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Sean Mcdowell's Top Book Recommendations

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Why Do You Believe: A Practical Guide to Defending Your Faith

Luke Miiller

5.0
Why Do You Believe?50-70% of teens who are regular church attenders in high school will leave their faith completely by the time they finish college. These are great kids who are going to church camps and youth groups. They go to Bible studies and hang out with Christian friends. What happens between high school and college graduation? The answer is simple. They didn't know Why They Believed. They
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Escaping the Beginning?: Confronting Challenges to the Universe's Origin

Jeff Zweerink

4.7
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Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions book cover3

Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl, Lee Strobel

4.6
This expanded anniversary edition includes updates and expansions of existing tactics, as well as the addition of an all-new tactic and a chapter on Mini Tactics filled with simple maneuvers to aid in discussions.

In a world increasingly indifferent to Christian truth, followers of Christ need to be equipped to communicate with those who do not speak their language or accept their source of authori
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Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times

Os Guinness

4.4
You only live once--if then. Life is short, and it can be as easily wasted as lived to the full. In the midst of our harried modern world, how do we make the most of life and the time we have? In these fast and superficial times, Os Guinness calls us to consequential living. In strong contrast to both Eastern and secularist views of time, he reorients our very notion of history, not as cyclical no
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Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure

Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray

4.6
In the West Jesus is usually seen through one lens, that of Western reasoning and linear thought. As the world becomes smaller and more people are brought to our door, a broader view of Jesus is needed, one that can be grasped by Easterners and can penetrate the hearts and imaginations of postmodern Westerners.

In Seeing Jesus from the East, Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray capture a revitalized gosp
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Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers for Life’s Toughest Questions

Clay Jones

4.5
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Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism

Elijah Hixson, Peter J. Gurry, Daniel B. Wallace

4.6
Since the unexpected popularity of Bart Ehrman's bestselling Misquoting Jesus, textual criticism has become a staple of Christian apologetics.

Ehrman's skepticism about recovering the original and inerrant text of the New Testament does deserve a response. However, this renewed apologetic interest in textual criticism has created fresh problems for evangelicals. An unfortunate proliferation of myth
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My Father, Bertrand Russell

Katharine Tait

4.1
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