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Reference Books and Author Websites

Apologetics

A Christian Woman’s Guide to Reasons for Faith: Understanding Why You Believe -Judy Salisbury
The Apologetics Study Bible: Understand Why You Believe – Ted Cabal (Editor)
Living Loud: Defending Your Faith – Joseph Holden and Norman Geisler
Baker’s Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics – Norman Geisler
Christian Apologetics – Norman Geisler
The Apologetics of Jesus: A Caring Approach to Dealing with Doubters -Norman L Geisler and Patrick Zukeran
Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith – Norman L. Geisler, Chad V. Meister
Why I Am a Christian: Leading Thinkers Explain Why They Believe -Norman L. Geisler and Paul K. Hoffman
Reasonable Faith: Basic Christian Apologetics – Winfried Corduan
The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics: Surveying the Evidence for the Truth of Christianity – Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner

Archaeology

Archaeology and the Religion of Israel -W.F. Albright
From the Stone Age to Christianity -W.F. Albright
The Archaeology of Palestine – W.F. Albright
An Introduction to Biblical Archaeology – Howard F. Vos
Ebla: A Revelation in Archaeology – Chaim Bermant and Michael Weitzman
The Stones Cry Out – Randall Price
Searching for the Original Bible – Randall Price
Searching for the Ark of the Covenant: Latest Discoveries and Research – Randall Price

Atheism/Agnosticism

The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists – Ravi K. Zacharias and Lee Strobel
The Real Face of Atheism – Ravi Zacharias
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist – Norman L. Geisler, Frank Turek, and David Limbaugh

Bible Difficulties

Commonly Misunderstood Bible Verses: Clear Explanations for the Difficult Passages – Ron Rhodes
Big Book of Bible Difficulties: The Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation – Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe
Inerrancy – Norman L. Geisler
When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties – Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe

Bibliology

The Complete Guide to Bible Translations – Ron Rhodes
From God To Us: How We Got Our Bible – Norman Geisler and William Nix

Commentaries

Whole Bible:
Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible – Matthew Henry
Genesis:
The Genesis Record – Henry M. Morris
Job:
Remarkable Record of Job: The Ancient Wisdom, Scientific Accuracy, and Life-Changing Message of an Amazing Book – Henry M. Morris
Psalms:
Treasures in the Psalms – Henry Madison Morris and Tim F. LaHaye
Hebrews:
The Holiest of All -Andrew Murray
Revelation:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ – John F. Walvoord
The Revelation Record: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Prophetic Book of the End of Times – Henry M. Morris

Creationism/ Intelligent Design

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that points toward God – Lee Strobel
Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues – Michael Behe, Eddie N. Colanter, Logan Gage, and Phillip Johnson
Intelligent Design: The Bridge between Science & Theology – William A. Dembski
Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues – H. Wayne House
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design – Stephen Meyer
Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language – William A. Dembski and Sean McDowell
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design – Jonathan Wells
The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design – William A. Dembski and Charles W. Colson
Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution – Michael J. Behe
Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Letters to an Atheist – Ray Comfort
There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind – Antony Flew and Roy Abraham Varghese
The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism – Michael J. Behe
Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach about Evolution is Wrong – Jonathan Wells
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief – Francis S. Collins
Darwin on Trial – Phillip E. Johnson
Creation as Science: A Testable Model Approach to End the Creation/Evolution Wars – Hugh Ross
Scientific Creationism – Henry M. Morris
In Six Days: Why Fifty Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation – John F. Ashton
Biblical Creationism: What Each Book of the Bible Teaches About Creation and the Flood – Henry M. Morris
It Couldn’t Just Happen: Fascinating Facts about God’s World – Lawrence O. Richards
In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood (8th Edition) – Walt Brown
The Lie: Evolution – Ken Ham
Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils – Marvin L. Lubenow
Remarkable Record of Job: The Ancient Wisdom, Scientific Accuracy, and Life-Changing Message of an Amazing Book – Henry M. Morris
The Defender’s Study Bible, King James Version – Dr. Henry M. Morris
The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications – Henry M. Morris Jr. and John C. Whitcomb
The Long War against God: The History and Impact of the Creation/Evolution Conflict – Henry M. Morris
The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory) – William A. Dembski

