Christian and Faith Based Resources
Here is an assortment of Christian and faith based resources which are freely available on the world wide web:
Bible Gateway-multiple searchable versions of the Bible
Relevant Magazine-online magazine for teens and young adults (20s to 30s)
Troubled With-a Christian aid to understand issues like alcoholism, eating disorders, abuse, gambling, and other emotional issues like adoption, blended families, and retirement.
Christianity Today-online magazine for Christians of all ages (Christianity Today also has niche publications for various age and gender groups)
Wineskins Magazine-online Christian magazine published by the Zoe Group
Veritas Forums-public discussions about controversial Christian issues including politics
Video Teaching-video-based lessons and sermons for learning about faith, life, and Christianity.
Pluggedin Online-online Christian publication about culture, movies, and the mass media.
Lee Strobel-although I’ve heard some minor criticisms of his apolegetics, I think Lee Strobel seems to have indepth research and to know his stuff. (The Case for Christ is a classic)
Equip-Christian apologetics resources
CARM-Christian apologetics resources
4Truth-a Christian faith and apologetics resources from the baptist organization the North American Missions Board
Biologos.org-Christian apolegetics resources from writers, researchers, and experts. Science and faith in dialogue. Note: more pro-evolution than most Christian apologetics websites.
Top Christian Magazines Online-Various Christian and faith based online magazines. I’d argue they’re the best, but some might disagree. (compiled and published on Compassion in Politics)
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities– Association of Christian Universities (**might** be helpful for Christian academics and Christians wanting to pursue education at a faith based institution)
Christian Apolegetics Resources
Josh McDowell
Don Miller (untraditional & narrative)
Evangelical Philosophy Society
The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of a Soul
Recommended Resources (JP Moreland)
Biola’s Certificate Program in Apolegetics
Speak Up & Engage:
Please leave your suggestion for Christian and Bible based resources in the comments section. Thanks for visiting!
Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions 
The American Scientific Afiliation has a tremendous base of resources on the science of the Bible:
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/index.html
Conversant Life has some interesting perspectives–its often less specific (or rather more random) than most of the resources I’ve pointed to above:
http://www.conversantlife.com/blogs/
Interesting debate on professional vs. lay preaching and leadership in the church:
http://donmilleris.com/2011/04/05/unlike-todays-church-leaders-none-of-the-early-disciples-were-professional-educators/
Here are some more Conservative leaning resources [I make them available in the interest of the marketplace of ideas]:
http://www.wallbuilders.com/links.asp
I’m not sure I like the wallbuilders metaphor–but I can see there being a role of BOTH bridges and walls in the Christian church. Is the act of defending, building, or defining exclusively about “wall building”? And certainly even as we build walls….we need to be breaking down other walls. Jesus was certainly doing both as I read the New Testament.
Sojourners is probably the largest org that represents more left leaning Christian ideas [although it might be unfair to say they are exclusively left leaning]:
http://www.sojo.net/
Here is their summary of beliefs on political and cultural issues:
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=about_us.issues_faq
Somewhat unrelated, but important is the Honest Theist channel on YouTube, which has some theology & apologetics video:
http://www.youtube.com/TheHonestTheist
Orphans/Social Justice Resources:
http://onemillionarrows.com/Resources/
Billy Grahams’ Touch One Life Resourses is an interesting example:
http://www.billygraham.org/specialsections/touchonelife/touch-one-life.asp
Here is an interesting resource which answers some core questions about apolegetics:
http://www.godissues.org/god-issues-tough-questions/
Here is something that I just ran across which is also interesting in this area (which seems to bridge the reason/faith debate):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presuppositional_apologetics
Further, here is the beginning of a panel discussion at a Christian book conference:
You can watch the other videos in the you tube series.
Here is another resource, which focuses on New Testament reliability:
http://carm.org/manuscript-evidence
Dr. Ray Clouser has a rather interesting critique of materialist reductionism. His articles are available here:
http://www.allofliferedeemed.co.uk/clouser.htm
You can watch him here (i suggest starting at 10:40–where he outlines 2 to 3 key arguments. the easiest to understand is the thought experiment, which comes later):
Author of Tacit Knowledge
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/polanyi/
I’m not sure what his ultimate conclusions are or his faith-background. But he makes an argument for knowledge beyond the physical.
Also interesting….investigating….abductive logic/abductive reasoning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning
I’m not sure if the originator Charles Sanders Pierce makes any theological arguments based on it–however. It certainly plays an interesting role in theological argument. (as does art, metaphor, & story)
The first 10 minutes of this speech for the Veritas Forum are quite good (an argument for faith and a criticism of traditional enlightenment and hence materialism):
The science of love, compassion, happiness, empathy & meaning & purpose in life:
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/resources/
http://www.fetzer.org/research
These folks are coming from a more secular perspective. Some of the work at The Greater Good at Berkeley is Buddhist in orientation.
The work of Stephen G Post also looks interesting:
http://www.stephengpost.com/hiddengifts/author.shtml
http://stephengpost.com/hiddengifts/
In More God, Less Crime renowned criminologist Byron R. Johnson proves that religion can be a powerful antidote to crime. The book describes how faith communities, congregations, and faith-based organizations are essential in forming partnerships necessary to provide the human and spiritual capital to effectively address crime, offender rehabilitation, and the substantial aftercare problems facing former prisoners. There is scattered research literature on religion and crime but until now, there has never been one publication that systematically and rigorously analyzes what we know from this largely overlooked body of research in a lay-friendly format. The data shows that when compared to current strategies, faith-based approaches to crime prevention bring added value in targeting those factors known to cause crime: poverty, lack of education, and unemployment. In an age of limited fiscal resources, Americans can’t afford a criminal justice system that turns its nose up at volunteer efforts that could not only work better than the abysmal status quo, but also save billions of dollars at the same time. This book provides readers with practical insights and recommendations for a faith-based response that could do just that.
