Christianity: The Big Picture

• N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense + MP3 Lecture summary of the book
• Scot McKnight, Embracing Grace: A Gospel for All of Us + Embracing Grace Study Guide + MP3 Lecture summary of the book
• Timothy Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
• C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
• Scot McKnight, The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel
  – Essay for the Christian Vision Project.com

Jesus of Nazareth: His Life, Teachings, and Mission

• N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering
  Who Jesus Was and Is
• N.T. Wright, 4-Part Lecture/MP3,  series
  summarizing The Challenge of Jesus
  Jesus and the Kingdom
  Jesus and the Cross
  Jesus and God
  Jesus and the World’s True Light
• Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, Vintage Jesus:
  Timeless Answers to Timely Questions + Vintage Jesus website
• Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew

Salvation: The Significance of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

• N.T. Wright, YouTube video on Resurrection and Salvation
• Scot McKnight, A Community Called Atonement
• Christopher Wright, Salvation Belongs to Our God:
  Celebrating the Bible’s Central Story

Following Jesus in the 21st Century

• Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution:
  Living as an Ordinary Radical
  + Claiborne Video Preview of the book
• Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
• Michael Frost, Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture
• Bruxy Cavey, The End of Religion: Encountering
  the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus
  + Podcast Discussion with author about each chapter.

Spiritual Growth and Emotional Health

• Andy Stanley, It Came from Within: The Shocking
  Truth of What Lurks in the Heart.
• Peter Scazerro, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality:
  Unleash the Power of Life in Christ
  + YouTube Video Introduction to the book
• Dan Allender, The Wounded Heart: Hope for
  Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse.
• Dan Allender, The Healing Path: How the Hurts
  in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life

Spiritual Growth and Practices

• Robert Benson, In Constant Prayer: The Ancient Practices
• Scot McKnight, Fasting: The Ancient Practices
• Dan Allender, Sabbath: The Ancient Practices
• Larry Osborne, A Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God:
  Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Following Jesus in the Arts

• Christians in the Visual Arts.org
• Books and Culture.org: Christianity and Popular Art
• Steve Turner, Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
• Janice Elsheimer, The Creative Call:
  An Artist’s Response to the Way of the Spirit

How to Read and Understand the Bible

• Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
• Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour
• John Sailhamer, The NIV Compact Bible Commentary
• Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

How the Bible Came to Be

• Paul Wegner, The Journey from Texts to Translations:
  The Origin and Development of the Bible
• John Sailhamer, How We Got the Bible
• Richard Bauckham, Lecture/MP3, The Four Gospels
  and the Other Gospels: Is Our Canon Right?
• Craig Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction

The Purpose of the Church

• The Gospel Coalition: www.thegospelcoalition.org
• Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods + Vintage Church website

Religion and Politics

• Sandra F. Joireman (editor), Church, State, and Citizen — Christian Approaches to Political Engagement
• Jim Wallis, God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong
  and the Left Doesn’t Get It
• Sojourners Website: A Christian Vision of Faith, Politics, and Culture
• P. C. Kemeny and Clarke E. Cochran, Church, State and Public Justice:
  Five Views
• Os Guiness, Veritas Forum: MP3 Lecture: Is God relevant in the public square?: Living with our deepest differences in a world of exploding pluralism

Christianity around the World

• Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
• Lamin Sanneh, Whose Religion Is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West
• Lamin Sanneh, Video Lecture, Christianity, the West, and the World

Faith and Doubt – Looking at the Hard Questions
Reasonable Faith.org

Timothy Keller, The Reason for God + Google Author Video Interview, The Reason for God

Unbelievable Radio.com: Where Christians and Atheists Get Together and Dialogue

Christianity and other Religions

Os Guiness, MP3 Lecture: The Journey: A Thinking Person’s Quest for Meaning in a Pluralistic World

Timothy Keller, MP3 Lecture: Exclusive Religion in a Pluralistic Society: What are the tensions and how do we move forward?

Doug Groothius, MP3 Lecture: Are All Religions Created Equal?

Jesus’ Resurrection

N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

N.T. Wright, Lecture/MP3, Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?

Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Figment?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Ludemann

Donald Carson, MP3 Lecture: Rumors of Resurrection: Is the Jesus of the Bible the Jesus of History?

The Existence of God

J.P. Moreland, MP3 Lecture, Truth & Philosophy: God, Scientific Naturalism, and the Search for Meaning

William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnot, God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist + William Lane Craig’s Website: www.reasonablefaith.org

Richard Swinburne, Is There a God?

William Lane Craig debates Austin Dacey: YouTube Video: Does God Exist?

Science and Religion
Three Views on Creation and Evolution, edited byJ.P. Moreland

Francis Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief + MP3 Lecture summarizing the book

The Biologos Foundation Website: http://biologos.org/

The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion (MP3 Lectures)

The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Richard Swinburne, Providence and the Problem of Evil

N.T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son

C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, and A Grief Observed

N.T. Wright and Bart Ehrman debate the problem of evil (MP3)