Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, Timothy Keller
The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil, Brian Davies
The Fingerprint of God: Recent Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Unmistakable Identity of the Creator, Hugh Ross, Ph.D.
The Reliability of the Bible
On the Reliability of the Old Testament, K.A. Kitchen, Ph.D.
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, F.F. Bruce, Ph.D.
Searching for the Original Bible, Randall Price, Th.M., Ph.D.
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels, J. Warner Wallace
Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Part One), Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
Historical Evidence of Jesus
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Parts One and Two), Lee Strobel
Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels, Titus Kennedy, Ph.D.
Evidence for Jesus: Timeless Answers for Tough Questions about Christ, Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
Evidence for Jesus: Discover the Facts That Prove the Truth of the Bible, Ralph O. Muncaster, Ph.D.
Historical Evidence for the Resurrection:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Part Three), Lee Strobel
Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus — and Why It Matters Today, Jeremiah J. Johnston, Ph.D.
The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas, Ph.D., and Michael R. Licona, Ph.D.
Foundational Reading for the Christian faith
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer
The Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning
The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller
30 Days to Understanding the Bible, Max Anders
Jesus Calling, Sarah Young (a daily devotional)
My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers (a daily devotional)
Works Cited
Chapter One
Friend, David, et al. The Meaning of Life: Reflections in Words and Pictures on Why We Are Here. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1991.
Chapter Two
Paulson, Steve. “The Believer.” Salon, August 7, 2006. https://www.salon.com/2006/08/07/collins_6/.
Paulson, Steve. “The Believer.” Salon, August 7, 2006. https://www.salon.com/2006/08/07/collins_6/.
Boslough, John. Stephen Hawking’s Universe. New York, NY: Avon, 1989.
Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1988.
Chapter Three
Lewis, C.S. Out of the Silent Planet. New York, NY: Scribner, 1938
Tozer, A. W. The Root of Righteousness. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2015.
Chapter Six
Lewis. C.S. Mere Christianity. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Dutton, 2009.
Chapter Eight
Bailey, Kenneth Ewing. Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1983.
Lewis. C. S. Mere Christianity. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