Here is an interview of the author: http://www.clicker.com/tv/foxnewscom-live/more-god-less-crime-1997738/
Here are some of the organizations & models that the book highlights (one of which was the Amachi method of partnership with Big Brothers & Big Sisters) : http://moregodlesscrime.com/links/
Its based on the work of 273 studies in the peer reviewed literature. 90% favor an inverse relationship between crime/delinquency & religion. Only 2 studies found a harmful outcome.
I would be remiss if I left this list of peer reviewed criticisms of Darwinism out:
Here are some articles by Meyer:
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=submitSearchQuery&query=Stephen%20C.%20Meyer&orderBy=date&orderDir=DESC&searchBy=author&searchType=all&includeBlogPosts=true
This is an argument for fine tuning in genetics. To my knowledge–it doesn’t make the application to faith…but this is incredibly interesting.
Codon populations in single-stranded whole human genome DNA Are fractal and fine-tuned by the Golden Ratio 1.618
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20658335
You can read about the Golden ratio in terms of sunflower seeds as well.
Patterns in Nature by Peter S. Stevens suggests still other patterns (you can get it for $22 on Amazon, but otherwise looks hard to find).
This video makes a similar argument based on fibonaccis sequence (its just under 4 minutes long–the last 2 minutes are particularly critical).
This blog at Townhall provides a short summary:
http://procrustes.blogtownhall.com/2010/09/20/fibonacci_life.thtml
I haven’t read through this article, but provides an interesting take on origins & design:
http://procrustes.blogtownhall.com/2010/09/17/comets_and_the_origin_of_life_part_1.thtml
You can follow the blog here:
http://procrustes.blogtownhall.com/
Here is a related article on the demarcation problem–the issue of where science begins (its basically a critique of materialism):
http://www.discovery.org/a/3524
Here are some Christian organizations in the social justice space:
http://www.worldwideopen.org/en/organizations
Baylor based links:
http://www.religjournal.com/
http://www.isreligion.org/
http://www.rodneystark.com/
Redeemer videos–no specific videos here–but Tim Keller says some interesting & useful stuff:
http://vimeo.com/redeemernyc/videos
Here is some work by the Templeton Foundation in collaboration with universities:
http://www.templetonresearchlectures.com/winners/index.asp
Also there are various Christian philosophy organizations and associations (TBA)
http://www.josh.org/site/c.ddKDIMNtEqG/b.4172665/k.4AD0/Evidence_for_the_Resurrection.htm
Here are some more audio resources on Christian apolegetics:
http://www.bethinking.org/audio/
Calvin College’s work funded by the Templeton Foundation (interesting overlap between the academy & Christianity/theology). I haven’t fully investigated these–but very interesting:
http://ministrytheorem.calvinseminary.edu/resources/
Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith (I’m not sure if this includes “both” sides or not…but certainly an important resource:
http://www.asa3.org/html_pages/PSCF.html
A theology/apolegetics/science conference with free video (roughly 20+):
http://vibrantdance.org/
A Christian apolegetics blog which features key thought leaders and debates:
http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/
This is actually the bulk of the apolegetics focus here of Wintery Knight (the rest is more politically oriented):
http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/tag/apologetics/
It would also be smart to include literary apolegetics (google it)
I’m still quite convinced by Hugh Ross’ account of the origin of life/evolution.
Also, Stephen Meyer’s deep philosophical argument is quite convincing. I think his reference to the work in information design via engineers at Microsoft (nature uses the same folder in a folder design that engineers do)–the engineering of the cell demonstrates elements of design as well.
Stephen Meyer recommended this article/talk:
Is There Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God? How the Recent Discoveries Support a Designed Universe
http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9403/evidence.html
Dr. Walter L. Bradley (Texas A & M and now at Baylor)
Other interesting notes:
Meyer also points out how the “God of the gaps” indict isn’t fair…because thats true of all scientific theories.
Robert Shapiro (Bob) is an atheist….but critiques the scientific understanding of “origin of life” (pre-biotic chemistry community) and how that lead to the creation of RNA & its replication. He says these experiments actually ***prove*** the design thesis. http://biology.as.nyu.edu/object/robertshapiro
Thomas Kuhn calls into question the idea of “objective scientist” perhaps (I’m still thinking about this one).
Here is an idea thats under-developed (or at least under-developed as far as the mainstream of society is concerned)–faith & psychology. David Myers is a prof at Hope College & author:
http://www.davidmyers.org/Brix?pageID=13
Fantastic resources. They probably tend toward more toward theistic evolution.
I think every Christian should at least consider such a position. Its more an indict of materialism and scientism from what I can tell.
http://www.testoffaith.com/resources
I’m quite impressed by these Test of Faith resources.
