It isn't always that easy to keep up the reading pace, in fact, my reading pace is really taking a knock! At the moment I am reading Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" and "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson.
Then I have 5 books listed below that are lined up, in order that they were purchased, not necessarily the order in which I will read them, that I got as recent as today (last 2):
I just hope I can get to them soon enough. One of the reasons I take so long to read these days is because I am studying at night, and that takes up a lot of time.
Anyway, if you have actually read any of these books, feel free to leave a short review in the comments section.
Michael Patton wrote a blog post on the Top Fifteen Must Have Books on Apologetics.
There are some good books in the list he gives.
Are there any books you would exclude/include?
Jones writes:
“It is amazing to see how these once faithful publishers of evangelical orthodoxy are now consistently and deliberately launching a massive but subtle attack against the ‘Fundamentals’ for which Evangelicalism stood courageously against liberalism in the past.
“While I am struck by the sincerity of the brilliant public speakers (named below), who still have evangelical piety and passion, their openly-stated theology is turning large swathes of the evangelical church into various new forms of old-fashioned though very cool liberalism.”
In his report he mentions how men like Brian McLaren and Rob Bell, speakers at the conference claimed non-orthodox theologians as their heroes. No wonder they believe sola scriptura is nonsense and that the Bible is simply a human product.
In other words, these men are not just closet theological theologians, they are actively spreading false doctrines. These men are heretics!
Continue reading Jones’ Evangelism Highjacked by Closet Theological Liberals.
Stand to Reason, led by Greg Koukl, is an amazing apologetics ministry, that publishes an apologetics newsletter called Solid Ground bi-monthly.
This month’s Solid Ground is now available!
Greg writes in his new email to Solid Ground readers:
“Do you think the way Christians should encourage non-Christians in their ‘relationship with God’ is to ‘help a Hindu become a better Hindu [and] a Muslim become a better Muslim’? For Jewish people who do not accept Jesus as Messiah, is there ‘another mode of salvation that doesn’t include Jesus’? Can even atheists get into Heaven if they simply ‘place their lives at the service of truth and justice’?
“Amazingly, these quotes came from significant Christian leaders and thinkers who affirm that belief in Jesus is not necessary for salvation. Worse, the very things the Bible seems to specifically condemn (Jewish rejection of Jesus as Messiah, false religion, and atheism) were themselves identified as legitimate paths to God.
“Here’s the clincher. More than 50% of Evangelicals, according to a recent Pew poll, would give the nod to statements like these, too.”
That is the gist of what he discusses in the new Solid round.
BTW, you will find a host of extremely useful apologetics articles at Stand to Reason.
"Not long ago, topics like textual criticism and the extra-biblical Gospels elicited yawns from my seminary students. I went through the obligatory motions of covering these staples of New Testament study, knowing that no matter how hard I tried, questions would be rare and engagement minimal.
"All that has changed. Topics like the James ossuary and the Gospel of Judas have hit Times Square, not only pricking the attention of seminary students, but also garnering coverage from journalists and culture-watchers, from CBS News's traditional news team to 360 Degrees's Anderson Cooper."
