COLLISION CONFERENCE 2019
Featured Books
Evidence for the Historical Jesus, Josh McDowell & Bill Wilson
Can We Trust the Gospels?, Peter J. Williams
How We Got the Bible pamphlet: A Time Line of Key Events in the History of the Bible, Rose Publishing
The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible, Joseph M. Holden & Norman L. Geisler
Can We Still Believe the Bible? Craig Blomberg
Is God a Moral Monster, Paul Copan
How Do You Know You’re Not Wrong? Paul Copan
That’s Just Your Interpretation, Paul Copan
77 FAQs About God and the Bible, Josh & Sean McDowell
Answers to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask About the Christian Faith, Josh McDowell & Don Stewart
Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews, Abdu Murray
Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes, Nancy Pearcy
PODCASTS
Let My People Think (RZIM)
2019 ADDITIONAL READINGS and VIDEOS:
Video: Piper, Carson, and Keller on Biblical Authority in an Uncertain Age
Slide Deck: Is the Bible Reliable? Rod McIlvaine
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JMI
PAPERS & READINGS:
Josh McDowell Whitepaper: “The Perfect Storm”
BOOKS:
SUGGESTED FOUNDATIONAL READINGS
- More Than a Carpenter, Josh & Sean McDowell
- Tactics, Greg Koukl
- Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews, Abdu Murray
- Love Your God with All Your Mind, J.P. Moreland
- Cold Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace
- On Guard, William Lane Craig
- I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Frank Turek & Norm Geisler
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
GENERAL APOLOGETICS
- Evidence for the Resurrection, Josh McDowell
- Apologetics for a New Generation, Sean McDowell
- 77 FAQs About God and the Bible, Josh & Sean McDowell
- The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
- The Case for the Resurrection, Lee Strobel
- The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel
- The Case for the Real Jesus, Lee Strobel
- The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel
- Is God Just a Human Invention?, Sean McDowell
- Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity, Nancy Pearcey
- The Unshakable Truth, Josh McDowell & Sean McDowell
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, Tim Keller
- Is God a Moral Monster, Paul Copan
- The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas & Mike Licona
- Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, Craig A. Evans
- The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict, Josh McDowell
- Who Made God?: Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith, Ravi Zacharias & Norm Geisler
- Jesus Among Other Gods, Ravi Zacharias
- Hard Questions, Real Answers, William Lane Craig
- True for You, But Not for Me: Overcoming Objections to the Christian Faith, Paul Copan
- A Reasonable Response, William Lane Craig
- When God Goes to Starbucks: A Guide to Everyday Apologetics, Paul Copan
- Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air, Francis J. Beckwith & Gregory Koukl
- Saving Leonardo, Nancy Pearcey
- Kingdom Triangle, J.P. Moreland
- God is Great, God is Good, William Lane Craig
INTERMEDIATE APOLOGETICS
- Contending with Christianity’s Critics, William Lane Craig & Paul Copan
- To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview, Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane Craig, & J.P. Moreland
- Reasonable Faith, William Lane Craig
SCIENCE & APOLOGETICS
- Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis & Science, John Lennox
- God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?, John Lennox
- Evidence for God: 50 Arguments from the Bible, History, Philosophy, & Science, Mike Licona & William Dembski
- God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway?, John Lennox
- Intelligent Design Uncensored: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to the Controversy, William Dembski
- Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer
- Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer
IDENTITY & APOLOGETICS
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Blind Conceit: Politics, Policy and Racial Polarization: Moving Forward to Save America, Star Parker [BIO]
- God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker
- Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ, Rosaria Butterfield
- Love Thy Body, Nancy Pearcey
- Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters, Timothy Keller
- Identity and Idolatry: The Image of God and Its Inversion (New Studies in Biblical Theology), Richard Lint
- Transgendersim: a Pathogenic Meme, Public Discourse, Paul McHugh {blog}
PODCASTS
Dr. William Lane Craig – ReasonableFaith.org
Dr. Frank Turek – CrossExamined.org
Greg Koukl – STR.org
Jim Warner Wallace – ColdCaseChristianity.com
Ravi Zacharias: Just Thinking Podcast – RZIM.org
Apologetics315 Podcast hosted by Brian Auten
VIDEO RESOURCES
Josh & Sean McDowell: The Unshakeable Truth DVD
Frank Turek: Why I Still Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist – DVD Complete Series
Focus on the Family: TrueU #1: Does God Exist?
Focus on the Family: TrueU #2: Is the Bible Reliable?
Focus on the Family: TrueU #3: Who Is Jesus? Building A Comprehensive Case
Focus on the Family: The TRUTH Project
Lee Strobel: The Case for a Creator DVD
Lee Strobel: The Case for Faith: The Film DVD
Tim Keller: The Reason for God DVD Study
Summit Ministries: Countering Culture
Summit Ministries: Thinking Like a Christian
What You Need to Know About Sexual Identity If Your Child Seems Confused, Jackie Hill-Perry {video}
TOP WEBSITES
Josh.org
SeanMcdowell.org
Embracethetruth.org
CrossExamined.org
ReasonableFaith.org
JohnLennox.org
STR.org
RZIM.org
ThePoachedEgg.net
Apologetics315.com
RatioChristi.org
ChristianApologeticsAlliance.com
bethinking.org
LeeStrobel.com
GaryHabermas.com
PaulCopan.com
PearceyReport.com
Probe.org
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Josh McDowell Institute: YouTube and Facebook
Reasonable Faith: YouTube and Facebook
CrossExamined: YouTube and Facebook