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JOE's Books

NEW INFOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON BIBLE AND APOLOGETICS - 2025!

Equip yourself to make a difference wherever you are!

Joseph Holden

The Ultimate Infographic Guide to the Bible is an illustrated resource published by Harvest House Publishers which surveys every book of the Bible. The resource presents charts, maps, outlines, and details associated with the Bible. Good for all ages! Pick up your copy today!! 

Joseph Holden & Sarah Enterline

Pre-order Now!! Coming in October 2024 is another Harvest House Publishers infographic book on Apologetics titled A Visual Guide to Biblical Apologetics. It's an easy to use, one of a. kind resource for all ages. Apologetics made easy and useable. You can pre-order now at Amazon or Harvest House Publishers! 


Learning Resources!

Equip yourself to make a difference wherever you are!

Joseph M. Holden & Norman Geisler survey the archaeological evidence that supports the Bible.

Joseph Holden/ Norman Geisler $20

This illustrated resource surveys the archaeological support for the historical reliability of the Bible. Written in easy-to-understand language and is perfect for any Bible student or pastor seeking to fill in the historical background of the biblical text. The books contains dozens of pictures, charts, and detailed explanations. 

NEW! Joseph Holden $25

Equip yourself with this fresh look at various apologetic topics in this resource that features dozens of world-class contributors who answer 75 crucial questions about the Christian Faith. Contributors include: 


    John Warwick Montgomery

    Walter C. Kaiser Jr./Josh McDowell

    Norman Geisler/Edwin Yamauchi

    Stephen C. Meyer/William Dembski

    Guillermo Gonzales/Gary Habermas

    H. Wayne House/Natasha Crain

    Patty Tunnicliffe/Ron Rhodes

    Randy Alcorn

    

Joseph Holden/ H. Wayne House $15

This chart book covers all aspects of apologetics, from the reasons for apologetics, to the various apologetic methods and their presuppositions, to apologetic approaches to specific topics such as the Resurrection. Wayne House deals very honestly with this topic and introduces the limits of rational argument and the limitations of reasoned proof in general which are often overlooked.


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Equip yourself to make a difference wherever you are!

Bible Inerrancy Faith Theology Veritas

David Farnell/ N. Geisler/ J. Holden $30

The inerrancy of God's Word has been challenged throughout church history. Today's assaults are unique since current neo-evangelical Christian scholars in reputable Christian institutions are attempting attempt to redefine biblical inerrancy by claiming that the writers of scripture intentionally included legend, invented speeches, and embellishments in the Bible. This book answers this claim with an emphatic challenge.  Drs. Bill Roach and Phil Fernandes also  served as Associate Editors. 

Apologetics Study Bible for Students $30

Dr.  Holden served as an associate editor on this apologetics Bible, writing each of the "Bones & Dirt" archaeological sections. Now updated (2017) with even more material, the CSB Apologetics Study Bible for Students anchors young Christians in the truths of Scripture by equipping them with thoughtful and practical responses when the core issues of their faith and life are challenged. explores over 130 of the top questions students are asking today. Sean McDowell is general editor.


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Joseph M. Holden $16.99

An evaluation of the 'Open" view of God's nature in light of the ancient and medieval church fathers writings. Each chapter addresses an incommunicable attribute of God as contrasted to the Openness viewpoint (Open Theism). Also addressed is the charge that the classical concept of God was influenced and corrupted by Greco-hellenistic philosophy, as well as God and time, foreknowledge and freewill, and the classical attributes of God. (494 pages)

Norman Geisler/ Joseph Holden (Third Edition, 2024) $14.99

Updated Version! An introduction to apologetics for students of all ages, youth groups to adult readers. Each chapter, written in an easy-to-understand format, methodically works through a 10-point argument for Christianity. Quiz questions at the end of each chapter.  Originally published by Broadman & Holman publishers, this updated edition will equip junior high schoolers to adult learners. Numerous charts, Trinity and incarnation of Christ illustrations (244 pages)

Joseph Holden/ Steven Collins $35

The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands seeks to bring the reader into the epochs of the biblical world through well-written, narrative-style text, maps, photographs, illustrations, timeline, and breakout articles. It brings to life the ancient Near East in a lay-friendly manner in the most clear and concise terms possible.  Though it incorporates current ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, this Handbook takes advantage of the most recent information from a variety of sources.