Many of the videos are on their YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thetestoffaith/videos
Christians in Science Resources
http://www.cis.org.uk/resources/
Faraday Institute for God and Religion–I’m not sure if the aim of this org. is Christian or perhaps more multi-cultural:
http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Multimedia.php
Dr. Michael Denton:
On emergence:
http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-22T16_35_42-08_00
On body plans:
http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/entry/2012-02-21T15_47_39-08_00
Other interesting stuff–emergence in nature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence#Emergent_structures_in_nature
Emergence in biology:
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Emergence_%28biology%29
A number of the books in this library speak to the issue of emergence–they are not, however Christian in orientation or philosophy:
http://isce-library.net/
Apolegetics book list divided by subject:
http://www.apologetics315.com/2009/11/recommended-apologetics-book-directory.html
David Berlinski & Michael Denton: Primary Objections to Neo-Darwinism
http://intelligentdesign.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-07T16_01_05-08_00
Veritas Forum: Can Genesis be Compatible with Evolution?
Jeffrey P. Schloss, Tremper Longman, S. Joshua Swamidass
University of California, Santa Barbara 2012
You can check out Schloss’ work here:
http://www.jeffschloss.com/
Dr. Henry F. Schaefer, III: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Schaefer,_III
There are a number of links at the bottom of the wikipedia entry.
This article doesn’t take a big stance, but may give you an idea of why I’ve included him:
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14531
This list is worth adding to this thread–Nobel prize winners who agree with (and in some cases overlap with intelligent design):
This is a little off topic, but here is a potentially great option for low cost church websites (about $200 a year, which compared to a $2000 to $3000 build is quite nice….especially since you’ll probably want to update it down the road). Not sure what they charge for any customizations you might want:
http://www.faithclipart.com/category/church-websites.html#pricing
List of most influential scientists:
http://www.ozpolitic.com/evolution/christian-foundation-science.html
I Started a Church:
https://www.istartedachurch.com/
Interesting insights potentially…..read with care (ie Francis Chan & others) :
http://www.vergenetwork.org/category/resources/videos/
Yet more mathematical patterns from science:
Click to access nature10856.pdf
Work (aka research) on compassion at Stanford:
http://ccare.stanford.edu/publications/articles‘
Compassion & Care research at Berkeley:
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
I believe both have work on spirituality…..although much may assume Buddhism, versus Christianity, but they seem to be an answer to skeptic-type philosophers and the new-atheist line in philosophy as well.
Visual Story Resources:
http://www.visualstorynetwork.org/page/creative-resources-and
A number of theology links. I haven’t really gone through this extensively, but seems like an interesting source of article links on the science vs. theology question:
http://www.lastseminary.com/
Wordsworth (his Prelude):
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12383/12383-h/Wordsworth3c.html
I feel like this deserves to be both in Coaching/Consulting and this area as well (actually along with business as missions):
http://www.coach22.com/discover-coaching/
I don’t leave it here because these articles are the best….but I’ve purchased 2 of Tonys books and they seem to work (One was a book of coaching questions and the other was a leadership book). I probably with the leadership book was more work-book-esque, but I think it did its job.
One of Tonys books I bought:
And more of Tony’s resources (paid, but many on sale):
http://www.coach22.com/exclusives.html
I also bought Power Questions…which is about mentoring & coaching & leadership….which is a more mainstream book with a re-occurring Christian theme.
Finally, its hard to go wrong with 7 Habits by Covey. I think its his best book. (I have Principle Centered Leadership, 8th Habit, and the Speed of Trust….and it beats those hands down).
I liked the leadership overview (of the research) at the end of 8th habit & I liked Chapter 11 on influence in Principle Centered Leadership.
I happen to like the Success Principles by Jack Canfield (not a Christian book). I actually picked it up for $2 at a local used bookstore. I’m sure you could get it on Amazon used for about $6.
Its an emerging or at presumably growing field in some respects–and it seems to me that it serves a real purpose.
Feel free to leave your comments about coaching, coaching resources, coaching books, or Stephen Covey, etc…. below….
An interesting Christian directory:
http://helpology.org/
Partnering Organizations
National Missionary Convention
Harvest Prayer Ministries
Team Expansion
3Strands Communications
Stadia Church Planters
Church Development Fund
The links above in the previous post I believe were specific to CoC and Restoration churches….
Stadia Link: http://www.stadia.cc/resources/
A number of small group resources:
https://flannel.org/store/group-resources
Particularly the Basic series by Francis Chan:
https://flannel.org/store/films/basic
Christian psychologist at Hope College in Michigan:
http://www.davidmyers.org/
* My guess is that he has a slightly liberal slant on things, but perhaps not.
I’ve included this Amazon list due to its inclusion of 2 critiques of Bart Ehrman at the end:
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Christianity-Makes-Sense/lm/R2RS73EQQQYS7U/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_2_rsrssl0
Christian sermons. They also have players:
http://www.sermon.net/
Not sure which churches & denominations are included.
Includes Presp. Best Practices of Church Planting:
http://pcamna.org/church-planting/resources-2/
Seems like impressive research
This is a basic logistics list for growing churches/planting churches:
http://pcamna.org/church-planting/church-planting-resources/criticalfactors/
Interesting theological perspective (in top 10 list form):
http://www.theocentric.com/wp/?p=14
Seems to internally answer some skeptic challenges.
