Trusted Christian Resources
Apologetics
- https://www.gotquestions.org/
- https://answersingenesis.org/
- https://apologeticscanada.com/
- https://www.thesocialapologist.com/
Topics
- https://www.christianity.com/
- https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/
Bible Study
- https://www.blueletterbible.org/
- https://www.biblegateway.com/
Christian Book Reviews
Trusted Pastors/Sermons
John Piper, John MacArthur, Alistair Begg, Voddie Baucham, R.C. Sproul, Charles Stanley, David Jeremiah, Paul Washer
Recommended Resources From Wesley Huff (Apologetics Canada) https://www.wesleyhuff.com/:
APOLOGETIC EVANGELISM
Intro
”Thinking? Answering Life’s Five Biggest Questions” by Andy Steiger
"Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions" by Greg Koukl
“Street Smarts” by Greg Koukl and J. Warner Wallace
"The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How it Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between" by Greg Koukl
"Unanswered: Lasting Truth for Trending Questions" by Jeremiah J. Johnston
“Everyday Apologetics: Answering common objections to the Christian faith” by Paul Chamberlain, Mark Clark, Jason Ballard, Andy Steiger, Jon Morrisoin, Barton Priebe, Kirk Durston, Chris Price, Sean McDowell
"But is it Real?" by Amy Orr-Ewing
"What's Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life's Biggest Questions" by James N. Anderson
"Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels" by J. Warner Wallace
"Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith" by Alister McGrath
"Apologetics for a New Generation: A biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talk About God" by Sean McDowell
"How do You Know You're Not Wrong?: Responding to Objections that Leave Christians Speechless" by Paul Copan
”Why do you Believe that?” by Mary Jo Sharp
“Coming to Faith Through Dawkins: 12 Essays on the Pathway from New Atheism to Christianity”
Intermediate
"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
"Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World" by Andras Kostenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chartraw
"Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion" by Os Guinness
"Faith Has its Reasons: Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith" by Rob Bowman and Kenneth Boa
“Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics” by William Lane Craig
”On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision” by William Lane Craig
"Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics" by R.C. Sproul
"Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief" by John M. Frame
DECONSTRUCTION
“The Deconstruction of Christianity” by Tim Barnette and Alisa Childers
“Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age” by Rosaria Butterfield
“Why So Many Christians Have Left the Faith” by Michael L. Brown
“Set Adrift” Sean McDowell and John Marriott
“The Great Dechurching” by Jim Davis, Michael Graham, Ryan Burge, and Collin Hansen
THE BIBLE
HISTORICAL
Intro
“A Christian’s Pocket Guide to How We Got the Bible” by Gregory R. Lanier
“God’s Bible Timeline: The big book of biblical history” by Linda Finlayson
“Why I trust the Bible: Answers to real questions and doubts people have about the Bible” by Bill D. Mounce
"Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible" by Andreas J. Kostenberger, Darrell L. Block, and Josh Chartra
”Can We Trust the Gospels?” by Peter J. Williams
"Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts" by Lydia McGrew
"Can We Still Believe the Bible?: An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions" by Craig Blomberg
“Authorized: The Use and MIsuse of the King James Bible” by Mark Ward
“The New Testament Documents: are they reliable?” by F.F. Bruce
Intermediate
“Scribes and Scripture: The amazing story of how we got the Bible” by John Meade and Peter Gury
"The King James Only Controversy: Can you Trust Modern Translations?" by James White
"The Canon of Scripture" by F.F. Bruce
"The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable?" by FF Bruce
”The Mirror and the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Devices” by Lydia McGrew
"The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate" by Michael J. Kruger
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture's Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity" by Michael J. Kruger
“The Origin of the Bible” by Philip W. Comfort
Advanced
"Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony" by Richard Bauckham
“Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism” by Elijah Hixson, Peter Gurry and Dan Wallace
”The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as historical reportage” by Lydia McGrew
