VERiTAS at Butler University

Resources

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:
for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
John 4:23

These resources have been carefully selected to promote a Christian worldview.

WEBSITES

Campus Crusade - A student-led group that provides the student with Christian fellowship and training. It is open to all Butler students.
SermonAudio - The largest library of FREE MP3 audio sermons on the web!
BibleGateway - A free service for reading and researching Scripture online!
Second Reformed Presbyterian Church

BOOKS

	Fish Out of Water - This book was written by Abby Nye, one of the founding members of VERiTAS. This excellent resource details the influences swimming around Christian students who find themselves in secular colleges and universities. This is a practical, "how-to" book on surviving and thriving as a Christian on a secular campus. Check it out at Amazon!
	But Don't All Religions Lead to God? - Michael Green provides readers with an essential guide that will help us find our way through the increasingly disorienting "religious" maze. The author claims that no other teacher than Christ ever claimed to bring God to us, dealt radically with the problem of human wickedness, broke the final barrier - death, and offered to actually live "within" his followers. Check it out at Amazon!
	Becoming a Christian - John R. W. Stott describes the fundamental human problem, outlines the Christian answer to it, and shows readers how to respond to God's truth. Check it out at Amazon!
	Knowing God - Would like a manual about God? This book explains the key aspects of God, what it means to truly know God, and impels us to deepen our own walk with Him. This book is packed with quotes from Scripture and practical applications that will guide anyone truly interested in God into a more dependent relationship on God. A must for new Christians! Check it out at Amazon!
	Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment - Do you watch movies with your eyes open? Check it out at Amazon!
	Dealing with Bible Problems: Alleged Errors and Contradictions in the Bible - In this clearly written 7book, Dr. Boice argues for the historical and scientific truthfulness of Scripture by selecting a few of the best-known and most representative attacks and demonstrating that the alleged difficulty presents no insoluble problem when it is dealt with by an appropriate and reasonable methodology. Check it out at Amazon!
	Why God's Word is All We Need - Gene Veith examines not only the sufficiency of God's Word, but the flawed thinking of those who feel the need to add to or detract from it. In this passionate, personal booklet is a call for all of us, a call to return to reading the Bible and heeding the Bible, and a call to regard God's Word as our one and only authority in faith and in practice. Check it out at Amazon!
	Is Jesus the Only Way? - Within these pages the four essential Christian beliefs that pluralists find most troublesome are explained in clear, everyday terms, But Ryken goes beyond the "whats" to answer the "hows" and "whys" - how Christ can be the only way to salvation, and why that is true. This booklet is a great introduction to the most essential apologetic issue of our times. Check it out at Amazon!
	How Should We Then Live? - Drawing upon forty years of study in theology, philosophy, history, sociology and the arts, Dr. Schaeffer traces the cuse and effects of human thought and action as they are played out in life and society. From his depth of knowledge and Christian committment, Dr. Schaeffer contemplates the reasons for modern society's very sorry state of affairs and presents the only viable alternative: living by the Christian ethic, acceptance of God's revelation, and total affirmation of the Bible's morals, values, and meaning. Check it out at Amazon!
	He is There and He is Not Silent - Schaeffer deals with the fundamental spiritual questions: What do we know? How do we know what we know? He points to an infinite, personal God whom we can come to know intimately. Check it out at Amazon!
	The Abolition of Man - This is by far the most prophetic, and the most disturbing, of Lewis' works. Starting with a deceptively simple observation - that modern (now postmodern) philosophy tends to reduce all statements of value to mere statements of subjective feeling - Lewis goes on to demonstrate the corrosive and ultimately fatal effect of this line of thinking on any civilized culture. Check it out at Amazon!
	Mere Christianity - The late Lewis, Oxford professor, scholar, author, and Christian apologist, presents the listener with a case for orthodox Christianity. Check it out at Amazon!
	The Problem of Pain - This book answers the universal question, "Why would an all-loving, all-knowing God allow people to experience pain and suffering?" Lewis carefully reveals through the dissertation that suffering is God's will in preparing the believer for heaven and for the full weight of glory that awaits him there. Check it out at Amazon!
	Miracles - An impeccable inquiry into the proposition that supernatural events can happen in this world. C. S. Lewis uses his remarkable logic to build a solid argument for the existence of divine intervention. Check it out at Amazon!
	Choosing My Religion - Are there many paths to God or only one? Targeted to teenagers, this short book seeks to answer that very question. Well-known theologian Sproul runs a balancing act between facts, personal stories, quotations from the Bible and philosophy to answer big questions. Check it out at Amazon!
	The Defense of the Faith - As attacks on Christianity become more numerous and pronounced, Van Til's classic treatment on apologetics endures as crucial reading for our time. Designed to stop secularists in their tracks, it is the kind of seminal work that serious defenders of the faith cannot afford to ignore. Check it out at Amazon!
	Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution - Charles Darwin's theory of life's evolution through natural selection and random mutation fails to account for the origin of astonishingly complex biomolecular systems, argues Behe, associate professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University. Check it out at Amazon!
	The Problem of Pleasure: Why Good Things Happen to Bad People - This little booklet takes an entirely different avenue of attack on the problem of pain than the traditional methods. In fact, it overtly states that there is no problem of pain at all. Instead, the real philosophical problem lies in trying to explain the existence of pleasure in a world in rebellion against the Creator. Very provocative and compelling. Check it out at Amazon!
	Nothing But the Truth - The Bible stands alone among books, not only by reason of its long history and great popularity, but because of the enemies it has attracted to itself. Brian Edwards sets out to describe the history, authority, and accuracy of the Bible in plain, straightfoward language designed for the non-expert. Check it out at Amazon!
	Being Human: The Nature of Spiritual Experience - For the writers of Scripture, to be human is to be in the image of God. Guided by this view, Ranald Macaulay and Jerram Barrs discuss the nature of spiritual experience. As the pursuit of true spirituality takes us away from sinfulness, it moves us closer to what God intended us to be. Check it out at Amazon!
	Escape from Reason - In this highly orginal book Dr. Schaeffer traces the way in which art and philosophy have reflected the dualism in Western thinking introduced at the time of the Renaissance. Today this dualism is expressed in a despair of rationality and an escape into a nonrational world which alone offers hope. Check it out at Amazon!
	Hard Sayings of Jesus - F.F. Bruce examines seventy of the hard saying of Jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of Jesus' message. Evident is Bruce's keen evangelical scholarship and pastoral insight. Check it out at Amazon!
	Jesus: Lord & Savior - Bruce re-examines the Biblical evidence for who Jesus was, what his ministry was like and how he related to his disciples and other Jews. Bruce looks at the implications for us in recognizing Jesus as the Son of God, the incarnate Word, our Lord and Savior. Check it out at Amazon!
	My Heart-Christ's Home - This is a clear, easy-to-read book that talks about how you should refine and shape your heart for Christ's home. Pastor Munger uses his home and Christ as his guest for an example. If you are struggling with finding room for Christ in your heart, I highly recommend this book. It teaches you how to "clean your heart" and only set it aside for God. Check it out at Amazon!
	The Tyranny of the Urgent - This resource is a simple introduction to time management using the following four steps: decide what's important, discover how one's time is now being spent, budget the hours and follow through. Check it out at Amazon!
	Basic Christianity - This is a very practical, easy-to-read introduction to the Christian life. Who is God? Who is Christ? What is sin? What does being a Christian mean? These are all very basic, fundamental questions that are answered in a no-nonsense, straightforward way. For those who have been Christians for some time, it is always good to review the basic fundamentals. Check it out at Amazon!