Patterns in Nature:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_in_nature
This is probably more Christian business & business as mission, but this is quite interesting:
http://store.acton.org/browse.cfm/the-field-guide-to-the-heros/4,245.html
Looks to be a pretty interesting/useful Christian apolegetics bibliography (with links to articles):
http://www.trueu.org/dvd-curriculum/does-god-exist/resources-links
Ed Stetzer on Church Growth & Leadership–(arguably) more for pastors & church leaders:
http://www.edstetzer.com/
http://www.edstetzer.com/audio-video.html
Stetzer is also the author of a number of books on missions/church growth/leadership.
Leadership Summaries (just under $7 a month):
http://www.studyleadership.com/
List of interesting Christian links (I’m not sure any are direct to apolegetics…but you might find some that deal with art theology or justice theology, etc…):
http://www.arthouseamerica.com/links/
Interesting other stuff on the blog part.
Also a good time to revisit Culture Making a bit (the links are on the page).
Pepperdine hosted an event that tilted ideologically toward theistic evolution:
There are a number of videos from the event. I believe about 10. If you click through to YouTube….you can find the others.
Or you can just open a window with YouTube and do a search for said videos.
Crossway. I saw something about faith & art from them, which seemed interesting–but here is their entire Vimeo channel:
http://vimeo.com/crosswaymedia
This center probably tells a slightly different story than the Pepperdine video above–this is a center for Origins research at Bryan College:
http://www.bryancore.org/
A number of Creation research groups:
http://www.biblicalcreationministries.org.uk/b/index.php/resources
This I believe is a free resource for Christian apol. & theology books:
http://www.ccel.org/
Faith Comes By Hearing:
http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/
Faith and Learning at Baylor–This happens to be their external resources/links page
http://www.baylor.edu/ifl/index.php?id=70545
My name is Christopher B. James. I am PhD student at Boston University School of Theology in Practical Theology with a dual-concentration in Church & Society and Evangelism. My research interests include: ecclesiology, congregational studies, missional theology, evangelism, spiritual formation/discipleship, contemplation and action, American Evangelicalism, Lesslie Newbigin, Ignatius of Loyola, and church planting/new monasticism/emerging church.
Through my work, I hope to bring together contemporary movements in missional ecclesiology and spiritual formation in the context of congregations.
From Jesus Dust. Probably thought provoking–probably worth checking out given the scholarly basis with which is has been written: http://www.jesusdust.com/p/about.html
A word on life-work balance (not Christian per se, but grounded in Christian values):
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/408024
A critique of scientism (note: not a critique of science–a critique of scienctism & materialist ideology)
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-folly-of-scientism
I’m curious about the way in which this framework (aka the diagram itself & major labels, not the text) might be helpful as a method for explaining certain apolegetics or approaching some question:
Stories of Christian alcoholism/ addiction:
http://soberboots.com/
Andy Stanley:
http://www.youtube.com/user/northpointministries/videos?sort=p&view=0&flow=grid
Oswald Chambers (My Upmost for His Highest is quite good)
http://utmost.org/
Health Missions Method–CHE:
http://chenetwork.org/whatische.php
Missions–Never thirst clean water:
http://www.neverthirstwater.org/media/comments/our-model/
I believe these are potentially quite good:
http://www.saddleback.com/resources/apologetics/
You can also find them on YouTube perhaps.
An interesting blog roll with some Christian philosophers & apologists
http://www.faithinterface.com.au/
A pretty decent YouTube question on theology:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rfvidz/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=p
“First, the beginning of the universe clearly points toward a Creator (“Whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause”). Second, the universe’s incredible fine-tuning defies coincidence and exhibits the handiwork of an intelligent designer. Third, our objective moral values are evidence that there is a God, since only He could establish a universal standard of right and wrong. Fourth, the historical evidence for the resurrection—including the empty tomb, eyewitness accounts, and the origin of the Christian faith—establish the divinity of Jesus. And, fifth, God can be immediately known and experienced by those who seek Him.”
Summary of works:
http://www.ctns.org/books.html
http://www.jpmoreland.com/
Also the Templeton Societies work. Interesting integration of science & theology. I believe they put out one book a year on this topic.
This essay isn’t quite in line with the other resources–its more worldview based:
Click to access EM2.pdf
Not sure what politics or perspective this center has….I believe its Christian or at least generally so:
http://www.ctns.org/pub_articles.html
I linked to it above, but a different subsection
Interesting & interesting comments:
http://thebarainitiative.com/apologetics-is-parasitic-to-christian-proclamation/
Faith has its Own Reasons:
http://www.apologetics315.com/2009/03/faith-has-its-reasons-by-ken-boa-rob.html
Fideism–including because its philosophically important….and it provides something to position from:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fideism/
There is a sense in which an intergrationists approach is needed. Thats what I believe is the purpose of the book “Faith has its Reasons”
More free resources from Apolegetics 315:
http://www.apologetics315.com/search?q=free+download
I thought this was interesting–not sure what constitutes “Christian” to them, but interesting none-the-less:
http://christianinvestmentforum.org
Process and Faith:
http://processandfaith.org
To watch:
http://www.youtube.com/user/venetable?feature=watch
To watch:
For Christian Faculty Networking, etc…:
http://www.facultylinc.com/connect-with-others/meet-christian-colleagues/
A number of audio resources:
http://www.bethinking.org/
Interesting art
https://www.facebook.com/JesusIsLordOfAllLords
Prodigal Magazine:
http://www.prodigalmagazine.com
Faith Street–find a local church.
http://www.faithstreet.com/
Helpful for travelers & movers.
