Challenging Topics

A Light in Darkness: The Church’s Role in Ending Human Trafficking

It is clear that God is passionate about justice and righteousness in His Word and in our world. With tens of millions of people in slavery today, human trafficking is one of the darkest evils of our generation. But what can we do as believers? A Light in Darkness gives a biblical foundation for the church to understand God’s call for us to pursue justice, and provides practical steps for us to demonstrate the gospel as we shine light into these dark places.

A Reasonable God: Engaging the New Face of Atheism

Eschewing the rhetoric and provocative purposes of best-selling “new atheists” Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris, Ganssle offers a nuanced, charitable, and philosophically well-informed defense of the reality of God. Topics include the relationship between faith and reason, moral arguments for God’s existence, Darwinian theories of the origin of religion, and more.

A Rebel’s Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today’s World

Modern life can quickly devolve into an online shouting match! Instead, Sean McDowell wants to help you live calmly and confidently grounded in biblical truth. He offers clear guidance on navigating bullying and social media; handling loneliness, sex, and pornography; approaching difficult conversations about controversial issues; articulating your faith; and more.

Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists

Offering guidance for the emerging generation, apologists McDowell and Morrow’s accessible and thorough examination of the New Atheism addresses scientific, philosophical, moral, and biblical challenges to belief in God. Their balanced answers to honest questions will help you build a firm foundation for your faith. Includes expert commentary and recommended resources for further investigation.

Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful Approach to God’s Design for Marriage

Whether for it or against it, same-sex marriage matters: to the Church, to people, and to the future of our society. In Same-Sex Marriage, authors Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet face these uncharted waters by clearly defining and contrasting two very different meanings of marriage. In the process, they reveal the dramatic shift in our culture’s understanding of human dignity, and the meaning of freedom and sex.

The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between

In The Story of Reality, best-selling author and host of Stand to Reason, Gregory Koukl, explains the five words that form the narrative backbone of the Christian story, identifying how “God,” “man,” “Jesus,” “cross,” and “resurrection” encompass the message of the Bible from start to finish. His big-picture introduction to the Christian worldview is ideal for individual seekers or small groups preparing members for outreach.

To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview

In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and aggressive opposition. What is needed in this syncretistic era is an authoritative, comprehensive Christian response. Point by point, argument by argument, the Christian faith must be effectively presented and defended. To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview offers such a response. Preeminent in their respective fields, the contributors to this volume offer a solid case for the Christian worldview and a coherent defense of the Christian faith.