Thirdmill Online Courses

There are two required texts for the course and one optional text:

1. The main text for weeks 1-4 of the course (Christian Worldview) is Intellectual Integrity, by Richard B. Ramsay (first published in Spanish by Editorial CLIE, 2009, then self-published in English). 174 pages.

a. It is available to download for free in PDF format (see "Resources to Download").

b. It can also be purchased on Amazon.com in paperback or in Kindle format. (If you join "Kindle Unlimited," this book is free.)

2. The main text for weeks 5-8 of the course (Apologetics) is The Certainty of the Faith, by Richard B. Ramsay, Updated Revised Version (Independently published, 2024), 307 pages.

(Original version was published by P&R Publishing, 2007.)
Note: You should only use the updated 2024 version for this course.

a. It is available to download for free in PDF format (see "Resources to Download").

b. It can also be purchased in Kindle format on Amazon.com. 

Review of the book:

I am delighted to know there is an outstanding resource like The Certainty of the Faith available for those who not only want to understand the Christian faith better but to explain and defend it in the most effective way possible in every kind of situation. Moreover, the rich analysis of various apologists from Augustine to Chesterton to Lewis to Francis Schaeffer is very helpful. I wish this had been available years ago.
-Luder G. Whitlock Jr. (Former president of Reformed Theological Seminary, Executive Director, The Trinity Forum)

3. (Optional) The text for optional additional reading is The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller (300 pages).  

It is available in Kindle or paperback on Amazon.com. 

The comments on Amazon are:

A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek).

Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.