Max Depree Center for Leadership
http://depree.org/
* Not sure what they have to say, just that he is respected in the Christian Leadership space.
Maxwell is also another option in this space.
A cool project by Biola University–a number of lectures & chapels/sermons, etc.. compiled from Biola. Its categorized by topic area.
http://open.biola.edu/
Interesting. Haven’t read much:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Brunner
Micah Groups:
http://www.brehmcenter.com/initiatives/ogilvieinstitute/resources/
William Guice blog:
http://www.wgblog.info/
http://www.wgblog.info/
Guice used to be on my blog roll, but that is a distant memory. I thought I would leave a note here.
Recommended Reading from Ravi Zachiarias:
http://www.rzim.org/recommended-reading/
Looking forward to checking this one out:
http://www.rzim.org/just-thinking-broadcasts/critical-thinking-a-christian-essential-part-1-of-3/
This blog has a number of philosophically based:
http://sententias.org/presentation-resources/
Its not for the faint of heart. Ravi Zachiarias, NT Wright, and Alister McGrath
and others may be more appropriate for most audiences.
Interesting to back source some of the organizations that spoke:
http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/roundtable_proceedings.cfm
Reasons to Believe Partners (also Christian resources–at least most of them)
http://www.reasons.org/about/partners
They also have a number of educational programs. I don’t know if you have to pay for any of them. They are a non-profit, so I would think they either don’t charge or what they charge is minimal:
http://www.reasons.org/education/overview
From Notre Dame–not quite as conversational as Veritas:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ndcpr
I believe most of the speakers are Christian/Catholic in worldview….but some like Sam Harris are atheist or agnostic.
Interesting idea……he quotes from scripture & from various authors about the
science/reason/faith question:
This one is about suffering…I haven’t gotten to check it out yet.
Critique of Dawkins:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/terry-eagleton/lunging-flailing-mispunching
Christian Courses (this appears to be a rather large database)
http://rbc.christiancourses.com/mod/page/view.php?id=5960
Philosophy of Religion (this is a professor list–aka an article author list)
http://epsociety.org/library/links.asp?mode=links&cat=9
Polanyi Society:
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/polanyi/index.html
Not super sure theres a lot here….but it bears mentioning:
http://wonderofcreation.org
Free DVDs to mail to US address for use in the developing world (aka 3rd world):
http://store.thirdmill.org/request.php
Christian Book Summaries:
http://www.christianbooksummaries.com/library/
Not sure if the above link works, but you can shorten it if it doesn’t
This is the topics engine from Veritas. Very cool. Helps to provide answer to questions directly.
http://www.veritas.org/Topics.aspx/
Universe Confirms the Bible:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tba/universe-confirms-bible
100 Things to be Thankful For (Not a Christian list…I may find one of those.)
http://www.positivelypresent.com/2009/11/100-things-i-am-thankful-for.html
Fibonaccis Sequence (to watch later):
Identity:
Click to access Storyline-Identity-in-Jesus.pdf
The brain science of identity for teens:
http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2013/4/brain-biology-tied-social-reorientation-during-entry-adolescence
Christian products. Mostly of the education/learning variety in terms of Bible & theology, etc…..but also software:
http://www.logos.com/products
This is a New Age website. I’m recording it for personal research on perceptions of theology:
http://newthoughtlibrary.com/authors.htm#TopOfPage
Francis Chan’s Seminary:
This is the common person version (classes are $25):
http://thesiloproject.org/
This is the real deal:
http://eternitybiblecollege.com/
There are a number of videos available on thei Vimeo channel
http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm
http://www.summit.org/resources/links/
Preach Better Sermons:
http://therocketcompanylive.com/preachbettersermons/
They have a fundraising product too.
Acts 29 Network is a specific brand of Christianity–but probably have many insightful things to say:
http://www.acts29network.org/resources/
Massive list of seminaries & Bible schools:
http://churchrelevance.com/resources/theological-seminaries-list/
Various videos of cool science stuff–some of which proves or hints at patterns:
https://www.facebook.com/emsl.pnl.gov
I’m curious if there are more vivid or visually impressive projects which are similar.
Know Think Act:
https://www.knowthinkact.com/
Don’t know much about the ministry. Looks like an interesting ministry.
The core concepts seem to be described here:
http://www.globalsupportmission.com
I think this may be one of their revenue streams:
http://redearthtradingco.com
http://exchangetour.redearthtradingco.com
Classic Academic Press (one of the home school presses):
http://classicalacademicpress.com
* Their focus on critical thinking is what is of interest to me.
Q Ideas Conference Videos
http://www.qideas.org/video/
Chip Ingram’s Living on the Edge:
http://livingontheedge.org
Sheldrake:
http://www.sheldrake.org/homepage.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake
He has a TEDx talk as well. Called the Science Delusion. He’s more radical than I might like.
File under empathy:
http://ccare.stanford.edu/about/people/ccare-staff/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-zakaras/the-case-against-the-case_b_3288394.html
http://gospel.spreadtruth.com
There is also a free Google/iPhone app:
https://viewthestory.com/
Acts 29 Church Planting Network Resources (I believe mostly talks & sermons):
http://www.acts29network.org/resources/
Best Christian Workplaces 2013
http://www.bcwinstitute.com/bcwlists/US12.aspx
Classics Education: including writing:
http://www.circeinstitute.org/
I believe they are oriented toward Christian/Homeschool market.
http://www.fallacydetective.com
You can also search “Christian Debate Camp” (ie Training Minds)
History of the Ontological argument:
http://www.ontology.co/biblio/ontological-proof-contemporary-biblio.htm
Miracles are a controversial topic–its kind of a difficult issue to dive into–here is an article that does so:
http://www.coffeehousetheology.com/miracles/
I’m personally not into the laying on of hands thing–it does mention some of those occurrences. So read with appropriate caution.
