and J. D. Woodbridge. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.
Geisler, Norman L. and William E. Nix. From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible. Chicago: Moody Press, 1974.
Geisler, Norman L., and Ralph McKenzie. Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.
Geisler, Norman L. “The Extent of the Old Testament Canon.” In Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, ed. Gerald F. Hawthorne. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
MacDonald, Lee. The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon. rev.ed. Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
Ramm, Bernard. The Pattern of Religious Authority. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959.
Historiography/Orality and the New Testament
Bailey, Kenneth E. “Informed Controlled Oral Tradition and the Synoptic Gospels,” Themelios 20 (1995)
Barnett, Paul. Is the New Testament History? London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
Byrskog, Samuel. Story as History-History as Story. WUNT 123; Tubingen: Mohr, 2000; reprinted Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Sterling, Gregory E. Historiography and Self-Definition: Josephos, Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography. Leiden: Brill, 1992.
Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2006.
Brown. Colin. Miracles and the Critical Mind. Grand Rapids. Eerdmans, 1984.
Dunn, James. Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Geisler, Norman L. Christian Apologetics (chapter 15). Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976.
_____. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (The Objectivity of History). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999.
_____. Miracles And The Modern Mind: A Defense of Biblical Miracles. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1992.
McCullagh, C. Behan. Justifying Historical Descriptions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Nash, Ronald. Christian Faith and Historical Understanding. Probe Ministries International, 1984.
Grant, Michael. Jesus: An Historian’s Review of the Gospels. New York: Collier, 1992.
Habermas, Gary. The Verdict of History. Nashville, Tenn: Thomas Nelson, 1988.
Lipton, Peter. Inference to the Best Explanation. London, Routledge, 1991.
Meyer, Ben. Critical Realism and the New Testament. Princeton Theological Monograph Series, vol 17. Allison Park, Pennsylvania: Pickwick Publications.
Nineham. David. “Eyewitness Testimony and the Gospel Tradition. III,” JTS 11 (1960) 253-64.
Whateley, Richard. Historical Doubts Concerning the Existence of Napoleon Bonaparte in Famous Pamphlets. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1954.
Witherington B., III. New Testament History. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 2001.
Wright, N.T. The New Testament And The People of God. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1992.
New Age Movement/Monism/Pantheism/Eastern Religions
Clark, D. and N.L. Geisler. Apologetics for the New Age: A Christian Critique of
Pantheism
Amano, J. Y. and N. L. Geisler. The Reincarnation Sensation
Newport, J.P. The New Age Movement and the Biblical Worldview
Groothuis, D. Are All Religions One?
Groothuis, D. Confronting The New Age
Zacharias, R. Jesus Among Other Gods
Youth Apologetics
McDowell, J. The Last Christian Generation.
McFarland, A. Stand Strong
Wheaton, D. University of Destruction: Your Game Plan for Spiritual Victory on Campus