Cults

The Kingdom of the Cults – Walter Martin and Ravi Zacharias
The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Mormon – Ron Rhodes
Reasoning From the Scriptures with a Mormon – Ron Rhodes
Reasoning From the Scriptures with a Jehovah’s Witness – Ron Rhodes
Correcting the Cults: Expert Responses to Their Scripture Twisting by Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes

Dead Sea Scrolls

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Randall Price
The Dead Sea Scrolls – Revised Edition: A New Translation – Michael O. Wise, Martin G. Abegg, and Edward M. Cook

Ethics

Christian Ethics: Options and Issues by Norman L. Geisler
Love Your Neighbor: Thinking Wisely about Right and Wrong by Norman L. Geisler and Ryan P. Snuffer

FAQ’s

What Does the Bible Say About…? Easy-to-Understand Answers to the Tough Questions – Ron Rhodes
Who Made God?: And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith – Ravi Zacharias and Norman L. Geisler

Logic/Reason

Come, Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking by Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks

Marriage/Relationships

I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving from Romance to Lasting Love – Ravi Zacharias
Divorce and Remarriage: Four Christian Views by H. Wayne House, J. Carl Laney, William Heth, and Thomas Edgar
Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage by Lee Strobel and Leslie Strobel

New Age/Mysticism

The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, and Psychic Phenomena – Ron Rhodes
Mysticism: An Evangelical Option? – Winfried Corduan

New Testament Studies

A Popular Survey of the New Testament – Norman L. Geisler
Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament – H. Wayne House and Harold W. Hoehner

Old Testament Studies

A Popular Survey of the Old Testament – Norman L. Geisler
An Historical Survey of the Old Testament – Eugene H. Merrill
Handbook on the Pentateuch – Victor P. Hamilton
The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra – W.F. Albright

Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective by Norman L. Geisler and Paul D. Feinberg
Philosophy of Religion: Second Edition by Norman L. Geisler and Winfried Corduan
Handmaid to Theology: An Essay in Philosophical Prolegomena by Winfried Corduan

Systematic Theology

Systematic Theology, Vol. 1: Introduction/Bible by Norman L. Geisler
Systematic Theology, Vol. 2, God/Creation by Norman L. Geisler
Systematic Theology, Vol. 3: Sin/Salvation by Norman L. Geisler
Systematic Theology, Vol. 4: Church/Last Things by Norman L. Geisler
Lectures in Systematic Theology – Henry C. Thiessen

The Biblical World

Ur of the Chaldees – P.R.S. Moorey
Cities of the Biblical World – LaMoine F. DeVries
They Wrote on Clay – Edward Chiera
Babylon and the Old Testament – Andre Parrot
Nineveh and the Old Testament – Andre Parrot
Discovering Buried Worlds – Andre Parrot
The Ancient Near East – Cyrus H. Gordon
The Birth of Civilization in the Near East – Henri Frankfort
The Bible and the Ancient Near East – G. Ernest Wright

World Religions

Reasoning From the Scriptures with Catholics – Ron Rhodes
Reasoning From the Scriptures with Muslims – Ron Rhodes
The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha – Ravi Zacharias
New Birth or Rebirth?: Jesus Talks with Krishna – Ravi Zacharias
Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message – Ravi Zacharias
Light in the Shadow of Jihad: The Struggle for Truth – Ravi Zacharias
Is Rome the True Church?: A Consideration of the Roman Catholic Claim by Norman L. Geisler and Joshua M. Betancourt
Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences by Norman L. Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie
Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross by Norman L. Geisler and Abdul Saleeb
Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions by Winfried
Pocket Guide to World Religions by Winfried Corduan
More Than a Prophet: An Insider’s Response to Muslim Beliefs About Jesus and Christianity by Emir Fethi Caner and Ergun Mehmet Caner
Unveiling Islam: An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs by Ergun Caner and Emir Fethi Caner
Charts of World Religions (ZondervanCharts) by H. Wayne House

Author Websites

Dr Geisler: www.normangeisler.net
Ron Rhodes: www.ronrhodes.org/
Ravi Zacharias: www.rzim.org/
Randall Price: www.worldofthebible.com/
Ed Hindson: www.thekingiscoming.com/
Ergun Caner:
www.erguncaner.com/
BASE Institute: www.baseinstitute.org/
Gary Habermas: www.garyhabermas.com/
Lee Strobel: www.leestrobel.com/
Henry M. Morris: www.icr.org
William Dembski: www.designinference.com/
Michael Behe: www.discovery.org