read for 2008

 

Again this year Hope Community

has a recommended book:

What’s So Great About Christianity

by

Dinesh D’Souza

 

This provocative, enlightening book is for

the seeker

& the skeptic, as well as the believer who wants to defend the faith:

 

… Christianity explains what modern science tells us.

 

… Christianity created the framework for modern science, while science & atheism might be irreconcilable.

 

… The evils of Christianity have been exaggerated, while the destructiveness of atheism is avoided.

 

… How Christianity explains consciousness & free will, which atheists have to deny.

 

… Why you can’t have the freedoms of Western civilization without the Christianity that gave it birth.

 

 

books

 

what’s so great about Christianity  Is Christianity obsolete?  Can an

intelligent, educated person really believe the Bible?  Has Christianity

been disproven, debunked, and discredited?  Take a look at Christianity

and atheism with a questioning, skeptical eye.  This book challenges both

believers and doubters, and affirms that there really is something great

about Christianity.

 

simply Christian  A description of what Christianity is all about, with the goal of commending it to those outside the faith and to simply explain it to those inside.  This book consists of three parts.

1) That our deepest human desires point beyond humanity.  2) What Christianity teaches about God.  3) What it looks like in practice to follow Jesus.

 

 

emerging church websites

 

emerging church  While it’s impossible to summarize something as diverse as the emerging church—if you click and explore, read and discover, perhaps you'll start to get a picture of what the emerging church is all about.

 

missional church   The church stops mimicking our surrounding culture and become an alternative community, with a different set of beliefs, values, and behaviors.  Ministers no longer engage in marketing, churches no longer place primary emphasis on programs to serve their own members.  The traditional way for evaluating successful churches—bigger buildings, more people, bigger budgets, larger staff, with new and improved programs to serve members—are rejected.

 

 

spiritual discussion websites

 

rzim.org  Ravi Zecharias’ engaging, thought-provoking edgy website challenges Christians and others to be honest about their beliefs.

 

firstthings.com  superb website from “The journal of religion, culture, and public life,” published by Richard John Neuhaus.

 

apologetics.org  A marketplace of ideas where skeptics and believers gather to present, discuss and defend their points of view.  Here is a place to test Christianity’s truth claims.

 

reasons.org  Where you can look for answers to questions about God and science, or scientific support for your faith.

 

renovare.com  God invites you on a journey into His heart and into the good life made available through Jesus.  But entering into this abundant life takes more than wishful thinking; it takes a well-thought-out, feasible plan.

 

 

christian resource websites

 

fort collins church network  Fort Collins area churches doing together what we can’t do separately, in the church and in the community.

 

the hope  The story of God’s promise for all people.  Created in cooperation with motion picture producers and distributors around the world, The HOPE brings to you a powerful dramatic overview of this incredible story … a story many have called the greatest ever told.

 

battlecry.com  Our goal is to provoke a young generation to passionately pursue Jesus Christ and to take His life-giving message to the ends of the earth.

 

biblegateway.com  A free service for reading and researching the Bible online—all in the language or translation of your choice.

 

beyondbelief.com “Our goal is to help you reach yours.  You can receive a variety of materials to help you raise up a generation of transformed followers of Christ, including the free downloadable Beyond Belief to Convictions Booklet.”

 

christianitytoday.com  The classic magazine of evangelical Christianity, founded by Billy Graham.

 

OnePlace.com  Focusing on providing Christian audio content online.

 

 

colorado information websites

 

coloradotown.com  A functional, easy to use community resource directory featuring the town and regions of Colorado.

 

firstcall.org  Community information and referral agency serving the residents of Larimer, Routt and Moffat Counties, Colorado.  They help finding food, shelter, drug treatment, childcare, job training, volunteer opportunities, places to donate and more.

 

 

 

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