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 

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

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