Clear Answers about the Bible for Your Teen

As our children enter middle school and begin deeper study in God's Word, their questions become more challenging to answer. For example, questions like, “The Bible says I’m to turn the other cheek, so does that mean I can’t defend myself?” can put us on our heels.

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10 Helpful Books Affirming the Truth of Scripture


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Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books
by Michael Kruger available from Crossway

This study of the New Testament canon and its authority mines the Scripture to understand what the original authors and audiences believed the…

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This study of the New Testament canon and its authority mines the Scripture to understand what the original authors and audiences believed the canon to be.Canon Revisited places a substantial focus on the theology of canon as the context, within which the historical evidence is evaluated and assessed.

 

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Collected Writings on Scripture
by D. A. Carson available from Crossway

Collected Writings on Scripture is a road map of pathways to pursue, and pitfalls to avoid, when reading the Bible. D. A. Carson guides readers to…

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Collected Writings on Scripture is a road map of pathways to pursue, and pitfalls to avoid, when reading the Bible. D. A. Carson guides readers to confidence in God’s Word by refuting its critics and validating its truth.

 

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7 Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible
by Erwin Lutzer available from Moody Publishers

Erwin Lutzer offers seven foundational arguments for the reliability of Scripture. In clear, easy-to-follow language, he explores:

  1. The Bible’s…
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Erwin Lutzer offers seven foundational arguments for the reliability of Scripture. In clear, easy-to-follow language, he explores:

  1. The Bible’s claims about itself
  2. The historical reliability of the Bible
  3. The prophetic predictions of the Bible
  4. The claims of Christ concerning Scripture
  5. The harmony between science and the Bible
  6. The providence of God in preserving Scripture
  7. The power of the Bible to change lives

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Why Trust the Bible?
by Greg Gilbert available from Crossway

Written to help readers better understand why God’s Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have…

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Written to help readers better understand why God’s Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have helped millions of believers through the centuries trust the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

 

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The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
by F. F. Bruce available from IVP

This study of the New Testament offers a compelling defense of biblical truth. Scholar F.F. Bruce makes a clear case for the historical…

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This study of the New Testament offers a compelling defense of biblical truth. Scholar F.F. Bruce makes a clear case for the historical trustworthiness of the Scripture, drawing on evidence from the New Testament documents themselves, as well as extra-biblical sources.

 

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Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible’s Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity
by Dr. James White available from Baker Publishing Group

Scripture Aloneis written to instill a passionate love for, and understanding of, the Bible. In this defense of God’s inspired Word, readers will…

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Scripture Alone is written to instill a passionate love for, and understanding of, the Bible. In this defense of God’s inspired Word, readers will comprehend what God’s Word is, the nature of Scripture, the relationship of the Bible to tradition, and how to apply Scripture to today’s issues.

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The Scripture Cannot Be Broken: Twentieth Century Writings on the Doctrine of Inerrancy
by John MacArthur, Editor available from Crossway

Under the editorial oversight of John MacArthur, this anthology of essays in defense of inerrancy, features contributions from a host of respected…

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Under the editorial oversight of John MacArthur, this anthology of essays in defense of inerrancy, features contributions from a host of respected twentieth century evangelical leaders.

 

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A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness
by John Piper available from Crossway

John Piper sets out to answer this question: How are we to know that the Christian Scriptures are the Word of God? His approach is intended to help…

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John Piper sets out to answer this question: How are we to know that the Christian Scriptures are the Word of God? His approach is intended to help ordinary people discern whether the Bible is, in fact, the Word of God.

 

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From the Mouth of God: Trusting, Reading and Applying the Bible
by Sinclair Ferguson available from Banner of Truth
  • Why should we believe–as Jesus did–that the Bible it is ‘the mouth of God’?
  • When did it come into existence?
  • Is it inerrant?
  • What do we need to…
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  • Why should we believe–as Jesus did–that the Bible it is ‘the mouth of God’?
  • When did it come into existence?
  • Is it inerrant?
  • What do we need to learn in order to understand it better?
  • How does its teaching change our lives?

Sinclair Ferguson answers these and other important questions about trusting, reading, and applying the Bible.

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The Inerrant Word: Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives
by John MacArthur, Editor available from Crossway

This collection of commissioned essays by a host of evangelical pastors, theologians, historians, and biblical scholars, contends that the Bible…

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This collection of commissioned essays by a host of evangelical pastors, theologians, historians, and biblical scholars, contends that the Bible is completely true and without error.

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How Do We Know The Bible is From God?

Does the Bible actually claim to be the very Word of God? More importantly, can it be proved to be with certainty, God-inspired? These are questions we should be willing to investigate for ourselves.

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How Do We Know that the Bible is Trustworthy?

For Christians, the Bible is both the source of our beliefs and the instruction for our lives. But how do we explain our certainty that it truly is the Word of God?

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The Lost Practice of Catechesis

The practice of using a catechism to teach Christian beliefs is all but lost in contemporary churches.

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Come to Know Christ More

Alistair Begg and Sinclair Ferguson collaborate to bring us a book about the person and work of Christ by exploring Jesus as the True Prophet, the Great High Priest, the Conquering King, the Seed of the Woman, the Son of Man, the Suffering Servant, and the Lamb on the Throne.

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Sermons on Who Jesus Christ Is

Download or listen to sermons by Alistair Begg about who is Jesus Christ.

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Download (Free) - “Jesus 101 - Foundational Truths About the Christ”


Who is Jesus? Can ordinary people understand His identity, or do you need a seminary education? In Jesus 101, Alistair Begg emphasizes that the search for the real Jesus must always lead us to the Scriptures. Only in the Bible do we meet the Man Who is God, the living Word Who is Prophet, Priest, and King; only there do we learn of the Lamb sacrificed to bring salvation to a lost and dying world, the majestic Ruler of a kingdom that will last for all eternity. When we have a solid biblical grasp of who the Savior is, and of what He accomplished on our behalf in His life and atoning death, our hearts are filled with awe and adoration at the mention of His name, “Jesus.”

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Featured Resource: "Name above All Names" by Alistair Begg and Sinclair Ferguson

Who is Jesus? There's no more important question human beings face.

And yet, even for those who claim to be followers of Christ, we make little room in our busy lives to truly know the most important person we could ever know.

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Download (Free) - A Study in 1 Peter: Some Practical Exhortations


A Study in 1 Peter, Volume 4: Some Practical Exhortations

In his first epistle, Peter encouraged believers who were suffering persecution from a hostile culture. To stand firm, they would need to understand that their true security was in eternity, purchased for them by the blood of Christ. Christians are citizens of heaven, and they are aliens and strangers on the earth. When we learn to see things from this heavenly point of view, all that happens on earth takes on a different light.

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