Understanding the Tenants of the Christian Faith
People will ask questions, and while your job is primarily to listen, there will be times to share what you believe about Christianity, Jesus, and the Bible. Do you understand the basic tenets of the Christian faith? What resources exist to help you fill in the holes in your own theology?
Websites:
Online Bible - BibleGateway.com
Jesus Central Ministries - JesusCentral.com
Books:
Adventuring Through the Bible, Ray Stedman
Basic Christianity, John R. W. Stott
The Bible Jesus, Philip Yancey
The Bible Questions, Hal Seed
The Book of God (The Bible as a Novel), Walter Wangerin Jr.
Christianity Made Simple, David Hewetson and David Miller
Give Me an Answer, Cliffe Knechtle
He Did This Just for You, Max Lucado
Help Me Believe, Cliffe Knechtle
How to Be Born Again, Billy Graham
How to Get into the Bible, Stephen M. Miller
I'm Glad You Asked, Ken Boa and Larry Moody
Jesus Asked, Conrad Gempf
The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey
Know What You Believe, Paul Little
Letters from a Skeptic, Gregory Boyd and Edward Boyd
The Making of the New Testament, Arthur Patzia
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
More than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell
The New Testament and the People of God, N. T. Wright
Talk Thru the Bible, Bruce Wilkinson & Ken Boa