Want to explore the case for Christ more deeply? Be able to share this Good News with the people you know?
Here are links to resources that will enable you to do some independent study and become more able to share this valuable information with your your friends, family and co-workers.
The Case for Christ
Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools like Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis who are recognized authorities in their own fields.
Strobel challenges them with questions like, How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual event?
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New Testament
This book recounts the Roman and Jewish context of New Testament times…the lives of John and Jesus, and the history of the first two generations of the Church. “A wonderful examination of the years in the history of the area of Judea from Alexander the Great through the first century AD. Although somewhat technical, it is a book every Christian who is serious about understanding the cultural context of the Gospels should own.”
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Biblical World View
People often talk about worldview when describing the philosophy that guides their lives. This authoritative, accessible survey traces the development of the worldviews that underpin the Western world. It demonstrates the decisive impact that the growth of Christianity had in transforming the outlook of pagan Roman culture into one that, based on biblical concepts of humanity and its relationship with God, established virtually all the positive aspects of Western civilization.
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2000 Gold Medallion Award winner!
Christianity is more than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is also a worldview that answers life’s basic questions and shows us how we should live as a result of those answers. How Now Shall We Live? equips Christians to confront false worldviews and live redemptively in contemporary culture.
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Readers said this book is fun and interesting to read, gives a broad overview of different worldviews. You don’t have to be a philosopher to understand what the author is saying, but at the same time it isn’t dumbed down either. Christians will benefit from a greater understanding of philosophies and religions aside from their own.
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Apologetics
A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by “a pioneer of the new urban Christians” (Christianity Today) and the “C.S. Lewis for the 21st century” (Newsweek).
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.
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Message Series: Can Science Explain Everything?
Want to know whether science can explain everything that needs to be explained?
Click this image to link to this message series packed with resources that will enable you to study about science and whether it is able to explain everything. Share this valuable information with your your friends, family and co-workers!
Book: Can Science Explain Everything ?
Oxford Maths Professor and Christian believer Prof. John Lennox offers a fresh way of thinking about science and Christianity that dispels the common misconceptions about both. He reveals that not only are they not opposed, but they can and must mix to give us a fuller understanding of the universe and the meaning of our existence.
This book forms the basic outline for our message series (see links to weekly messages above).
The Case for a Creator
In this New York Times bestselling book, award-winning Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel investigates and unpacks the scientific evidence that points toward God.
“My road to atheism was paved by science . . . but, ironically, so was my later journey to God,” Strobel says. Join Strobel as he reexamines the theories that once led him away from God. Through his compelling and highly readable account, you’ll encounter the mind-stretching discoveries from cosmology, cellular biology, DNA research, astronomy, physics, and human consciousness that present astonishing evidence in The Case for a Creator.
The Case for Miracles
This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America’s foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive case against the miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist objections. Along the way, he encounters astounding accounts of healings and other phenomena that simply cannot be explained away by naturalistic causes. The book features the results of exclusive new scientific polling that shows miracle accounts are much more common than people think.
This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America’s foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive case against the miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist objections. Along the way, he encounters astounding accounts of healings and other phenomena that simply cannot be explained away by naturalistic causes. The book features the results of exclusive new scientific polling that shows miracle accounts are much more common than people think.
Podcasts
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview is a ministry that equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. They produce the BreakPoint podcast which cuts through the fog of relativism and the news cycle with truth and compassion. The Colson Center also provides training intended to unlock every believer’s calling to restore culture.
YouTube Channels
Check out “One Minute Apologist” and other search terms related to your special interests!
Also on YouTube: Search for videos on any of these apologists that you should know:
- William Lane Craig
- Lee Strobel
Good for High School and College Students
In this engaging guide, Jonathan Morrow encourages students to consider and engage the issues they will face in the dorm, on campus, and in the college classroom. A great gift idea for all high school graduates!
College, more than any other experience in a young person’s life, helps to determine what kind of person he or she will be in the future. To help the upcoming student, Jonathan Morrow provides this engaging guide packed with advice on all manner of issues, from dating and friends, classes and homework, to avoiding the temptation to just “check out” spiritually while in school.
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A must-read for every college student, How to Stay Christian in College will guide readers through the maze of campus realities. J. Budziszewski discusses the foundations of the Christian faith and directly addresses different worldviews and myths that students may encounter at college. Filled with quotes, statistics, resources, stories, and encouragement, this book will equip students to conquer the dangers that lie ahead.
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Many teenagers leave home for college but don’t take their faith with them. Popular writer and speaker Sean McDowell offers a solution for this problem: a new way of approaching faith that addresses the questions the emerging generation is asking and that incorporates a radically humble and relational approach.
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The Case for a Creator — Student Edition
In The Case for a Creator—Student Edition, best-selling author and former atheist Lee Strobel and popular writer Jane Vogel take younger readers on a remarkable investigation into the origin of the universe, interviewing many of the world’s most renown scientists and following the evidence wherever it leads. Their findings—presented in the third blockbuster “Case” book student edition—offer the most compelling scientific proof ever for intelligent design. Perfect for youth groups and young people eager to rebut the Darwinian and naturalistic views taught so commonly in schools.
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The Case for Miracles — Student Edition
From the well-renowned, bestselling series exploring the life of Jesus and what it means to be a Christian, The Case for Miracles Student Edition tackles tough questions about God, Jesus, and miracles, offering historical evidence that miracles are possible.
Mixing light-hearted prose and a conversational style with facts, research, and true stories, The Case for Miracles Student Edition brings the miracles and ministry of Jesus to life.
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