Ergun Caner

{{Short description|Swedish-American academic, author, and minister}}

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Ergun Michael Caner (born November 3, 1966) is a Swedish-American academic, author, and Baptist minister, who became well known for his book, co-authored with his brother, on Islam and his claims that he was a devout Muslim trained as a terrorist.{{cite book|last=Caner|first=Ergun, and Emir Fethi|title=Unveiling Islam|url=https://archive.org/details/unveilingislamin00cane|url-access=registration|year=2002|publisher=Kregel Publications|location=Grand Rapids|isbn=0-8254-2428-3}} He emigrated to the United States at age four and claimed to have converted to Protestantism in the early 1980s.

Caner is the former{{cite web|url=http://www.bpc.edu/news_and_info/news/2015/January/1-20_Dr_Ergun_Caner_steps_down_as_Brewton_Parker_president.htm|title=Dr. Caner steps down as Brewton-Parker President|publisher=Brewton-Parker College|access-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150130204320/http://www.bpc.edu/news_and_info/news/2015/January/1-20_Dr_Ergun_Caner_steps_down_as_Brewton_Parker_president.htm|archive-date=January 30, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} President of Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia. He previously served as the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Arlington Baptist College and was the former dean of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Graduate School of Liberty University. He was removed from this position after it became clear to Liberty University faculty and the Liberty University Board that he misrepresented his background.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062905331.html|title=Liberty U. removing Ergun Caner as seminary dean over contradictory statements|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 1, 2014}}

On January 20, 2015, Brewton-Parker College announced that Dr. Caner was stepping down due to the inability to properly grieve for his deceased son, Braxton, who had committed suicide on July 29, 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bpc.edu/news_and_info/news/2014/August/8-4_Braxton_Caner_memorial_service_draws_tender_moments.htm |title=Braxton Caner memorial service draws tender moments |access-date=March 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150310004633/http://www.bpc.edu/news_and_info/news/2014/August/8-4_Braxton_Caner_memorial_service_draws_tender_moments.htm |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

He has authored and co-authored several books, many of which discuss Islam and Christianity. His book, Unveiling Islam, co-authored with his brother Emir, sold more than 200,000 copies and has been translated into six languages. It also received a 2003 Gold Medallion Book award by the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association.

Early life

Caner was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1966 to Acar, a Turkish national, and Monica, a Swede.Caner, Ergun, Emir Caner Unveiling Islam (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2002) 17 He was the oldest of three brothers.{{cite news |title=Muslims Vilify Critics of Islam |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Cincinnati Post |date=July 18, 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89265296.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131022432/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-89265296.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} Caner immigrated to the United States in 1969 with his parents, moving to Ohio.Acar Mehmet Caner's Immigration and Naturalization form http://www.witnessesuntome.com/caner/Acar_Caner_Naturalization_duplicate-compressed.PDF His parents divorced on April 14, 1978, but his father, through court order, initially established that the boys be raised in Islam.Court Order [http://www.witnessesuntome.com/caner/caner-motion-decision-june-8-1978-web.pdf Decision by Ohio Court, June 8, 1978] Caner's mother Monica successfully fought against the provision in the divorce decree that the children be raised Muslim by making an appeal to the court on February 6, 1979. The court allowed Monica's petition that religious instruction be "according to the desires of each parent" while in their custody.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100509013312/http://www.fakeexmuslims.com/caner-religion-web.pdf Court Order]}} Caner continues to contradict these facts in many of his lecture videos by providing conflicting statements.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

Caner was the first of his siblings to profess Christianity, doing so at age 15 after accepting a friend's invitation to a revival meeting at a local Baptist church. Within 18 months, both of Caner's brothers baptised into the church.{{cite news |last=Delgado |first=Berta |title=Muslim convert to Protestantism finds himself in spotlight |agency=Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=September 25, 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92069889.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165215/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92069889.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} Caner's father disowned all three sons following their conversions, and he did not see them again until 1999, when a stepsister they had never met called to tell them he was dying with cancer. Caner, then pastoring a church in Denver, Colorado, traveled to his father's home days before he died and introduced him to his wife and son, Braxton.

Caner and his brother Emir became active in Christian ministry. In 1989, Ergun earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies and Languages at Cumberland College (now the University of the Cumberlands), a Baptist college in Williamsburg, Kentucky.{{cite news |last=Falwell |first=Jerry |author-link=Jerry Falwell |title=Former Muslim Becomes Dean of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary |work=Newsmax |date=February 11, 2005}} After graduation, he and Emir enrolled at Criswell College in Dallas, Texas, where they first met Criswell president Paige Patterson, who they later described as a surrogate father.{{cite news |last=Shimron |first=Yonot |title=Converts Vilify Islam in Book |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=June 24, 2002 |page=A1}}{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Bob |title=Former Muslim now heads Falwell's university |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=April 30, 2005 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7208593.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195853/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7208593.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} Ergun Caner became Patterson's assistant while pursuing a Master of Arts in History.{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=Ed |title=Fundamentalist Told to Quit as College Head |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=November 2, 1991 |page=B-6}} In late 1991, Patterson left Criswell under pressure from the school's board of trustees and became president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Ergun completed his master's degree in 1992, and both Ergun and Emir followed Patterson to Southeastern. There, Caner earned two additional graduate degrees – a Master of Divinity in 1994 and a Master of Theology in 1995. In 2000, he obtained a Doctor of Theology degree at the University of South Africa. After graduation, he returned to Criswell College as a professor of Theology and Church History.