“Jesus and the Manuscripts” by Craig Evans
THE BIBLE
THEOLOGICAL
Intro
“A Christian’s Pocket Guide to How God Preserved His Word” by Richard Brash
"Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible's Accuracy, Authority, and Authenticity" by James White
Intermediate
"The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures” edited by D.A. Carson
”Sola Scriptura: The Protestant Position on the Bible” by Joel Beeke (among others)
Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura” by David T. King
Advanced
“Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, Volume 1 - A Biblical Defense of the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura” by David T. King
”Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, Volume 2 - An Historical Defense of the Reformation Principle of Sola Scirptura” by William Webster
”Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, Volume 3 - The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura” By David T King and William Webster
“The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church: and its Background in Early Judaism” by Roger T. Beckwith
CHURCH HISTORY
Intro
“Church History 101: The Highlights of the Twenty Centuries” by Sinclair Ferguson, Joel Beeke, and Michael Hayken
“Church History” by Simonetta Carr
“God’s Timeline: The big book of church history” by Linda Finlayson
“Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries” by Sinclair Ferguson, Joel Beeke, and Michael Haykin
“Is Jesus History?” by John Dickson
“Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History” by John Dickson
Intermediate
“Christianity: The Biography: 2000 Years of Global History” by Ian J. Shaw
“2 000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers” by Nick Needham
“2 000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 2: The Middle Ages” by Nick Needham
”2 000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 3: Renaissance and Reformation” by Nick Needham
“2 000 Years of Christ’s Power Vol. 4: The Age of Religious Conflict” by Nick Needham
Advanced
”History of the Christian Church” by Philip Schaff
THE TRINITY
Intro
“Shared Life: The Trinity and the Fellowship of God’s people” by Donald Macleod
”The Forgotten Trinity: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith” by James White
”The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything” by Fred Sanders
Intermediate
”Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ” by Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski
”The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship” by Robert Letham
”Our Triune God: A biblical portrayal of the Trinity” by Peter Toon
Advanced
”The Essential Trinity: New Testament Foundations and Practical Relevance” by Brandon Crowe & Carl Truman
ISLAM
Intro
"Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of Major Worldviews" by Abdu Murray
“Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?” by Andy Bannister
"Seeking Allah Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity" by Nabeel Qureshi
Intermediate
"No God But One: Allah or Jesus: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity" by Nabeel Qureshi
"What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Qur'an" by James White
"Getting Jesus Right: How Muslims Get Jesus and Islam Wrong" by James Beverley and Craig Evans
"Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels" by Kenneth Bailey
"The Crescent Through the Eyes of the Cross: Insights from an Arab Christian" by Nabeel Jabbour
"Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross" by Normal Guisler and Abdul Saleeb
Advanced
"The Gentle Answer to the Muslim Accusation of Biblical Falsification" by Gordon D. Nickel
"The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective" by Gabriel Said Reynold
JUDAISM
Intro
“The Real kosher Jesus: Revealing the Mysteries of the Hidden Messiah” by Michael L. Brown
Intermediate
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Traditional Jewish Objections” by Michael L. Brown
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: General and Historical Objections” by Michael L. Brown
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Theological Objections (Vol. 1) by Michael L. Brown
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Theological Objections (Vol.2)” by Michael L. Brown
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Messianic Prophecy Objections” by Michael L. Brown
“Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: New Testament Objections” by Michael L. Brown
“Refuting Rabbinic Objections to Christianity and Messianic Prophecies” by Eitan Bar
ETHICS & THE PROBLEM OF PAIN/EVIL
Intro
"God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain" by Chad Meister and James Dew Jr.
