Recommended resources

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  Social and General Apologetics

  • Hard Questions, Real Answers – William Lane Craig

  • On Guard – William Lane Craig

  • Reasonable Faith – William Lane Craig

  • The Case for Faith – Lee Strobel

  • I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist – Norman Geisler & Frank Turek

  • When Skeptics Ask – Norman Geisler

  • Why I Am a Christian – Norman Geisler & Paul K. Hoffman

  • Christian Apologetics – Douglas Groothuis

  • Is God Just a Human Invention? – Sean McDowell & Jonathan Morrow

  • More Than a Carpenter – Josh & Sean McDowell

  • A New Kind of Apologist – Sean McDowell

  • Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships in a Confused Culture – Sean McDowell

  Jesus and Christology

  • The Case for Christ – Lee Strobel

  • In Defense of Jesus – Lee Strobel

  • The Case for Miracles – Lee Strobel

  • The Son Rises: Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus – William Lane Craig

  • Jesus: Resurrection Fact or Figment? – William Lane Craig & Gerd Lüdemann

  • Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? – William Lane Craig

  • Atonement and the Death of Christ – William Lane Craig

  • Jesus Under Fire – J.P. Moreland (ed.)

  • The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus – Gary Habermas & Michael Licona

 Historical Reliability of the Bible

  • The Historical Reliability of the New Testament – Craig Blomberg

  • Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books – Michael Kruger

  • Cold-Case Christianity – J. Warner Wallace

  • Can We Still Believe the Bible? – Craig Blomberg

  • The Scripture Cannot Be Broken – John MacArthur

  • Defending Inerrancy – Norman Geisler & William Roach

  • The Heresy of Orthodoxy – Andreas J. Köstenberger & Michael Kruger

  • Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? – Michael R. Licona

  • From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible – Norman Geisler & William Nix

  • Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible – Erwin W. Lutzer

  • The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict – Josh McDowell (expanded edition)

Philosophy and Theology

  • Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview – William Lane Craig & J.P. Moreland

  • The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology – William Lane Craig & J.P. Moreland

  • Systematic Theology – Wayne Grudem

Ethics and Cultural Apologetics

  • Making Sense of God – Timothy Keller

  • The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism – Timothy Keller

  • Love Thy Body – Nancy Pearcey

  • The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis

  • The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life – J. Warner Wallace

  • When Culture Hates You – Natasha Crain

  • Another Gospel? – Alisa Childers

  • Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews – Jeff Myers

  • Understanding the Culture: A Survey of Social Engagement – Jeff Myers

  • Understanding the Faith: A Survey of Christian Apologetics – Jeff Myers

Church History

  • Church History in Plain Language – Bruce Shelley

  • The Reformation: A History – Diarmaid MacCulloch

  • A History of Christian Thought – Justo L. González

 Islam and Interreligious Dialogue

  • Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus – Nabeel Qureshi

  • No God but One: Allah or Jesus? – Nabeel Qureshi

  • Answering Islam – Norman Geisler & Abdul Saleeb

  • The Cross and the Crescent – Colin Chapman

  • What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an – James White

  • The Qur’an

Science and Faith

  • Can Science Explain Everything? – John Lennox

  • The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith – William A. Dembski (ed.)

  • The Substance of Consciousness – J.P. Moreland

  • The Mystery of Life’s Origin: Reassessing Current Theories – Thaxton, Bradley & Olsen

  • The Mystery of Life’s Origin: The Continuing Controversy – (expanded edition)

  • Signature in the Cell – Stephen C. Meyer

  • Darwin’s Doubt – Stephen C. Meyer

  • Return of the God Hypothesis – Stephen C. Meyer

 Fiction and Classics

  • Between Heaven and Hell – Peter Kreeft

  • Socrates Meets Jesus – Peter Kreeft

  • Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis

  • The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis

  • The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis

  • Miracles – C.S. Lewis

  • The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis

  • Surprised by Joy – C.S. Lewis

  • The Four Loves – C.S. Lewis

  • The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis

Logic

  • The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning – Nathaniel Bluedorn

  • The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills – Nathaniel Bluedorn

  • Thinking About God: First Steps in Philosophy – Gregory E. Ganssle

  • Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions – Greg Koukl

Economics

  • Ludwig von Mises – Austrian economist, founder of the Austrian School, known for works such as Human Action (1949) and Socialism (1922). Strong advocate of the free market and individual liberty.

  • Thomas Sowell – American economist and social thinker, known for Basic Economics and Economic Facts and Fallacies. Writes clearly and accessibly about economic principles and social issues.

  • Jay W. Richards – Author of Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. Known for connecting Christian faith with economic freedom.

How to start:

On Guard – William Lane Craig

The Case for Faith – Lee Strobel

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism – Timothy Keller

The Case for Christ – Lee Strobel

I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist – Norman Geisler & Frank Turek

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions – Greg Koukl

Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know – Wayne Grudem

Basic Economics – Thomas Sowell

Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews – Jeff Myers

For a greater purpose: The life and legacy of Walter Bradley - William Dembski +2

Francis and Edith Shaeffer taking on the world - Rachel Lane

Recommended media

Cold-Case Christianity

Desert Rose & Wintery Knight

Stand to Reason

Reasonable Faith

Discovery InstituteCenter for Science & Culture

An Affair with Reason

Inspiring Philosophy

Cross Examined

James Tour

Apologetics Canada

Women in Apologetics

Reasons to Believe

Movies & Series

The Chronicles of Narnia - Disney movies/ 1988 BBC Miniseries

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

The Great Gatsby

Black Mirror

Jojo Rabbit

Wreck-It Ralph

Ratatouille

Rules of Engagement

Leo