The Apologist‘s Bookshelf

This concludes the chapter on New Age beliefs.

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Book: The Compact Guide to World Religions by Dean Halverson, general editor

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This podcast covers the first part of a look at New Age beliefs.

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Lee Strobel tackles a very common complaint about Christianity: It's offensive to claim Jesus is the only way to God.

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Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer have written a powerful book asserting a biblical vision of race, gender, and sexuality. It's easier to read than their other book dealing with woke ideology (Critical Dilemma) and more practical. This podcast covers the four pillars of contemporary critical theory and fallacies of those espousing woke ideas. This is a book we should all read.

Book: Post Woke by Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer

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Norm Geisler deals with other religious worldviews in chapter four--atheism, deism, pantheism, panentheism, finite godism, and polytheism. For each he discusses its view of God, the world, evil, miracles, and value/ethics.

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Frank Turek, in chapter 4 of his book, argues that there can be no objective morality unless God exists.

Book: Stealing From God by Frank Turek

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J. P. Moreland starts his book by explaining the loss of the Christian mind in American Christianity and what that has done to the church.

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Paul Copan deals with two challenges to Christianity in chapters 13 and 14--How can God be three and one? Isn't the idea of God becoming a man incoherent?

Book: That's Just Your Interpretation by Paul Copan

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I’m Gary Zacharias, a professor of English, avid reader, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. This podcast is for anyone curious about the intellectual foundation of the Christian faith.

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Bart Ehrman, best-selling author and professor, tackles the historical sources for Jesus, how to reconstruct the life of the historical Jesus, and the role of women in the ministry of Jesus.

Book: Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code by Bart Ehrman

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I’m Gary Zacharias, a professor of English, avid reader, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. This podcast is for anyone curious about the intellectual foundatio...

Two keys questions are dealt with here--Did Jesus really exist? Can we believe today that Jesus worked miracles?

Book: Evidence for God by Dembski and Licona

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I’m Gary Zacharias, a professor of English, avid reader, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. This podcast is for anyone curious about the intellectual foundation of the Christian faith.

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Charlie Campbell gives short answers to some interesting questions--How can you say Jesus is the only way to God? Wasn't the deity of Christ an invention by the church during the fourth century at the Council of Nicea? How can a loving God send somebody to hell? Haven't certain books of the Bible been lost? Isn't there a conflict between the God in the Old Testament, who is often portrayed as cruel, and the God of the New Testament...

Kevin DeYoung, pastor and author, has a book that is called a "liberating approach to finding God's will." In this podcast, I cover his chapter on God's will of decree and will of desire. He asks if God has a specific plan for our lives.

Book: Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung

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I’m Gary Zacharias, a professor of English, avid reader, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. This podcast is for anyone curious abou...

Hugh Ross, noted astrophysicist and founder of Reasons to Believe, deals with two interesting questions in this podcast--Are we alone in the universe? Could life exist on a moon rather than a planet?

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I jumped around and picked three topics--the date of the Exodus, the character of the Biblical prophets, and apocalyptic literature in the Bible.

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Gary Habermas and J.P. Moreland discuss the idea of reincarnation in the eighth chapter of this book, now called Beyond Death.

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Historian Rodney Stark opens his book by describing early Muslim conquests in lands that were once Christian.

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Book: God's Battalions by Rodney Stark

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In chapter 6 of the book, the author discusses the fall of the human race in Genesis and the ongoing battle within our hearts in which unhelpful desires wage war with our conscience. He ties this in to the issue of gender dysphoria.

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Greg Koukl challenges the idea that the story of Jesus is simply a recycled version of pagan religions.

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Book: Faith Is Not Wishing by Greg Koukl

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In chapter 7 Lee Strobel interviews a professor of religious studies at Indiana University about the use of scientific evidence to support miracle accounts.

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