Proverbs 32 Husband:
This is not a real thing. There is no Proverbs 32 in the Bible. But….its an interesting
thought experiment:
http://www.proverbs32man.com/proman32.htm
This also belongs in social innovation:
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/06/the-distinct-positive-impact-of-a-good-dad/276874/
Critique of scientism:
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2013/06/13/the-dangers-of-scientism-and-the-fear-of-the-unknowable/
Quite interesting:
Click to access TVScienceAndHumanity.pdf
A couple things I hadn’t thought about:
Click to access TV2Foundations.pdf
Materialist Design versus Spiritual Design distinction is unpacked in another presentation.
Math & God:
Click to access TV9Math.pdf
Please read the following with discretion (ie I haven’t verified. I think the 1st list is probably better than the 2nd):
http://www.superscholar.org/features/20-most-influential-christian-scholars/
http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2013/01/06/50-smartest-people-faith
I’ve posted this before, but it bears repeating:
http://open.biola.edu/
http://www.youtube.com/user/robbinsphilosophy
Church Leadership/Growth:
http://whatisorange.org/
Edge:
http://edge.org/conversation/breaking-the-galilean-spell
Interesting
http://www.gcmcollective.org/resources/
I like the quick article on ways to be missional. Curious whats on their Vimeo channel.
For pastors…but for other folks too:
http://www.emilywierenga.com/2013/06/an-open-letter-to-pastors-please-be.html
Homeschool type resources:
Click to access War_of_the_WorldViewsby_James_P.pdf
They also have a rhetoric worksheet (really writing + critical thinking):
Click to access Skills_for_Rhetoric_Concept_Builder_Middle_School.pdf
Templeton Prize:
http://www.templetonprize.org/previouswinner.html
Note to self–book distributors:
SBL
Mardell
http://www.christianbook.com/
MLK Sermons:
http://www.thekingcenter.org/genre/sermons
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2002/01/The-Sermons-Of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.aspx#
Challenge–they are in cursive. I would think others might be in text.
You can also buy the speeches for $20 bucks in book form or $30 in audio form (note this is partial). Stanford’s project on MLK also sells them.
Critiques/Criticisms of Relativism:
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/the-challenge-of-relativism
Piper also includes a critique of relativism in his book “Think” I would imagine that it may have been a sermon at some point.
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/awakening-from-nihilismthe-templeton-prize-address-17
I would also harken back to Peter Kreft of Boston College’s criticism of relativism. You can Google it. It has 9 arguments:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio/05_relativism/relativism_transcription.htm
Andy Stanley’s/Northpoints–Your Move Series:
http://yourmove.is/
Incredibly Impressive (Your Move Series–also runs after SNL on Sat night/Sun morning). I DVR it and should watch it more often.
http://www.smallgroupsource.com/
When God Seems Silent Conference on Open Biola (4 lectures/speeches):
http://open.biola.edu/collections/when-god-seems-silent
Old Earth Creationism (I think)–Presbestyrian
http://www.pcahistory.org/creation/report.html
I believe its also an attempt to look at both sides of the issue.
http://www.jpmoreland.com/jps-library/recommended-resources-and-links/
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson
Apolegetics search on Archieve (aka books & essays on Apolegetic)
http://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Apologetics%22
I’m not sure to what extent this includes ancient/classic Christian writings (aka the canon). You may want to do independent searches for those.
St. Thomas Acquinas, Augustine, etc..
There are a number of other resources on the Archieve.
This is on neuroscience:
http://open.biola.edu/authors/tim-o-connor
Determinism type stuff:
http://www.indiana.edu/~scotus/articles.html
He also has a book (there may be some scientism stuff in there) & has an info philosopher entry
I would probably file this under Christian-ish stuff:
http://noisetrade.com/genres/Audiobook
Some free audio downloads from Christian type literature–not necessarily Christian proper.
AW Towzer:
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6
Possibly interesting:
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/bible_books/?view=book&book=202
Possibly interesting–the Spirituality of Science
http://q-ideas.myshopify.com/collections/resources/products/the-spirituality-of-science-dvd-guides
Q-Ideas may also have other interesting stuff (aka the main website)
Possible Ministry Resources:
http://globalchristiancenter.com/about/ministry-resources.html
Not sure what the basis of this list is but its pretty extensive, unfortunately they haven’t linked to many scholars:
http://www.theopedia.com/Theologians
Also, the site itself is Calvinist, but with a seeming rejection of Natural theology–otherwise interesting. (or at least thats what their natural theology link would suggest)
Issues at a Glance:
http://erlc.com/issues/
Not “resources” in the traditional sense–but a list of Apolegetics Events (a Calendar)
http://www.biola.edu/academics/sas/apologetics/events/
Speaker list for a symposium:
http://www.symposiachristi.com/?page_id=17
This is on the philosophy of science (from an academic perspective, not necessarily a Christian one):
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/About/links.htm
I’ve heard this is a bit more fundamental than the (so-called) Josh McDowell school of apologetics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presuppositional_apologetics
Although they can certainly work together.
