Resources to Help You Become a Better Case Maker
Evidence Locker
Resources to Help You Become a Better Case Maker
The following resources offer the evidence from a Christian perspective. These are popular-level publications and a great place to start. For an additional list of books, including more thorough publications and authors who write from an atheist perspective, please refer to the additional resources listed in Cold-Case Christianity and God’s Crime Scene.
Books to Help You Investigate the Evidence for the Existence of God
The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points toward God
by Lee Strobel (Zondervan, 2016)
God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe
by J. Warner Wallace (David C Cook, 2015)
God’s Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty
by Rice Broocks (Thomas Nelson, 2015)
God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?
by John C. Lennox (Lion Hudson, 2009)
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
by Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek (Crossway, 2004)
Books to Help You Investigate the Evidence for Christianity
The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
by Lee Strobel (Zondervan, 1998)
The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona (Kregel, 2004)
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels
by J. Warner Wallace (David C Cook, 2013)
Confident Faith: Building a Firm Foundation for Your Beliefs
by Mark Mittelberg (Tyndale, 2013)
Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis (HarperOne, 2015)
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
by F. F. Bruce (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2013)
Books to Help You Become a Better Christian Communicator
A Reasonable Response: Answers to Tough Questions on God, Christianity, and the Bible
by William Lane Craig and Joseph E. Gorra (Moody, 2013)
Conversational Evangelism: How to Listen and Speak So You Can Be Heard
by David Geisler and Norman Geisler (Harvest, 2009)
How to Talk to a Skeptic: An Easy-to-Follow Guide for Natural Conversations and Effective Apologetics
by Donald J. Johnson (Bethany, 2013)
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
by Gregory Koukl (Zondervan, 2009)
Unsilenced: How to Voice the Gospel
by James Boccardo (WestBow, 2015)
Books Making the Case for Christianity from the Perspective of a Prosecutor
Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospels
by David Limbaugh (Regnery, 2014)
Christianity on Trial: A Lawyer Examines the Christian Faith
by W. Mark Lanier (InterVarsity, 2014)
Faith on Trial: Analyze the Evidence for the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&H, 2013)
The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence
by Simon Greenleaf (Kregel Classics, 1995)
Books to Help You Examine Alleged Bible “Difficulties”
The Big Book of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation
by Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe (Baker Books, 2008)
Hard Sayings of the Bible
by Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Peter H. Davids, F. F. Bruce, and Manfred Brauch (IVP Academic, 1996)
Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God
by Paul Copan (Baker Books, 2011)
New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties
by Gleason L. Archer Jr. (Zondervan, 2001)
Resources to Help You Answer Atheist Objections
10 Answers for Atheists: How to Have an Intelligent Discussion about the Existence of God
by Alex McFarland (Bethany, 2012)
Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, and Skeptics
by Ron Rhodes (Harvest, 2006)
Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists
by Sean McDowell and Jonathan Morrow (Kregel, 2010)
Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case
by Frank Turek (NavPress, 2015)
Internet Resources to Help You Study the Bible
Bible Gateway
Bible Hub
Internet Ministries to Help You Grow as a Christian Case Maker
Christian Research Institute
Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace
Cross Examined with Frank Turek
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Reasonable Faith with William Lane Craig
Reasons to Believe
Stand to Reason
An Example of a Spiritual Survey to Help Start a Conversation
This survey was first developed by Brett Kunkle from Stand to Reason. Contact Brett at www.str.org if you would like more information about one of his Utah or university missions trips. Remember, the goal of a survey like this is not to get all the questions answered but to use the questions as a springboard for deeper conversations.
Do you believe in a supreme being or higher power?
Why or why not?
What do you think he, she, or it is like and why?
Do you believe truth exists? If so, do you think we can know truth?
Is there such thing as objective/absolute truth?
Is there religious truth? If so, how do we find it?
Do you believe there are moral facts (right and wrong) that everyone should follow? Or do you believe that morality is relative to individuals or cultures?
Why or why not?
Do you think abortion should be legal or illegal?
Why or why not?
Do you believe in an afterlife?
Why or why not?
If yes, what do you think the afterlife is like?
Who do you believe Jesus was?
Why do you believe this about Jesus?
Where do you get most of your information about Jesus?
What do you think about Christianity?
Why do you believe this?
What has given you this impression?