Here are my favorite books that I have read. I don’t endorse everything these authors have written, but I think these are great resources if you are interested in the best of Christianity.
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My Top 3
- How Reason Can Lead to God, Joshua Rasmussen
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
- Is There a God?, Richard Swinburne
God’s Existence
- Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Editors William Lane Craig and Paul Copan
- The Existence of God, Richard Swinbure
- Is God the Best Explanation of Things?, Joshua Rasmussen and Felipe Leon
- Miracles,C.S. Lewis
- The Case for Miracles, Lee Strobel
- Evidence of the Afterlife, Jeffery Long
- The Soul: How We Know It’s Real and Why It Matters, J.P. Moreland
- I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist, Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
The Resurrection & Biblcal Studies
- The Case for the Real Jesus, Lee Strobel
- Investigating the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Andrew Loke
- The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
- The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona
- More than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell
- Cold Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace
- The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage, Lydia McGrew
- Jesus and the Manuscripts: What We Can Learn from the Oldest Texts, Craig Evans
- Evidence that Demands the Verdict, Josh and Sean McDowell
- The Harvest Handbook of Apologetics, Joseph Holden
Problems of Evil/Hell/Divine Hiddenness
- The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
- The Great Divorce, CS Lewis
- When Heaven Invades Hell, Joshua and Rachel Rasmussen
- Walking Through Twighlight: A Wife’s Illness–A Philosopher’s Lament, Douglas Groothuis
- The Hiddenness of God, Michael Rea
- Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil, John R. Schneider
- Providence and the Problem of Evil, Richard Swinburne
Debate Over Genesis
- The Genealogical Adam and Eve, Joshua Swamidass
- In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientifc Exploration, William Lane Craig
- (Mis)interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible, Ben Stanhope
Ethics & Old Testament Violence
- What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? Kevin DeYoung
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
- Is God a Moral Monster, Paul Copan
- Jesus Loves Canaanites: Biblical Genocide in the Light of Moral Intuition, Randal Rauser
Christian Life
- The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
- Desiring God, John Piper
- Crazy Love, Francis Chan
- Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
- The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer
- Doubting Toward Faith, Bobby Conway
- Counterfit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters, Tim Keller
- The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawerence
- Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, Richard J. Foster
Early Church Fathers
- On the Incarnation, Athanasius of Alexandria
- Writings of Clement of Rome, Clement of Rome
- The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine, Eusebius
Theology
- Introducing Christian Doctrine, Millard J. Erickson
- Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, Timothy Keller
- The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy Keller
- God’s Heart As It Relates to Forknowledge/Predestination, Bob Warren
- The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills, Nick Quient
- Determined To Believe? John Lennox
- Divine Attributes: Knowing the Covenantal God of Scripture, John Peckham
- The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible, Michael Heiser
- Institiutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
Various Non-Fiction
- Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, Michael Hyatt
- Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Quershi
- Seven Men: And the Secrets of Their Greatness, Eric Metaxas
- Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World, Tom Holland
- Augustine of Hippo: A Life, Henry Chadwick
- Christianity for All, Joshua Yen
- Christianity Cross-Examined: Is it Rational, Relevant, and Good?, Kenneth Samples
- Apologetics an Introduction, William Lane Craig
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