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Doctrine & Christian Foundations

Doctrine, a set of shared beliefs, is the pillar that holds up our Christian faith. These foundational creeds define orthodoxy and guide us as we seek to follow God. Resources on this page engage with basic doctrines of the Christian faith as well as the beliefs that distinguish different Christian traditions.

Wandering Toward God: Finding Faith amid Doubts and Big Questions, By Travis Dickinson
Wandering Toward God
Travis McLane Dickinson
Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith: Reading God's Word for God's People, By Todd R. Hains
Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith
Todd R. Hains
Necessary Christianity: What Jesus Shows We Must Be and Do, By Claude R. Alexander Jr.
Necessary Christianity
Claude Richard Alexander
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing, Edited by Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World
Edited by Marlena Graves and Shawn Graves
An Explorer's Guide to John Calvin, By Yudha Thianto
An Explorer's Guide to John Calvin
Yudha Thianto
True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In, By James Choung
True Story
James Choung
Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, By Douglas Groothuis
Christian Apologetics
Douglas Groothuis
Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling, By James W. Sire
Habits of the Mind
James W. Sire
The Great Quest: Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning, By Os Guinness
The Great Quest
Os Guinness
Atheism on Trial: A Lawyer Examines the Case for Unbelief, By W. Mark Lanier
Atheism on Trial
W. Mark Lanier
Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures, Edited by Jessica R. Joustra and Robert J. Joustra
Calvinism for a Secular Age
Edited by Jessica Joustra and Robert J. Joustra
Jonathan Edwards and Deification: Reconciling Theosis and the Reformed Tradition, By James R. Salladin
Jonathan Edwards and Deification
James Salladin
Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley, By Peter Kreeft
Between Heaven and Hell
Peter Kreeft
A Short History of Christian Zionism: From the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century, By Donald M. Lewis
A Short History of Christian Zionism
Donald M. Lewis
Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition: A Systematic Introduction, By Craig G. Bartholomew
Contours of the Kuyperian Tradition
Craig G. Bartholomew
Postmortem Opportunity: A Biblical and Theological Assessment of Salvation After Death, By James Beilby
Postmortem Opportunity
James K. Beilby
Science and the Doctrine of Creation: The Approaches of Ten Modern Theologians, Edited by Geoffrey H. Fulkerson and Joel Thomas Chopp
Science and the Doctrine of Creation
Edited by Geoffrey H Fulkerson and Joel Thomas Chopp
Conspicuous in His Absence: Studies in the Song of Songs and Esther, By Chloe T. Sun
Conspicuous in His Absence
Chloe Sun
Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life, By Rebecca Manley Pippert
Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World
Rebecca Manley Pippert
The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach, By Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig G. Bartholomew
The Doctrine of Creation
Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig G. Bartholomew
The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict, By Calvin Miller
The Singer
Calvin Miller
Reimagining Apologetics: The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age, By Justin Ariel Bailey
Reimagining Apologetics
Justin Ariel Bailey
"Here Are Your Gods"
Christopher J. H. Wright
Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, By Justin Giboney and Michael Wear and Chris Butler
Compassion (&) Conviction
Justin Giboney and Michael R Wear and Chris Butler
Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy, By Gavin Ortlund
Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation
Gavin Ortlund