Recommended Christian Books?

[Mattsterpiece]

Well, my birthday comin' around the corner, and I figured I would be gettin' some study material.

I've got 51 books on a list that vary from Metaphysics, Ancient History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, etc. I doubt I'll be getting through them all any time soon. Still, I'd very much like to get through them at some point.

Nevertheless, I'm looking for more recommendations, and what better place to come to than the TWEB audience.

Specifically, I'm thinking about material that actually goes so far as taking other ancient texts and comparing the Bible to it, serving to test the Bible's authenticity as well as evaluate the nature and literary genre of various books. Is there any book that falls along these lines?


I'm was thinking of a book that focuses entirely on the Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument. I was really looking forward to a book from Robin Collins that was supposed to come out called "The Well-Tempered Universe". Does anyone know when this will be out, or if it is already, and would you recommend it if that is the case? Perhaps you know of other works that you would recommend?

Finally, I'm thinking of anything that would cover the truth of much of the OT. I am aware that much of the OT is etiological, but I am aware that there has been a great deal confirmed in it. Does anyone know of anything that they would recommend. I've already got a set of books, but I'm always looking for more material.

[lee_merrill]

I'm was thinking of a book that focuses entirely on the Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument.

Reasons to Believe has a number of resources along these lines, though I don't know of a book entirely on this subject.

Finally, I'm thinking of anything that would cover the truth of much of the OT. I am aware that much of the OT is etiological, but I am aware that there has been a great deal confirmed in it.

I enjoyed "Cities of The Biblical World", though no doubt much has been discovered since this book came out. There are many such resources! Happy hunting...

Blessings,
Lee

[Mattsterpiece]

I had a look at that book, and decided to add it to my list. It looks as though it will be a good guide.

Thank you and God Bless.

[JB]

Well, my birthday comin' around the corner, and I figured I would be gettin' some study material.

I've got 51 books on a list that vary from Metaphysics, Ancient History, Exegesis, General Apologetics, etc. I doubt I'll be getting through them all any time soon. Still, I'd very much like to get through them at some point.

Nevertheless, I'm looking for more recommendations, and what better place to come to than the TWEB audience.

Specifically, I'm thinking about material that actually goes so far as taking other ancient texts and comparing the Bible to it, serving to test the Bible's authenticity as well as evaluate the nature and literary genre of various books. Is there any book that falls along these lines?


I'm was thinking of a book that focuses entirely on the Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument. I was really looking forward to a book from Robin Collins that was supposed to come out called "The Well-Tempered Universe". Does anyone know when this will be out, or if it is already, and would you recommend it if that is the case? Perhaps you know of other works that you would recommend?

Finally, I'm thinking of anything that would cover the truth of much of the OT. I am aware that much of the OT is etiological, but I am aware that there has been a great deal confirmed in it. Does anyone know of anything that they would recommend. I've already got a set of books, but I'm always looking for more material.

Got a list of your books online somewhere? (Say, LibraryThing?) That'd make it plenty easier. If you don't have On the Reliability of the Old Testament by K. A. Kitchen, that'd be absolutely essential. And for the cosmic fine-tuning argument, I recommend Rodney Holder's God, the Multiverse, and Everything: Modern Cosmology and the Argument from Design for a very solid book-length treatment, and Neil A. Manson, ed., God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science for a great collection of essays (of varying quality) from both sides.

[Rational Gaze]

The Delusion of Disbelief by David Aikman
God Is No Delusion by Thomas Crean
Why There Almost Certainly Is A God by Keith Ward
The Gods of War by Meic Pearse
The Dawkins Delusion by Alistair McGrath & Joanna Collicutt-McGrath
The New Atheists by Tina Beattie
The End of Reason by Ravi Zacharias
Dawkins Dilemmas by Michael Austin
The Evidence For Jesus by R.T. France
The Lost World of Genesis One by John H. Walton
Ancient Near Eastern Thought And The Old Testament by John H. Walton
Reinventing Jesus by J. Ed Komoszewki, M. James Sawyer and Daniel B. Wallace
Fabricating Jesus by Craig A. Evans
The Irrational Atheists by Vox Day
God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? by John C. Lennox
The Genesis Enigma by Andrew Parker
On The Reliability Of The Old Testament by KA Kitchen
The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark
Gods Battalions by Rodney Stark

[MWM958]

The Jesus Legend - Eddy & Boyd

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses - Bauckham

I recommend both of them greatly.

[Mattsterpiece]

Thank you all, this is much appreciated. Rational Graze, it's funny that half of your recommendations are already on my list

Still, the rest of your recommendations look promising.

Thanks again, and God Bless.

[Jolly Rogers]

I got a lot on my shelf I haven't completed reading:

Evil & The Justice of God - NT Wright
When God Goes to Starbucks - Paul Copan
The Rise of Christianity - Rodney Stark
Dethroning Jesus - Daniel L. Bock & Daniel B. Wallace
What do Jewish People Think about Jesus
The Dawkins Delusion - Alister & Joanna Collicutt McGrath
Shattering the Christ Myth - JP Holding
The Jesus Who Never Lived - H. Wayne House