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Decision Making and the Will of God | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

I want to cover an important chapter in Garry Friesen's book that deals with a key question--How can a Christian make good decisions in non-moral areas? He emphasizes the wisdom model here. 

Why Believe? | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

I just read Neil Shenvi's book and wanted to share his first chapter, in which he tackles key  questions: Should we avoid religious truth claims for the sake of peace? Are all religions true? Is all religious truth subjective? Can we just ignore religion?

The Beauty of Intolerance | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Josh and Sean McDowell cover a lot of important things in the third chapter of their book--the definition of truth, how moral truth was undercut in the Western world, the world of postmodernism.

Darwin’s Doubt | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Scientists have been puzzled by the "Cambrian explosion," when many animals suddenly appeared on the earth. Stephen Meyer  in this book explains how intelligent design is necessary as an explanation for this sudden appearance of life.

The Great Divide | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Dr. Alvin Schmidt, professor of sociology, has written a book illustrating the chasm-wide differences between the Western world and the world of Islam. In the section I cover here, he explains how modern science came out of the West, not Islam.

The Historical Reliability of the Gospels | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Craig Blomberg, noted New Testament scholar, explores evidence for the life of Jesus outside the gospels. There actually is a lot of testimony confirming the gospel portraits of Jesus.

Reinventing Jesus | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

There was a gap of time between the life of Jesus and the appearance of the four gospels. Can we trust oral tradition to keep the message accurate?

How We Got the Bible | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Neil Lightfoot, a professor at Abilene Christian  University, explains how we got the 66 books we have today in the Bible. There were many more books written during the period of the Old and New Testaments, so how were certain ones included while others were excluded?

Truth Changes Everything | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Dr. Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, tells stories of how Jesus followers changed the world by living for Truth. This podcast covers his challenge to us today--ways we can tell the truth and be nice at the same time.

Breaking the Da Vinci Code | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary professor, wrote a critique of the popular book The Da Vinci Code. Although Dan Brown's book is no longer a top seller, Bock has a chapter that is still relevant today--it deals with Gnosticism and "hidden" gospels like The Gospel of Thomas, which are still being talked about among scholars. Should these other gospels be considered on a par with the traditional four that we have in our Bibles today?