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Unspeakable | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Os Guinness, the well-respected author and thinker, wrestles with the problem of evil in this book.  In chapter 9 he covers what Solzhenitsyn has called "the tilt of freedom toward evil." The chapter discusses three grand erosions of traditional barriers to evil that Americans have allowed to happen in the last generation.

Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject By Subject | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

This book does a good job covering many issues connected with Jehovah's Witnesses. In this podcast we look at the failed prophecies of this organization as well as the lives of its two early leaders--Charles Russell and Judge Rutherford.

Think Christianly | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

One chapter in this useful book is titled "Truth, Tolerance, and Relativism." These are huge issues we as Christians need to understand and deal with when we interact with others. The chapter also tells of two myths we need to expose, and it has a great interview with Craig Hazen, professor of comparative religion and Christian apologetics at Biola University.

Scientism and Secularism | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

J. P. Moreland shows the problems associated with scientism, the belief that only the hard sciences have the intellectual authority to give us knowledge of reality. For this podcast I look at chapters 4 and 5 in the book, which explain how scientism is self-refuting and is actually the enemy of science.

Sharing the Good News With Mormons | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

In this helpful book, the authors Eric Johnson and Sean McDowell discuss practical strategies for getting a conversation started with our Mormon friends. Chapter 2 focuses on the danger of disillusioned Mormons embracing atheism rather than evangelical Christianity. They tell how to have an evidence-based approach to argue for the existence of God.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

In chapter 6 of this book, the author discusses the early chapters of Genesis with special emphasis on evolution, the flood story, and the creation of people with the image of God.

How to Read the Bible For All Its Worth | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Chapter 5 tells how to read Old Testament stories and how not to read them. Since we love so many of these accounts, it's important that we approach them in a useful way.

Finding Truth | The Apologist’s Bookshelf

Nancy Pearcey, one of Christianity's best thinkers, tells how we can use five principles to make sense of any worldview and then come up with a compelling positive case for Christianity. In this section of her book, she explains how to identify idols that try to replace God.