Resources
Explore materials recommended by our guests, resources written by our guests, and other resources by Jana Harmon, Side B Stories Founder
Episode 74 – Vince Vitale
- Podcast: Unbelievable? https://www.premierunbelievable.com/shows/unbelievable
- Book: Non-Identity Theodicy: A Grace-Based Response to the Problem of Evil https://academic.oup.com/book/32027
Episode 73 – Josephine Thomas
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
- The Resurrection of the Son of God, N.T. Wright
Episode 72 – Nigel Goodwin
- Biography of Nigel Goodwin written by author David Porter – Arts and Minds: The Story of Nigel Goodwin
- Francis Schaeffer books
- The God Who is There
- Escape from Reason
- He is There and He is not Silent
Episode 71 – Neil Placer
Podcast: A World in Tension -This podcast explores the universal struggles of life. Externally, we encounter conflict with others. Internally, we engage in a constant debate between our hearts and minds. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-world-in-tension/id1647690656
See MoreEpisode 70 – Stefani Ruper
YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/stefaniruper Instagram: http://instagram.com/stefani.ruper Website: http://stefaniruper.com
See MoreEpisode 68 – Josh Rasmussen
- Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth, 2014
- Necessary Existence, 2015
- How Reason Can Lead to God, 2019
- Is God the Best Explanation of Things, 2019
Episode 67 – Chris Waghorn
- Twitter: @CJMindBody
- The Bible League Australia: https://bl.org.au
Episode 65 – Stu Fuhlendorf
- book: Wall Street to the Well: A Story of Transformation from Fortune to Faith
- church website: redemptionhills.com
- Lifeverse website: www.lifeverse.com
Episode 64 – Will Witt
- website: theflstandard.com
- book: How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies
- social media: @thewillwitt
Episode 63 – Pedro Garcia
- website: askandwonder.com
- translator for Christian organizations: askandwonder.com/translations
- email: askandwondernashville@gmail.com
Episode 61 – Ben Clifton
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
- Fingerprints of God, Hugh Ross, https://reasons.org
- William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith, https://www.reasonablefaith.org
- Biola University, Masters in Apologetics program, https://www.biola.edu/degrees/g/christian-apologetics-ma
- Tactics, Greg Koukl
Episode 60 – Nico Tarquinio
- Cold Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace
- Letters to an Atheist, Peter Kreeft
- Unbelievable? Podcast with Justin Brierley
- Reasonable Faith Podcast with William Lane Craig
Episode 59 – Ken Boa
- Escape from Reason, Francis Schaeffer
- The God who is There, Francis Schaeffer
- Works of C.S. Lewis
Episode 58 – Roger Sherrer
- Hugh Ross, Reasons to Believe, https://reasons.org
- William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith, https://www.reasonablefaith.org
- Cold Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Episode 57 – John Wise
- Podcast: ‘The Christian Atheist’: https://pod.link/1553077203
- Podcast: No Compromise
- Podcast: Simple Gifts
- Website: https://wisewordsforyouroccasion.wordpress.com
Episode 56 – Mark Goodnight
- Tactics, Greg Koukl
- Forensic Faith, Jim Warner Wallace
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Episode 56 – Mark Goodnight
- Blog: https://cyberpenance.wordpress.com/
- Twitter: @GospelApologist
- Instagram: @martyrtek
Episode 55 – Kim Endraske
- More Than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell
- Evidence that Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell
- Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Episode 55 – Kim Endraske
- Book: God is Real: The Eyewitness Testimony of a Former Atheist www.amazon.com/dp/1975916328
- YouTube Channel: www.YouTube.com/c/FormerAtheist58
- Blog: www.TeachWhatIsGood.com
- Ministry to Families Continuing their Pregnancy to Term: www.AChildOfPromise.org
Episode 53 – Hugh Ross
- Always Be Ready: A Call to Adventurous Faith, Ross
- Why the Universe is the Way It Is, Ross
- A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy, Ross
- Improbable Planet: How Earth Became Humanity's Home, Ross
- Creator and the Cosmos: How the Latest Scientific Discoveries Reveal God, Ross
- Who was Adam? A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Humanity, Ross
Episode 52 – Fazale Rana
Episode 46 – Rich Suplita
Website: askaformeratheist.com Website: ratiochristi.org Video: Five Philosophical Failures of Atheism
See MoreEpisode 44 – Stacy Gleiss
Philosophy in the Forest: http://philosophyintheforest.com
Episode 44 – Stacy Gleiss
Episode 40 – Adrienne Johnson
Prager U, Stories of Us, Adrienne Johnson: Why I'm No Longer an Atheist https://www.prageru.com/video/stories-of-us-adrienne-johnson
Max MacLean, Fellowship for Performing Arts, https://fpatheatre.com
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Episode 39 – Alex Blagojevic
The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Habermas and Licona
The Case for Christ, Strobel
Episode Number 38 – J. Warner Wallace
Website: https://coldcasechristianity.com
Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels
God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe
Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith
Episode Number 35 – Peter Harris
