Looking for a good book? Below are the “Additional Reading” suggestions in the discussion guide which accompanies “The Reason For God: Conversations on Faith and Life” small group curriculum by Timothy Keller (which is currently my favorite small group curriculum to recommend). I am familiar with most of the books on this list, and can give a hearty second recommendation to them. And, I am very anxious to get my hands on the ones on the list with which I am not familiar, based on my great appreciation for those with which I am familiar.

Discussion #1 – “Isn’t the Bible a Myth? Hasn’t Science Disproved Christianity?”

• Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?, by Denis Alexander
• Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, by Richard Bauckham
• The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig Blomberg
• The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F.F. Bruce
• Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?, by C. John Collins
• Nothing But the Truth, by Brian Edwards
• Darwin on Trial, by Phillip e. Johnson
• Redeeming Science, by Vern Poythress

Discussion #2 – “How can you say there is only one way to God? What about other religions?”

• The Dissent of the Governed, by Stephen L. Carter
• Answering Islam, by Norman Geisler and Abdul Saleeb
• The Abolition of Man, by C. S. Lewis
• Death of a Guru, by Rabindranath R. Maharaj
• Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?, by Gerald R. McDermott
• The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Lesslie Newbigin
• The Supremacy of Christ in a Post-Modern World, by John Piper
• The Universe next Door, by James Sire
• Christianity at the Religious Roundtable, by Timothy Tennent

Discussion #3 – “What gives you the right to tell me how to live my life? Why are there so many rules?

• Angry Conversations With God, by Susan E. Isaacs
• Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
• Hope Has Its Reasons, by Rebecca Pippert
• Mere Morality, by Lewis B. Smedes
• Real Sex, by Lauren Winner

Discussion #4 – “Why does God allow suffering? Why is there so much evil in the world?”

• Where is God When Things Go Wrong, by John Blanchard
• How Long, O Lord? By D.A. Carson
• Making Sense Out of Suffering, by Peter Kreeft
• The Problem of Pain, by C.S. Lewis
• A Step Further, by Joni Eareckson Tada
• Lament for a Son, by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Discussion #5 – “Why is the church responsible for so much injustice? Why are Christians such hypocrites?”

• The Transforming Vision, by Brian Walsh and J.R. Middleton
• Let Justice Roll Down, by John Perkins
• Church History in Plain Language, by Bruce L. Shelley
• Creation Regained, by Albert Wolters
• Until Justice and Peace Embrace, by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Discussion #6 – “How can God be full of love and wrath at the same time? How can God send good people to Hell?”

• The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God, by D.A. Carson
• Original Sin: A Cultural History, by Alan Jacobs
• The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
• Exclusion and Embrace, by Miroslav Volf
• The God I Don’t Understand, by Christopher Wright

Are you familiar with any of these books? Share your thoughts on them in the comments below.

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