Resources for the 21st Century Christian

One of my favorite things to do as a pastor is to share a hot cup of coffee and lively conversation with folks from our church around God's word. A recent conversation brought to light the importance of equipping the church with faithful and helpful resources for growth in Christian maturity.

The discussion centered specifically on resources that would help us establish a Biblical worldview, understand modern apologetics, answer difficult and contemporary objections to Christianity, apply our faith in popular culture, and other similar topics. This blog is one small attempt to help meet this need. A few resources that I have found to be particularly helpful on these issues include:

• "The Reason for God" by Timothy Keller
• "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis
• "The Case for Christ" and "The Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel
• The Gospel Coalition website at www.thegospelcoalition.org

Interestingly enough, The Gospel Coalition posted a blog just last evening from pastor and author Timothy Keller (noted above) entitled, "In Defense of Apologetics". Here's the link if you're interested in the article:

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/08/05/in-defense-of-apologetics/

I also touched base with a few of our resident experts at Old North and asked for their recommendations on authors, books, studies, and other relevant resources that would be helpful to our church. Here are some of their favorites:

• "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" by Josh McDowell
• "Christ and Culture Revisited" by D.A. Carson
• "Scaling the Secular City" by J.P Moreland
• Other authors: G.K. Chesterton, Francis Shaeffer, David Wells, Albert Mohler, Chuck Colson, and Ravi Zacharias

These resources should give you a good start in learning about important subjects like apologetics and Christ in popular culture. So take a few minutes this week to grab a coffee, pick up a new book, and dive in to some helpful material.

See you Sunday!

Chris