The Rage Against the Light: Why Christopher Hitchens Was Wrong - Peter Harris Do You Believe It? - Peter Harris Article - https://apologetics.com/blog/peterharris/an-unexpcted-ally/ Article - https://apologetics.com/blog/peterharris/why-christianity-not-epicureanism-is-the-philosophy-we-need-now/ Article - https://apologetics.com/blog/peterharris/who-wants-to-live-forever-christians-should/ Website - https://www.staidangravesend.org.uk/faith-and-spirituality/faith-and-spirituality-6541.php
See MoreEpisode Number 34 – Rick Allan
Greg Koukl: Tactics - A Game plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
J. Warner Wallace: Cold Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels
Unbelievable? podcast with Justin Brierley: https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes
Justin Brierley's book: Unbelievable?: Why After Talking with Atheists for Ten Years I'm Still a Christian
Episode Number 33 – Marie Wood
More Than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel Works on the resurrection by Gary Habermas Icons of Evolution, Johnathan Wells Works by Nabeel Qureshi - http://www.nabeelqureshi.com (Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus and more)
See MoreC.S. Lewis on A Grief Observed
Knowing and Doing, a publication of the C.S. Lewis Institute: Harmon, J. (Spring 2013). C.S. Lewis on A Grief Observed. Knowing & Doing, 10-11, 30-31. http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/webfm_send/2023
See MoreC.S. Lewis on the Problem of Pain
Harmon, J. (Fall 2012). C.S. Lewis on The Problem of Pain. Knowing & Doing, 8-9, 29-31. http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/webfm_send/1543
See MoreDissertation: Religious Conversion of Educated Atheists to Christianity in Six Contemporary Western Countries
Harmon, J. (2019) Dissertation: Religious Conversion of Educated Atheists to Christianity in Six Contemporary Western Countries
https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/9490/7/Harmon2019PhD_Redacted.pdf
That’s Just Your Interpretation
Smith, R.S. & Harmon, J. (May/June 2008). ‘That’s Just Your Interpretation’
Areopagus Journal 8 (3), 24-32.
Barriers to Belief: Why do the Resistant Resist God?
Liberty University Divinity Journal, December 2021, 5 (2), 4-31.
Harmon, J. “Barriers to Belief: Why do the Resistant Resist God?”
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=eleu
Defending the Faith Podcast with M. Stewart, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
November 2021 (not yet released)
See MoreEpisode Number 32 – Jon Noyes
Christian Book - A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions - Greg Koukl Book - The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between - Greg Koukl Book - The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus - Gary Habermas and Michael Licona Atheist Website - https://www.str.org/
See MoreEpisode Number 29 – Jeff Dockman
Book - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Book - Miracles - C.S. Lewis
Website - https://www.closertotruth.com/contributor/alvin-plantinga/profile
Episode Number 28 – Jim Thring
Christian
Book - Gunning for God - John Lennox
Book - Basic Christianity - John Stott
Atheist
Book - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Book - various titles - Richard Dawkins
Episode Number 26 – Rachel Gilson
Book - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Book - The Reason for God - Tim Keller
Book - Confronting Christianity - Rebecca McLaughlin
Episode Number 25 – Mike Bird
Book - More Than a Carpenter - R.C. Sproul
Book - Evidence that Demands a Verdict - R.C. Sproul
Book - Christian Theology - Millard Erickson
Episode Number 24 – Robert Kunda
Website - https://reasons.org/about/hugh-ross
Website - William Lane Craig debates: www.reasonablefaith.org
Website - James White debate: https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/jwhite.html
Episode Number 22 – Bruce Blackshaw
Website - https://www.reasonablefaith.org/
Website - https://timothykeller.com/
Website - https://www.johnlennox.org/
Episode Number 21 – Ashley Lande
Christian
Book - Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
Book - Proper Confidence - Lesslie Newbigin
Website - https://timothykeller.com
Atheist
Book - The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins
Book - God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens
Episode Number 20 – Erik Manning
Website - https://www.reasonablefaith.org/
Website - https://www.garyhabermas.com/
Episode Number 19 – Rob Oram
Other - Documentary - Peter Atkins https://www.whyarewehere.tv/people/peter-atkins/
Article - “The Absurdity of Life Without God” - William Lane Craig https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/existence-nature-of-god/the-absurdity-of-life-without-god
Book - The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
Other - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XRQd9YOUM
Book - Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions - Greg Koukl
Episode Number 18 – Matt Fincher
Book - Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands - Paul David Tripp
See MoreEpisode Number 16 – Julie Hannah
Christian
Book - Commentaries - Karl Barth
Book - various titles - Bart Ehrman
Book - various titles - Burton Mack
Book - Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpos - Marcos Eberlin
Atheist
Other - Brian Greene - http://www.briangreene.org/
Other - Paul Davies - https://cosmos.asu.edu/
Episode Number 13 – Daniel Rodger
Book - The Case for Faith - Lee Strobel
Book - Reasonable Faith William - Lane Craig
Book - various titles - John Lennox
Episode Number 10 – Ted Cabal