Now Available! The Comprehensive Guide to Science & Faith

The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith:

Exploring  Ultimate Questions About Life and the Cosmos


 General Editors

 William A. Dembski, Casey Luskin, Joseph M. Holden 

 Harvest House Publishers                                                     


NEW RESOURCE (2022) - Now Available!


The Comprehensive Guide to Science & Faith (CGSF) will be a popular language handbook exploring the ultimate questions about life and the cosmos. and the most basic questions centering on the relationship between science and faith, especially those topics that greatly impact the crucial doctrines of the Christianity. 


This work is best described by its readability and use-ability. It will be a scientifically accurate collection of essays written by well-known scientists, scholars, and apologists who are experts in the fields of science and scientific apologetics. It will take advantage of the most up-to-date information from four primary areas: 1) Understanding the relationship between science and faith, 2) Intelligent Design, 3) Evolution, and 4) Hard Questions on Science and Faith. The chapter titles contained in each section will be framed as a series of questions that directly tackle key issues related to science and faith.


The purpose of CGSF is to bring the reader, who has little to no understanding of science, into contact with the important scientific issues relating to faith. HHSF contains well-written chapters in question and answer format that a lay-reader would find appealing, leading the reader with ease in discovering the answers to their scientific questions.


The general editors will be drawing on a wide range of expert scholars, as well as their own areas of expertise, in assembling what will be a unique and remarkable popular easy-to-read addition to the subject of science and faith.

NEW RESOURCE (2022) - Exploring the Ultimate Questions About Life and the Cosmos

Learning Resources

*First read Norman Geisler, Beware of Philosophy: A Warning to Biblical Scholars (Colossians 2:8)


BIBLE

Holy Bible

Thomas A. Howe, A Critique of William Lane Craig's 'In Quest of the Historical Adam'

Norman Geisler & Thomas Howe, The Big Book of Bible Difficulties

Norman Geisler & William Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible

Norman Geisler & William Nix, From God to Us: How We Got Our Scriptures

Norman Geisler & William Roach, Defending Inerrancy

Norman Geisler, The Philosophical Roots of Errancy

Norman Geisler, Chosen But Free

RC Sproul & Norman Geisler, Explaining Inerrancy

Gleason Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction

KA Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament

FF Bruce, The Canon of Scripture

FF Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

Walter Baur, Greek-English Lexicon of the NT

Colin J. Hemer, The Book of Acts in  the Setting of Hellenistic History

Walter C. Kaiser Jr, The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

John D. Woodbridge,  Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal 

John D. Hannah, Inerrancy and the Church

Edwin M. Yamauchi, Persia and the Bible

James Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament

Bruce Metzger, The Text of the New Testament: It's Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (fourth edition)

Bruce Metzger, Manuscripts of the Greek Bible

Bruce Metzger, The Canon of The New Testament: It's Origin, Development, and Significance

Bruce Metzger, The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions

John D. Woodbridge, Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal

Carl FH Henry, God, Revelation and Authority (set)

AN Sherwin-White, Roman Law and Roman Society in the New Testament

Eta Linnemann, Is There a Synoptic Problem?

Eta Linnemann, Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology


APOLOGETICS/ETHICS

Stuart Hackett, The Resurrection of Theism

CS Lewis, Mere Christianity; Abolition of Man; Miracles; The Great Divorce: The Problem of Pain; God in the Dock

Gleason Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

Walter Kaiser, Jr, Peter Davids, & FF Bruce, Hard Sayings of the Bible

Norman Geisler, The Big Book of Apologetics: An A to Z Guide

Norman Geisler, Christian Apologetics

Norman Geisler, Christian Ethics: Options and Issues

Norman Geisler, If God, Why Evil?