The former is more philosophical–probably more difficult for people outside philosophy to grasp in some instances. Although to me the cultural/worldview debates seem to be pretty easy to follow (but I’m not per se objective in this regard by any scope of the imagination)
Islam Apologetics (public facing):
http://creed26.com/#/videos/
Islam Apologetics (Academic college audience):
http://open.biola.edu/collections/apologetics-to-islam
Modesty movement:
http://wearethatfamily.com/2013/03/raising-daughters-in-a-world-that-devalues-them-7-things-we-must-tell-them/
Explorers Class for Christian Coaching
http://christiancoachingresources.com/explorersclass/
Christian Coaches Magazine:
http://christiancoachingmag.com/
Should probably include more general resources on Christian Coaching.
http://www.coach22.com/
* This is an e-commerce site. I think its run by Tony S, whose products I’ve had a good experience with (I think I have 3 or so of his books I purchased on Amazon).
Theology Book Blog
http://blog.lifeway.com/shelfspace/
Origins and Models–by Scott McKnight
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/01/09/origins-and-models/
Preachers & Evangelists:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/bytopic/preachersevangelists/
This is philosophy (probably shouldn’t be filed under Christian–except as it relates to the background for theology or the overlap). Also, I’m not sure about the ideology of the author:
The first link I believe is to actual works.
http://www.sevenoaksphilosophy.org/resources-sites.html
http://www.sevenoaksphilosophy.org/resources-books.html
Possibly interesting…
http://davidbrownuk.webs.com/science-time-and-god
It also deals with evolution & suggests books which provide ways to cross the science-faith divide.
http://davidbrownuk.webs.com/evolutionandcreation.htm
Not sure to what extent this might help, but:
http://www.cis.org.uk/resources/
These should be helpful–Bible lessons:
Biblical Counseling Coalition–Recommended books (organized by topic)
http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/books
Sermons–specific to NT or OT, etc…:
http://www.sermonnotebook.org/sermons.htm
I think he has preaching on (almost) every book of the Bible. He’s from a Baptist background.
Interesting perspective from Donald Miller:
http://storylineblog.com/2013/07/25/why-i-dont-believe-we-know-the-truth-yet/
I think this argument could be used to broadly to run over existing doctrine grounded in text.
A little bit on the other side (kinda):
http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2006/10/thoroughly-post-modern-biblical.html
Some people would also suggest reading about “authority of Scripture”
Interesting–RE: Christian response to the Bachelor for Daughters/Women
http://healinghamlet.com/healing-stories/letter-to-my-daughter-after-watching-the-bachelor-2/
Bible Teacher Blog–Blessings for Bible Teachers:
http://bibleschoolteachers.blogspot.com
Free e-book on science and faith
Click to access PoythressVernRedeemingScience.pdf
http://www.frame-poythress.org/ebooks/
Sermon Commentaries (not sure about background or qualification):
Critique of Process Theology:
Reclaiming the Mind–they offer a free podcast & a number of paid services.
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/
Proofs of Gods Existence:
http://www.theopedia.com/Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God
I’ve included this mostly because of the Bibliography suggests a couple different options (ie books with 10 and 12 reasons).
Church of Christ resources:
http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/links.htm
This is a longer article that is a criticism of the Jesus Seminar by NT Wright:
Click to access Wright_Five_Gospels.pdf
Theology/Academic rabbit hole:
Click to access 1953-2_torrance.pdf
Also a good resource:
http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/
Nice list of resources–particularly philosophy and apolegetics:
http://www.nobts.edu/library/EResources/Theology.html
A more eccumenical CoC:
http://www.nobts.edu/library/EResources/Theology.html
Two apps & ESV:
http://www.esvbible.org/
I assume there are also mobile versions of the apps.
Andy Andrews:
7 Decisions:
Click to access AA_SevenDecisions.pdf
Wisdom.
Action.
Attitude.
Planning too. Keep the plan.
Who can you be value to?
Resources for answering cults:
http://www.thecenters.org/resources.aspx
It may be more useful to seek out specific answers to specific cults. However, perhaps this can be an added resource.
Methodist/Wesleyan Resources:
http://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/cswt/research-resources
http://wesley.nnu.edu
Theologian Pages–with PDF documents. Very interesting.
Not sure if there is a theological bent–in terms of inclusion. I think the publisher is an Anglican.
http://andrewgoddard.squarespace.com/
Theologians at Theopedia:
http://www.theopedia.com/Theologians
List of links:
http://www.samuelzwemerseminary.com/?i=13248&mid=11
Christian Gender Roles publication:
http://cbmw.org/journal/
Here are some other resources:
http://www.graceevfree.org/resources-long-title/thinking-biblically/
Conflict Resolution:
http://peacemaker-ministries.mybigcommerce.com/the-peacemaker-workbook/
http://www.peacemaker.net/site/c.aqKFLTOBIpH/b.958145/k.7ECF/Foundational_Principles.htm
http://www.peacemaker.net/site/c.aqKFLTOBIpH/b.958125/k.E9B4/Resources.htm
They have a number of books and other resources available in their shop/ecommerce store.