Christian
Website - https://www.reasonablefaith.org/
Book - The Confessions of Saint Augustine - St. Augustine
Atheist
Book - Atheist - Tony Flew
Episode Number 9 – Philip Vander Elst
Christian
Book - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Book - Narnia - C.S. Lewis
Book - Miracles - C.S. Lewis
Other - Wartime broadcasts - C.S. Lewis
Article - On Obstinancy and Belief - C.S. Lewis https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0Z2RtZWRpYXN0b3B8Z3g6ZjQ4MDRmYmRmYWZhYWI5
Book - The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
Book - Who Moved the Stone? A Skeptics Look at the Death and Resurrection of Christ - Frank Morison
Book - I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - Norman Geisler
Book - God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God - Dr. John Lenox
Book - The Case for the Creator - Lee Strobel
Book - The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
Atheist
Book - various titles - Ayn Rand
Book - various titles - Bertrand Russell
Episode Number 8 – Warren Prehmus
Book - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis Book - The Battle for the Mind - Tim LaHay
See MoreEpisode Number 7 – Mary Jo Sharp
Christian
Book - The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
Book - Christian Apologetics - Norm Geisler
Website - https://normangeisler.com/
Book - The Atheist Who Didn't Exist: Or the Dreadful Consequences of Bad Arguments - Andy Bannister
Website - https://www.andybannister.net/
Atheist
Book - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Episode Number 5 – Peter Byrom
Christian
Book - Reasonable Faith - William Lane Craig
Website - https://www.premierchristianradio.com/presenters/justin-brierley
Website - https://www.bethinking.org/author/peter-may
Website - https://timothykeller.com/
Other - YouTube Greg Koukl
Atheist
Book - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Book - The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking
Website - https://iep.utm.edu/n-atheis/
Episode Number 4 – Carolyn Weber
Book - The City of God - St. Augustine
Book - The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
Book - various titles - Hannah Whitall Smith
Episode Number 3 – Brandon McConnell
Website - https://www.thepowerteam.com/
Website - https://coldcasechristianity.com/
Website - https://crossexamined.org/dr-frank-turek/
Book - Cold Case Christianity - J. Warner Wallace
Episode Number 2 – Jordan Monge
Christian
Website - https://www.bartdehrman.com/
Book - Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife - Bart Ehrman
Book - various titles - Bruce Metzger
Book - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Atheist
Website - https://aynrand.org/
Episode Number 30 – Sue Warnke
Blog - www.leanership.org
Article - "Five Steps to God" - Sue Warnke - https://www.leanership.org/post/5-steps-to-finding-god
Website - https://www.salesforce.com/blog/faith-inclusion-workplace/
Episode Number 25 – Mike Bird
Book - The New Testament in its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature and Theology of the First Christians - Mike Bird
Book - How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature – A Response to Bart D. Ehrman - Mike Bird
Book - The New Testament in Its World Workbook: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians - Mike Bird and N.T. Wright
Blog - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/
Other - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbird12?lang=en
Episode Number 23 – Brian Causey
Book - Trading Gods: A Rationale for Faith - Brian Causey
Blog - www.briancausey.com
Website - https://www.briancausey.com/
Episode Number 20 – Erik Manning
Website - https://isjesusalive.com/
Other - Twitter: @IsJesusAlive
Other - Instagram: @isjesusalive
Other - https://www.facebook.com/isjesusalive
Episode Number 15 – Jack Barsky
Book - Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangle Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America - Jack Barsky
Website - www.jackbarsky.com
Episode Number 14 – Mary Poplin
Book - Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews - Mary Poplin
Book - Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service - Mary Poplin
Book - Highly Effective Teachers of Vulnerable Students: Practice Transcending Theory - Mary Poplin
Episode Number 13 – Daniel Rodger
Other - Critical Witness YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgKsmLtanQqR5RlJsgvZAQQ Website - https://www.criticalwitness.uk/
See MoreEpisode Number 11 – Stuart McAllister
Book - Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief - Stuart and Cameron McAllister
See MoreEpisode Number 10 – Ted Cabal
Website - https://reasons.org/team/ted-cabal
Book - The Apologetics Study Bible: Understand Why You Believe - Ted Cabal
Episode Number 9 – Philip Vander Elst
Book - C.S. Lewis: A Short Introduction - Philip Vander Elst Website - www.bethinking.org/author/philip-vander-elst
See MoreEpisode Number 7 – Mary Jo Sharp
Book - Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God - Mary Jo Sharp
Book - Living In Truth - Mary Jo Sharp
Book - Why Do you Believe That? A Faith Conversation - Mary Jo Sharp
Book - Defending the Faith - Mary Jo Sharp
Website - https://confidentchristianity.com/what-is-christian-apologetics/
Website - https://maryjosharp.com/
Episode Number 4 – Carolyn Weber
Book - Surprised by Oxford - Carolyn Weber
Book - Sex and the City of God - Carolyn Weber
Website - https://www.carolynweber.com/