Norman Geisler and Frank Turek, I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist

Norman Geisler & Frank Turek, Legislating Morality

Norman Geisler & Winfried Corduan, Philosphy of Religion

Norman Geisler & Pat Zuckeran, The Apologetics of Jesus

Thomas Sherlock, The Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands A Verdict

Ravi Zacharias, Can Man Live Without God 

Mark Hanna, Biblical Christianity: Truth or Delusion?

William Lane Craig, The Kalam Cosmological Argument


HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

Phillip Schaff, History of the Christian Church (set)

Phillip Schaff, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (set)

Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, Ante-Nicene and Nicene Fathers (set)

Jeraslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition (set)

Jeroslav Pelikan, Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition

Kenneth Scott Latourette, History of Christianity (set)

JND Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines

Henry Bettenson, Documents of the Christian Church

Andrew Louth, The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition

Henry Chadwick, Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition

Norman Geisler & Ralph McKenzie, Roman Catholics and Evangelicals


PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY

Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God

Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, God: His Existence and Nature  (set)

Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, Predestination

Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, The One God

David Burrell, Aquinas: God and Action

Rudi TeVelde, Aquinas On God

Paul Gavrilyuk, The Suffering of the Impassible God

Thomas Weinandy, Does God Suffer?

Thomas Weinandy, Does God Change?

Royce Gruenler, The Inexhaustible God

Norman Geisler, Systematic Theology in One Volume

Norman Geisler, Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal

Norman Geisler, What Augustine Says

Etienne, Gilson, God and Philosophy

Augustine, Complete Works

Anselm, Complete Works

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (Book I: God)

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Contra Gentiles (set)

Thomas Aquinas, On Being and Essence (translated by Armand Maurer)

Thomas Aquinas, On the Power of God

Edwin M. Yamauchi, Pre-Christian Gnosticism: A Survey of the Proposed Evidences


PHILOSOPHY

James Collins, A History of Modern European Philosophy

Armand A. Maurer (edited by E. Gilson), A History of Philosophy (2011)

Joseph Owens, A History of Philosophy

Joseph Owens, A History of Ancient Western Philosophy

Joseph Owens, An Elementary Christian Metaphysics

Etienne Gilson, Being and Some Philosophers

Etienne Gilson, The Unity of Philosophical Experience

Mortimer Adler, Six Great Ideas

Battista Mondin, The Principle of Analogy in Protestant and Catholic Theology

Norman Geisler & Paul Feinberg, Introduction to Philosophy

Norman Geisler, A History of Western Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval

Norman Geisler, A History of Western Philosophy: Modern and Postmodern, From Descartes to Derrida

Norman Geisler and Winfried Corduan, Philosophy of Religion (second edition)

Stuart Hackett, The Resurrection of Theism

Frederick Coplestone, A History of Philosophy (Set)


RELIGION/CULTS

Winfried Corduan, In the Beginning

Winfried Corduan, Neighboring Faiths

Winfried Corduan, Tapestry of Faith

Ron Rhodes, Reasoning From The Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses

Ron Rhodes, Reasoning From The Scriptures with the Mormons

Ron Rhodes, The Challenge of the Cults

Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults

James Sire, Scripture Twisting

James Sire, The Universe Next Door


SCIENCE

Stephen Meyer, Darwin's Doubts

Stephen Meyer, Signature in the Cell

William Dembski, The Design Inference

William Dembski, Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology

Fred Hereen, Show Me God

Casey Luskin, et. al., Science and Human Origins

Norman Geisler, Origin Science

Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution

JC Sanford, Genetic Entropy

Guillermo Gonzalez & Jay Wesley Richards, The Privileged Planet

The Veritas  Ashkenazi Torah (1550-1650), displayed at VIU in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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