For more than a year, Dan Brown's #1 New York Times bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, has been entertaining readers with its dark tale of a conspiracy to suppress the supposed "truth" about Jesus and early Christianity -- a "truth" which the novel, on its very first page, insists is historical fact, not fiction. Among the novel's central claims: that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had children by her.

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Books like John Cornwell's Hitler's Pope and Garry Wills's Papal Sin (and others) have become New York Times bestsellers by arguing that Pope Pius XII was complicit in the Holocaust by failing to do enough to save the Jews from Nazi extermination. But in The Myth of Hitler's Pope, Orthodox Jewish Rabbi David Dalin explodes this newly resurrected, widely accepted, yet utterly bankrupt smearing of a pope who was, in fact, to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, "a righteous gentile."

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Time was, people in Western society lived in a culture where the Bible was assumed to possess a certain authority. In today's secular culture, that's no longer true. From TV documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters, from newsmagazines to bestselling books, frontal attacks on the reliability of the New Testament are as common today as they were unthinkable only a few decades ago. As a result, many Christians find themselves not merely on the defensive but overwhelmed -- scarcely able to keep track of the attacks, much less to answer them. Now, the remedy: in Conspiracies and the Cross, historian and Scripture scholar Dr. Timothy Paul Jones examines in depth the ten most popular "conspiracy theories" calling the New Testament into question -- and shows how, when subjected to actual historical evidences, each of them crumbles beneath the weight of its own overblown claims.

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Fanatical Muslim jihadists aren't active just in Afghanistan and Iraq -- they're right here in the United States, conspiring right now to destroy our nation and kill as many Americans as they can. In Holy War on the Home Front, Harvey Kushner -- who has been a terrorism analyst for the FBI, the FAA, the INS, and other government agencies for over thirty years -- offers frightening new evidence of a unified Islamic terrorist network that is operating inside the United States right now, planning new opportunities to strike.

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Aren't all religions fundamentally the same? Don't they teach the same basic ethical principles, and worship the same God? To the media, the answer is an obvious "yes" -- but the real answer is an emphatic "no." Now, in The Religions Next Door: What We Need to Know about Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam -- and What Reporters Are Missing, Marvin Olasky tells the truth about about non-Christian religions -- and the danger of believing that all religions hold different variations of the same tenets.

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First published in 1923, Christianity and Liberalism was one of the first -- and, to many, still the best -- critique of liberal Christianity from an orthodox Christian perspective. Written at the height of the battle for control over the Presbyterian Church USA, Christianity and Liberalism brilliantly defines -- and definitively refutes -- the theological liberalism that manifests itself chiefly in the rejection of Scripture as infallibly inspired, the denial of the doctrines of the Fall and of Hell, and the mistaken belief in man's "evolutionary" self-perfection. Machen contrasts these errors with the basic foundational truths of Biblical Christianity on God, man, the Bible, Christ, Salvation, and the Church.

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) These 26 words comprise what is arguably the most well-known verse in the Christian Bible. It is one verse that all Christians can agree on -- uniting believers across denominational lines and theological rifts. Why is it so well-loved, easily recognized, and oft-quoted? Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado believes it is because John 3:16 uniquely presents the hope of Christianity -- "The verse is an alphabet of grace, a table of contents to the Christian hope, each word a safety deposit box of jewels." That's why Lucado has focused an entire book, 3:16: The Numbers of Hope on an exploration of its meaning.

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Pivotal moments in U.S. history are indelibly marked by the sermons of the nation's greatest orators. America's Puritan founder John Winthrop preached about "a city upon a hill," a phrase echoed more than three centuries later by President Ronald Reagan in his farewell address to the nation; Abraham Lincoln's two greatest speeches have been called "sermons on the mount"; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" oration influenced a generation and changed history. In A City Upon a Hill: How the Sermon Changed the Course of American History, Larry Witham (author of By Design: Science and the Search for God) provides a history of the United States as seen through the lens of the preached words that inspired independence, constitutional amendments, and military victories, and also stirred our worst prejudices, selfish materialism, and stubborn divisiveness -- all in the name of God. read more

Attacks on the historical reliability of the Gospels, especially their portrayal of Jesus Christ, are more common than ever in our increasingly secular society. But are these attacks based on sound scholarship -- or mere prejudice and wishful thinking? Is there legitimate reason to doubt the accuracy of the Gospels? In Can We Trust the Gospels?, Mark D. Roberts examines and refutes some of the most common criticisms of the Gospels -- and explains why they are indeed reliable accounts of actual events, deserving our trust two millennia after they were written.

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Thus warned Hilaire Belloc in 1936 -- long before the Christian West permitted millions of Moslems to immigrate and proliferate, building thousands of new mosques in the United State and Europe, including a huge one in Rome itself a few years ago. Belloc's essay on Moslems, together with five important and meaty Catholic Encyclopedia articles by scholar Gabriel Oussani in 1908, comprise this valuable new book. read more

Tolerance might be the highest virtue in our popular culture, but it doesn't often extend to Christians these days.

Christians are increasingly being driven from public life, denied their First Amendment rights, and even actively discriminated against for their beliefs.

