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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.

Beginning with God: A Basic Introduction to the Christian Faith, By James W. Sire
Beginning with God
James W. Sire
Christian Ethics: Four Views, Edited by Steve Wilkens
Christian Ethics
Edited by Steve Wilkens
Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World, By Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Winsome Persuasion
Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal: Why the Church Should Be All Three, By Gordon T. Smith
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal
Gordon T. Smith
Paradoxology: Why Christianity Was Never Meant to Be Simple, By Krish Kandiah
Paradoxology
Krish Kandiah
Good News: The Meaning of the Gospel, By Jack Kuhatschek
Good News
Jack Kuhatschek
9 Sessions
Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism, By Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness
Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness
Becoming a Christian, By John Stott
Becoming a Christian
John Stott
How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science, Edited by Kathryn Applegate and J. B. Stump
How I Changed My Mind About Evolution
Edited by Kathryn Applegate and J. B. Stump
Representing Christ: A Vision for the Priesthood of All Believers, By Uche Anizor and Hank Voss
Representing Christ
Uche Anizor and Hank Voss
Being a Christian, By John Stott
Being a Christian
John Stott
Taking Pascal's Wager: Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life, By Michael Rota
Taking Pascal's Wager
Michael Rota
Karl Barth's Infralapsarian Theology: Origins and Development, 1920-1953, By Shao Kai Tseng
Karl Barth's Infralapsarian Theology
Shao Kai Tseng
Apostles' Creed, By Alister McGrath
Apostles' Creed
Alister McGrath
6 Sessions
Justification: God's Plan Paul's Vision, By N. T. Wright
Justification
N. T. Wright
Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science, By Kyle Greenwood
Scripture and Cosmology
Kyle Greenwood
Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present, By Andrew Louth
Modern Orthodox Thinkers
Andrew Louth
The Love of God: A Canonical Model, By John C. Peckham
The Love of God
John C. Peckham
The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom, By Lee Beach
The Church in Exile
Lee Beach
Why I Am a Christian, By John Stott
Why I Am a Christian
John Stott
The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind, By Alister McGrath
The Passionate Intellect
Alister McGrath
Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language, Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Theology Questions Everyone Asks
Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity, By Gordon T. Smith
Called to Be Saints
Gordon T. Smith
Christ in Conflict: Lessons from Jesus and His Controversies, By John Stott
Christ in Conflict
John Stott
The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority, By John H. Walton and Brent Sandy
The Lost World of Scripture
John H. Walton and Brent Sandy