Summary of Takeaways from Rob Bell’s “This is What We Talk About When We Talk About God”:
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2013/03/12/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-rob-bell/
Essays:
http://robbellcom.tumblr.com/
Poets & Preachers ($20):
http://www.robbell.com/work/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=9
Reading list–may check some of these out later:
Chuck Swindoll’s insight for living:
http://www.insight.org/resources/
Bott Radio Networks list of resources:
http://www.bottradionetwork.com/spiritual-resources/
http://www.wts.edu/faculty/profiles/ksoliphint.html
1) See also his articles/publications
2) Westminster has a number of audio/video
Suffering at Open Biola:
http://open.biola.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=suffering
One of my favorites at Open Biola:
http://www.talbot.edu/faculty/profile/erik_thoennes/
5 Love Languages:
http://www.5lovelanguages.com
Biblical Counseling:
http://www.biblicalcounselingcenter.org/bccresources
http://biblicalcounselingcenter.org/node/5568
biblical centered counseling resources:
http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/resources
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/topic-index/biblical-counseling
http://www.ccef.org/resources/conference-audio
http://astore.amazon.com/cceforg-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=1
http://www.ccef.org/courses/certificates
semi-decent article:
http://www.gatewaybiblicalcounseling.org/resources/putoffputon.htm
More:
http://bcdasocal.org/resources/book-stores
http://www.biblicalcounseling.com
More:
http://livetheword.squarespace.com/waynes-reading-list/
http://livetheword.squarespace.com/bible-resources/
I don’t know what reformed theology is–this is by RC Sproul:
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/what_is_reformed_theology/
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/
The Holiness of God–RC Sproul:
http://www.openchurch.com/697/the-holiness-of-god-free-download/
Gospel Coalition:
http://thegospelcoalition.org
Redeemer Network(I think this is a church planting website):
https://redeemercitytocity.com
Verge Network (?):
http://www.vergenetwork.org/category/resources/free-stuff/
One Place–Audio Lessons
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/
Sermon Index
http://www.sermonindex.net
Sermon Audio:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/
Some more stuff:
http://www.cmalliance.org/resources/
Interesting/Philosophy/Apolegetics. I also want to check out their links list:
https://www.biblicaltraining.org/library/articles/index
Apolegetics Resources + Apolegetics Journal:
http://www.apologeticsjournal.com/Resources.html
Short explanation of cold case christianity:
http://tawapologetics.blogspot.com/2013/06/brief-book-musings-j-warner-wallace.html
The gnostic gospels:
http://www.equip.org/articles/the-gnostic-gospels-are-they-authentic/
Some Christian Apolegetics–from Houston Baptist:
http://www.hieropraxis.com/
Houston Baptist on Christian Thought (ie their staff–aka potential thought leaders):
https://www.hbu.edu/Choosing-HBU/Academics/Colleges-Schools/School-of-Christian-Thought/Faculty-and-Staff.aspx
I don’t know a lot about Women’s ministries. I’m kinda fascinated with this one due to a current focus on Proverbs in my reading.
http://proverbs31.org
I’m trying to use Proverbs to discover leadership principles:
https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2007/11/leadership-principles-from-proverbs
http://www.biblestudytools.com/proverbs/
Bible Search Tool (not sure how it compares to others like Bible Study Tools & …)
http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?as=1
Very cool teaching syllabus. Don’t know the books specifically, but have heard of them:
http://www.gospellifechurch.com/thinktank/
Various Bible/Theology resources:
http://jprahlow.blogspot.com/p/suggested-internet-resources.html
Theopedia & systematic theology:
http://www.theopedia.com/Systematic_theology
Interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral
Curious about weight (priority) or the context that applies to each of these.
What do we mean when we say “tradition” in this context?
Seems like they have a number of commentaries available too:
http://www.thebibletool.com/
Potentially interesting, helpful resources:
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/
http://www.samuelzwemerseminary.com/?i=13248&mid=11
Insight for Living by Chuck Swindoll
http://www.insight.org/resources/
Missionary E-texts (sounds interesting–I assume they have rights–I would assume they use stuff that has expired copywrite or get permission)
http://missionaryetexts.org/
Spirituality Resources:
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/
Centering Prayer:
http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/resources
Center for Restoration Studies:
http://www.bible.acu.edu/crs/
Disciples of Christ:
http://www.disciples.org/
Disciples of Christ videos (I believe):
http://www.dtoday.tv/services.html
The Restoration Movement:
http://www.therestorationmovement.com/
A number of videos about Stone-Campbell Restoration movement:
http://vimeo.com/user11826308/videos
Interesting concept–the Bible in 10 minutes:
From a mutual source as the above:
http://www.kairoschurchplanting.org/
Hmmm…Resources plus their main project:
http://www.hearthevoice.com/resources
Faith Tap:
faithtap.com/
Funny, amusing stuff
McGrath’s suggestions for websites:
http://www.alistermcgrathwiley.com/sites.asp
Sermons by Bible Book:
http://www.radical.net/media/series/?cur_tab=series
* I should find a more comprehensive list.
Resources (i think church growth):
http://leadnet.org/resources/
Criticism of Calvinism:
Christian parenting podcasts:
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/media/daily-broadcast#?topic=2c0ae8f2-9dff-4d50-b1cb-b0ba04fa465b&curPage=1
60 Character Traits of Christ
http://seekthisjesus.com/60-character-traits-of-christ/
* Warning: This is an LDS webpage.
Verge Network
https://vimeo.com/vergenetwork/videos
This is a historical essay on America’s founding:
http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/2011/06/did-america-have-a-christian-founding