"Why?" by Sharon Dirckx
"Grieving: Your Path Back to Peace" by James White
“Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for those Suffering with Depression
Intermediate
"Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God" by Paul Copan
"Did God Really Command Genocide?: Coming to Terms with the Justice of God" by Paul Copan and Matt Flannagan
"The Problem of Pain" by C.S. Lewis
”Excusing Sinners and Blaming God” by Guillaume Bignon
Advanced
“God, Freedom, and Evil” by Alvin Plantiga
SCIENCE
Intro
"God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?" by John Lennox
"Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science" by John Lennox
Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion ed. Ronald L. Numbers
“Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe” by Stephen Meyer
"Beyond the Cosmos" by Hugh Ross
Intermediate
"Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" by Michael Behe
"Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design" by Stephen C. Meyer
"Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and a Case for Intelligent Design" by Stephen C. Meyer
"Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis" by Michael Denton
"A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tune Cosmos" by Luke Barnes, Geraint Lewis and Brian Schmidt
"Shadow of Oz: Theistic Evolution and the Absent God" by Wayne Rossiter
"Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition that Life is Designed" by Douglas Axe "A
Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology" by Alister McGrath
”The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science” by Seb Falk
”The Miracle of Man, and the Miracle of the cell” by Michael Denton
Advanced
"Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique" by J.P. Moreland, Stephen C. Meyer, Christopher Shaw, Ann K. Gauger, Wayne Grudem
MORMONISM & JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Intro
"Is the Mormon my Brother?" by James White
"Letters to a Mormon Elder?" by James White
"Crisis of Allegiance" by James Beverley
Intermediate
"Mormon Crises: Anatomy of a Failing Religion" by James Beverley and Sandra Tanner
"Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ" by Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski
"Kingdom of the Cults" by Walter Martin
"The Watchtower and the Word" by Stephen Bedard
"Reasoning from the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses" by Ron Rhodes
“Jesus’ Resurrection and Joseph’s Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism” by Robert M. Bowman Jr.
LGBTQ ISSUES
Intro
"Is God anti-gay?" by Sam Allberry
"What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality" by Kevin DeYoung
”Holy sexuality and the Gospel” by Christopher Yuan
"Can You be Gay and Christian?: Responding with Love and Truth to Questions about Homosexuality" by Michael Brown
"Outlasting the Gay Revolution: Where Homosexuality Activism is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide" by Michael Brown
"A Queer Thing Happened to America: and What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been" by Michael Brown
"Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life" by Ed Shaw
”A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Finding Jesus” by David Bennett
”Single Gay Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity” by Gregory Coles
“Secular Creed, Confronting Chritsianity, Confronting Jesus” by Rebecca McLaughlin
“Change of Affection: A gay man’s story of incredible redemption” by Becket Cook
Intermediate
"The Same-Sex Controversy: Defending and Clarifying the Bible's Message about Homosexuality" by James White
"Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents' Guide to Discussing Homosexuality with Teens" by Tom Gilson
”When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement” by Ryan T. Anderson
“Strange New World: How thinkers and activists redefined identity and sparked the sexual revolution” by Carl Truman
“The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert” by Rosaria Butterfield
Advanced
"The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics" by Robert Gagnon
“The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution” by Carl Truman
NEW AGE & “SPIRITUALITY”
“Deceived No More” by Doreen Virtue
“Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement” by Costi Hinn and Anthony G. Wood
“God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies” by Costi Hinn
“The Second Coming of the New Age: The Hidden Dangers of Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America and its Churches” by Josh Peck and Steven Bancarz
“The Light that was Dark: From the New Age to Amazing Grace” by Warren
“The Beautiful Side of Evil” by Johanna Michaelsen
“Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity” by Alisa Childers
KIDS
”The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning” by Nathaniel Bluedorn & Hans Bluedorn
“God’s Timeline: The Big Book of Church History” by Linda Finlayson
“The Ology” by Marty Machowski
“What Am I?” by Andy Steiger, Rachel Mackenzie, and Maggie Richards
”What Am I Worth?” by Andy Steiger, Rachel Mackenzie, and Maggie Richards
"What is God Like Series" by W.L. Craig
"Talking with Your Kids About God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have" by Natasha Crain
"The Defense Never Rests - Workbook for Budding Apologists" by W.L. Craig and Joseph Tang
"A Case for Christ for Kids" by Lee Strobel
"A Case for a Creator for Kids" by Lee Strobel
"A Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel
"Young Defenders Series" by Melissa Cain Travis
"Fact of Fantasy: A Study in Christian Apologetics for Children" by David Walters
"Cold Case Christianity for Kids: Investigate Jesus with a Real Detective" by J. Warner Wallace
"The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New" by Marty Machowski and Andy McGuire
"Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Trinity" by Joey Allen
"Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Gospel" by Joey Allen
"Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Scripture" by Joey Allen
"Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: The Mission" by Joey Allen
"If I Could Ask God Anything: Awesome Bible Answers for Curious Kids" by Kathryn Slattery
"A Parent's Guide to Intelligent Design"