Center for Christ & Culture: The teaching ministry of S. Michael Craven
Recommended Books

Christian Worldview:



Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity, Nancy Pearcey, 2005

Christ & Culture, H. Richard Niebuhr, Harper San Francisco, 1951

The Opening of the Christian Mind, by David W. Gill, InterVarsity Press, 1989

Foolishness to the Greeks, Leslie Newbigin, 1986

How Should We Then Live? - The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, by Francis A. Schaeffer, Good News Pub, September 1983

What is Truth? – A Comparative Study of the Positions of Cornelius Van Til, Francis Schaeffer, Carl F. H. Henry, Donald Bloesch, Millard Erickson, by James Emory White, Baptist Sunday School Board, March 1994

Building a Christian Worldview, by Andrew Hoffecker & Gary Scott Smith, P&R Press, July 1989

The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crises, by Robert P. George, ISI Books, November 2001

How Now Shall We Live?, by Charles W. Colson & Nancy Pearcey, Tyndale House, 1999

Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to do About It, by Os Guinness, Baker Book House, July 1994

Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth, by Lesslie Newbigin, William B. Eerdmans, 1991


Church History:


Church History in Plain Language, by Bruce L. Shelley

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present – 500 years of Western Cultural Life, by Jacques Barzun

Readings in Christian Thought, Second Edition, Edited by Hugh T. Kerr

The Confessions, Augustine, translated by Maria Boulding, Random House, 1999

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a’Kempis, Bridge-logos Publishing, 1999

The Protestant Reformation: Major Documents, Lewis W. Spitz (Editor)

Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church, by Earle E. Cairns

The First Christian Centuries: Perspectives on the Early Church, by Paul McKechnie

How Christianity Changed the World, Alvin J. Schmidt, 2001


Culture:




The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations, Christopher Lasch, 1979

Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, James Davison Hunter, 1991

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, Robert D. Putnam, 2000

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman, 1986

On Earth as it is In Advertising: Moving From Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope, Sam Van Eman, 2005

Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance, Os Guinness, 2003

The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art, Roger Kimball, 2004

Art and the Bible, by Francis A. Schaeffer, InterVarsity Press, June 1973

Why America Needs Religion, by Guenter Lewy, William B. Eerdmans, 1996


Philosophy:



Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, by J.P. Moreland & William Lane Craig, InterVarsity Press, 2003

How Postmodernism Serves My Faith, Crystal L. Downing, 2006

The Right Darwin? Evolution, Religion, and the Future of Democracy, Carson Holloway, 2006

True Truth: Defending Absolute Truth in a Relativistic World, Art Lindsley, 2004

Faith and Reason, by Ronald H. Nash, Zondervan, May 1994

Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt & Certainty in Christian Discipleship, by Lesslie Newbigin, William B. Eerdmans, 1995


Theology:


Theology: The Basics, by Alister E. McGrath

Christian Theology: An Introduction, by Alister E. McGrath

Essentials of Evangelical Theology, 2 volumes by Donald G. Bloesch

A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, by David Bercot (Editor)

Devotional Classics, Richard J. Foster & James Bryan Smith (Editors)

Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem, 1994

Knowing God, J.I. Packer, 1973


Apologetics:

 

Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction, by John H. Frame

Christian Apologetics, by Cornelius Van Til

The Defense of the Faith, by Cornelius Van Til

Tearing Down Strongholds and Defending the Faith, by R. C. Sproul

Christian Apologetics, by Norman Geisler

Christian Ethics, by Norman Geisler

The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict, (Reference) by Josh McDowell

Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, (Reference) by Norman L. Geisler


Bible Studies / Reference Sources / Commentaries:


New Testament Commentary by William Hendrickson & Simon J. Kistemaker, 12 volume set from Baker

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance with complete Hebrew and Greek dictionaries

25 Basic Bible Studies, by Francis A. Schaeffer

Basic Christianity, by John R. W. Stott

True Spirituality, by Francis A. Schaeffer

Christian Living / General Studies:



The Gospel According to Starbucks by Leonard Sweet

True Revival: What Happens When God's Spirit Moves? by Dr. John H. Armstrong

Choose the Life: Exploring a Faith that Embraces Discipleship by Bill Hull

The Call by Os Guinness


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