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Apologetics

64303: Answering Islam, 2d ed.: The Crescent in Light of the Cross

Answering Islam, 2d ed.: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
By Norman L. Geisler & Abdul Saleeb / Baker

Understand the most formidable religious challenge to Christianity today! Written by a lifelong Christian and a former Muslim, this theological critique clearly presents the basic doctrines of Islam, offers a Christian response to Muslim beliefs, and argues in support of Christian claims. New preface written in light of 9/11; new appendixes; updated information. 368 pages, softcover from Baker.

240506: The Case For A Creator, Paperback

The Case For A Creator, Paperback
By Lee Strobel / Zondervan

From evolutionary icons to the uniqueness of planet Earth, from irreducible complexity to the kalam cosmological argument, Lee Strobel gives full rein to his keen analytical mind in addressing these issues and more. But don't expect an inaccessible tome of arcane scientific terms; Strobel's years of newspaper reporting gives the book a conversational style. Relying on transcriptions of his interviews with experts in the pertinent fields, he tells the incredible stories about the hard science behind what some have termed creationism. Extensively researched, this book should a classic apologetic text for years to come.

Correcting the Cults
By Norman L. Geisler / Baker

How do cults use Scripture to ensnare millions? Discover the ways that Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, the New Age movement, and others misinterpret the Bible to support their own doctrines. Comprehensive, accessible, and intelligent, this reliable resource will equip you to understand aberrant faith systems, reason with their adherents, and point them toward Jesus Christ! Formerly titled When Cultists Ask. 368 pages, softcover from Baker.

45619: I Don&quot;t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
By Norman L. Geisler / Crossway Books & Bibles

Faith is a necessary element of all worldviews, and, as atheism is definitely a worldview, it necessarily requires faith to be an atheist. Oddly enough, the atheist belief system requires more assent to seemingly unbelievable tenets than Christianity does. Arguing that Christianity contains the least amount of essential but incredible features, Geisler shows interested readers how few things Christians actually need to take 'on faith' compared to other religions and beliefs. Geisler writes with clarity, wit and wisdom to bridge the imaginary hurdle of the impossibility of Christian belief.

24822: Living Loud: Defending Your Faith

Living Loud: Defending Your Faith
By Norman Geisler / B & H Publishing Group

Believe it or not, you are on the front line of the spiritual war between people who worship God and those who seek to cultivate a world apart from God. And you are being attacked on every flank through movies, music, television, friends, and, yes, even in your classroom at school where a Christian worldview is presented as antiquated, if presented at all. Now, more than ever, you need to be prepared to defend your faith against the onslaught of lies and deception that so saturates our culture today. Living Loud will help you lay a firm foundation - so you will be bold and confident - ready to defend your faith.

06712X: Why I Am a Christian, revised and expanded edition

Why I Am a Christian, revised and expanded edition
By Baker

How can anyone claim to have the truth? Can anyone really prove the existence of God? Isn't it naive to believe in miracles? Doesn't evolution prove that the Bible's creation story is false? If God is so powerful and good, why is there so much suffering in the world? These are crucial questions that many Christians wrestle with. They are also the type of questions asked by skeptics of the faith.

Why I Am a Christian offers compelling answers that will free Christians from doubt and clear away obstacles to faith for unbelievers. Beginning with the topics of moral relativism and knowable truth, the book progresses to questions about belief in God, the reliability of the Bible, and the identity of Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. It concludes with three chapters on what it means to make a commitment to follow Christ.

The contributors to this revised edition are expert witnesses for the Christian faith. They include an astronomer, a mechanical engineer, a trial lawyer, a religious historian, a philosopher, a Jewish Christian, a former atheist, a former skeptic, and a former Muslim.

608821: The Case for Christ/The Case for Faith, 2 Volumes in 1

The Case for Christ/The Case for Faith, 2 Volumes in 1
By Lee Strobel / Zondervan

Strobel, a lifelong atheist and religious skeptic, thought it wise to explore the historical basis for his wife's new-found faith in Christianity. With his keen analytical mind and award-winning background in journalism, he seemed to be the right man for the job of uncovering the evidence against the historical Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians call "the Christ, the anointed Son of God." But like many who had gone before him, what he found was just the opposite.