In this relentless exposé of political correctness run amok, best-selling author David Limbaugh rips apart the liberal hypocrisy that condones selective mistreatment of Christians in the mainstream media, Hollywood, our schools and universities, and throughout our public life.

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Nowhere else in the world is it harder to be a Christian today than in the Islamic world, where converts from Islam face an automatic death sentence, and all believers face random and often ruthless persecution while the authorities look the other way. Now Secret Believers: What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ lays bare the whole story of the harsh realities that Christians, and those who want to follow Christ, must deal with every day in Muslim countries - and tells the thrilling story of the Christians who meet these challenges with indomitable faith and breathtaking courage. read more

Distinguished historian Edward Larson deconstructs the popular historical myths surrounding the “Scopes Monkey Trial.” Learn what really happened in the summer of 1925 when the forces of creationism and evolutionism collided in the rural south. read more

Long before the "new atheism" arrived courtesy of bestselling authors Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens, the renowned British philosopher Antony Flew was the leading proponent of modern atheist thought. His prolific writings helped shape the atheist agenda for much of the 21st century -- until he announced to the world in 2004 that he accepts the existence of God. Now, in There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, Flew reveals, for the first time, the scientific discoveries and philosophical arguments that turned him from a staunch atheist to a believer. read more

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Village-atheist assaults on the Bible are now commonplace in public schools, universities, the media, and even some elite seminaries. Acid-tongued pundit Christopher Hitchens and other widely celebrated writers warn the world about the growing menace of religious convictions. The Jesus Seminar and documentaries such as The Bible Unearthed claim to demonstrate that little or nothing the Bible says happened really happened anyway. Even pop culture has gotten into the act, with the TV drama The West Wing and the popular magicians Penn and Teller featuring much-ballyhooed "debunkings" of the truth of the Bible, purporting to show that the book that millions revere as holy is not just filled with silly fables masquerading as history, but with incitements to violence and immorality. But now, in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible, Robert J. Hutchinson sets the record straight. Hutchinson, the winner of eight journalism awards from the Associated Church Press and other organizations, sifts through archaeological and historical evidence to prove that the Bible -- both the Old and the New Testaments -- is on solid ground as history. read more

Letter to a Christian Nation may be the most explicitly anti-Christian book ever to become a nationwide bestseller - and these days, that's saying something. In this ignorant and hate-filled book, Sam Harris contends that most of the evils of the world can be blamed on religion - and he appeals to liberals, academics, and the media elite to wrench Christianity out of American life. Now, in Letter from a Christian Citizen, Doug Wilson provides the Christian response, in the form of a direct answer to Sam Harris himself. If you or anyone you know was confused by Harris's arguments, here is the perfect antidote. read more

In A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney, radio host and Republican strategist Hugh Hewitt tackles two main questions: first, does Mitt Romney, who is at this point still a relatively obscure blue-state governor, have the "right stuff" to be president? And if the answer to the first question is yes -- and most Republicans believe that answer is yes -- will Mitt Romney's Mormon faith nevertheless disqualify him from being the Republican nominee for president? read more

She was raised a Methodist. She led Bible studies and prayer groups throughout her years in the Arkansas Governor's mansion. Yet she has clearly strayed from her spiritual roots, and has even dabbled in New Age mysticism. So is the woman who wants to be our next President really a committed Christian, as she claims? In God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life, historian Paul Kengor (author of the New York Times Bestseller God and Ronald Reagan) offers the first-ever "spiritual history" of the First Lady, Senator, and presidential candidate. Talking with people who witnessed her faith firsthand, he decisively answers the elusive question: what does Hillary Clinton really believe?

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In 2002, Pope John Paul II issued an unusually blunt warning about the daily temptations of the Devil:

"The Devil, the 'prince of this world,' even today continues his insidious actions. Each and every man . . . is tempted by the devil when he least expects it."

Providentially, perhaps, that is the exact theme of Fr. Livio Fanzaga's The Deceiver: Your Daily Battle with Satan -- the top-selling religious book in Italy in 2000, now in English from Roman Catholic Books. Fr. Fanzaga, the Rome-educated and Vatican-endorsed writer and director of Europe's largest Catholic radio program, Radio Maria, warns that efforts to soft-pedal the reality and continuous threat of the Devil have left many Catholics "unarmed and unprepared" to resist him. "The prince of this world never stopped attacking Jesus," he reminds us. If this perpetual assault by Satan was a prominent aspect of God's human experience, so too it must be ours.

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Most scientists today would answer the latter. To them, physical reality is the only reality. Absolutely everything else -- including thought, feeling, mind, and will -- can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena, leaving no room for the possibility that religious and spiritual experiences are anything but illusions. But neuroscientist Mario Beauregard does not approach his work with such materialist presumptions. So when he first began studying the spiritual experiences of Carmelite nuns at the University of Montreal, he didn't doubt in principle that a contemplative might contact a reality outside herself during a mystical experience. Now, in The Spiritual Brain: How Neuroscience is Revealing the Existence of God, Beauregard (with co-author Denyse O'Leary) offers compelling evidence from his research that religious experiences have a nonmaterial origin -- and that may indeed be God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain. read more