We all have biases, which help us interpret the world around us and define our own personal worldviews. Sometimes an individual with a negative bias towards Christianity but who is open to following where the facts lead can be the best witness for faith-related investigations. Although negatively biased toward Christianity at the time of researching and writing The Case for Christ, his love for the truth was satisfied in his analysis of the textual evidence, Jesus' personal evidence based on that textual evidence and scriptural proofs of His death and resurrection.

After the conclusions and life-changing ramifications of The Case for Christ, Strobel then continued his research into the Christian faith, examining theodicy, evolution myths he had once held sacred, the concept of Hell, and Old Testament genocidal accounts, among other issues many non-Christians struggle with. Always asking the tough questions and challenging world-class experts, Strobel builds the case for Christianity as the one true faith just as he did for Christ being the one true way. Easy-to-read, yet filled with irrefutable logic, Strobel's books have become popular apologetical works, as he continues his mission to break down the walls between biblical truth and blind faith in non-Christian beliefs.

057841: Handbook of Denominations 12th Edition

Handbook of Denominations 12th Edition
By F.S. Mead, S.S. Hill & C.D. Atwood / Abingdon Press

A perennial favorite. Accurate, objective, and comprehensive, this helpful resource tells you all you need to know about American Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religious groups, including their history, traditions, doctrines, and pertinent statistics. Organized chronologically according to denominational "families," it's filled with information provided by the various organizations themselves. 400 pages, hardcover from Abingdon.

228218: Kingdom of the Cults, rev. and updated ed.

Kingdom of the Cults, rev. and updated ed.
By Walter Martin, edited by Ravi Zacharias / Bethany

Radio's original Bible Answer Man Walter Martin's classic resource as updated by cult and occult specialist Ravi Zacharias. Using Martin's well-researched and easily accessible text, Zacharias brings the experience of in-depth study, some would say immersion, into this sometimes confusing field of study and includes many facts and figures covering occurrences in the 1990's (as Martin passed away in 1989).Kingdom of the Cults has always been a trusted resource in times where accurate information is imperative to someone's salvation from the strange world of cults and the occult.

Ranging in topics from the structure of cults to how cults are encountered on the mission field, many cults and movements are described in full, and intimate details of the inner workings can sometimes be indicative of where a cult may be leading. For anyone considering joining any of these groups or looking for more information for a friend or family member, this is an invaluable resource.

42199: The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict

The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict
By Josh McDowell / Thomas Nelson

When Josh McDowell (More Than A Carpenter) was a pre-law student, he was challenged by a group of Christians to investigate the claims of Jesus from a purely intellectual standpoint. At the time, he felt supremely confident Christianity would fail such an examination, so he set out to prove that Christianity was a sham. Along the way, he discovered something else; he discovered Jesus.

Evidence that Demands a Verdict may have started out as an attempt to prove Christianity intellectually false. What it has now become is something completely different. McDowell uncovered in his research the incredible resiliency of the Christian faith, and the strength of its intellectual claims. Thus, when he came to setting out his findings, he ended up creating one of the best Christian apologetic references available. And now he has made that reference work even better, revising it and updating it for the 21st century.

The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict maintains and strengthens McDowell's original arguments for the validity of Christianity. Jam-packed with information, this book looks at why the Bible can be trusted, including its historical reliability and accuracy. McDowell explains who Jesus is, and why the New Testament record of his personality and ministry is the best and most authentic source available. He also explains how several worldviews have attempted to discredit Christianity, particularly through the methods of biblical, form, and textual criticism. McDowell also examines several philosophical systems, including skepticism, agnosticism, and mysticism, and offers a cogent defense of the idea and reality of miracles.

Few apologetics books can claim the intellectual breadth that The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict has. Its extensive bibliography and documentation give it a firm foundation that enables it to weather even the strongest criticism. It has been a classic apologetic reference since its first publication, and it is now even better.