Public career

Patterson urged Caner and his brother to write a book about Islam, citing the need for Christians to understand the Muslim religion in order to convert its followers to Christianity. Caner said the importance of writing the book was impressed upon him following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The book, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs, was published in March 2002. Paperback editions of the book included a foreword by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. The book was a commercial success, selling 100,000 copies in its first year of publication.{{cite news|last=Oh|first=Susie L.|title=Christian Authors Writing Book on Islam|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kTcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1916,4996691&dq=unveiling-islam&hl=en|access-date=January 2, 2011|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|date=June 6, 2003}} The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association awarded it the Gold Medallion for a missions/evangelism book in 2003.{{cite web|title=2003 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners|url=http://www.christianbookexpo.com/christianbookawards/gm2003.php|publisher=ECPA Christian Book Expo|access-date=April 26, 2012}}

A review in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram described Unveiling Islam as "a sketch of religious history, theology and life" and "a handy, brief guide to what is often an unknown world".{{cite news |last=Cochrum |first=Alan |title=Chapter & Verse |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=September 14, 2002 |page=3}} The reviewer further noted that the book was "strongly evangelistic" and "emphasizes the faith's militant aspect". IslamOnline's Ali Asadullah called Unveiling Islam "a diatribe against Muslims and their faith."{{cite web|last=Asadullah |first=Ali |title=Former Muslims Attack Islam in New Book |url=http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture/ACELayout&cid=1158658281186 |publisher=IslamOnline |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317005052/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1158658281186&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout |archive-date=March 17, 2007 }}

In June 2002, the Caners received national attention for Unveiling Islam after Jerry Vines referred to the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a "demon-possessed pedophile", citing the book as evidence, in a sermon at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.{{cite news|title=Converts take heat for book about Islam|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iIFFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4187,6296236&dq=ergun-caner&hl=en|access-date=January 2, 2011|newspaper=The Robesonian|date=July 26, 2002}}{{cite news|last=Breed|first=Allen G.|title=Former Muslims Stir Anger With Book Assailing Islam; Brothers Who Became Baptists Call Former Faith 'Violent'|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/140029261.html?dids=140029261:140029261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+21%2C+2002&author=Allen+G.+Breed&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Former+Muslims+Stir+Anger+With+Book+Assailing+Islam%3B+Brothers+Who+Became+Baptists+Call+Former+Faith+%27Violent%27&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630183918/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/140029261.html?dids=140029261:140029261&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+21,+2002&author=Allen+G.+Breed&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Former+Muslims+Stir+Anger+With+Book+Assailing+Islam;+Brothers+Who+Became+Baptists+Call+Former+Faith+'Violent'&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2012|access-date=January 2, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 21, 2002}} In the aftermath of these remarks, Muslim leaders labeled Caner and his brother as kafirs or "infidels".

In the years following the publication of Unveiling Islam, Caner became a well-known and popular speaker at evangelical schools and churches. In September 2002, The Dallas Morning News reported that both Caner brothers were "booked [as speakers] nearly every weekend all over the country for the next few years". In 2003, Caner accepted an invitation from Jerry Falwell, founding president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, to join the university's faculty. Later that year, Ergun and Emir published The Sacred Trust: Sketches of the Southern Baptist Convention Presidents.{{cite news |last=Killingsworth |first=Blake |title=The Sacred Trust: Sketches of the Southern Baptist Convention Presidents |magazine=Baptist History and Heritage |date=March 22, 2004 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118108993.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075644/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118108993.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}} A review in Baptist History and Heritage magazine said the book "does achieve its goal in giving a 'sketch' of each president. Unfortunately, the authors provide no analysis, context, or summary; in short, they offer no theme."

In February 2005, Falwell announced that Caner was to be the first former Muslim to become the President and Dean of an evangelical seminary, making Caner head of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.{{cite web|title=Ergun Caner named dean of Liberty Baptist Seminary |url=http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=20171 |publisher=Baptist Press |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513052946/http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=20171 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |df=mdy }} Caner's leadership at Liberty Seminary and with the faculty he built saw the enrollment triple in a relatively short period of time.{{cite web |title=Seminary Plans to Move to Old TRBC |url=http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=13807 |publisher=Liberty University}} In conjunction with Child Evangelism Fellowship, Caner led the creation of a Master of Arts degree in Children's Ministry.{{cite news |last=Falwell |first=Jerry |author-link=Jerry Falwell |title=Groundbreaking New Innovation in Children's Ministry |work=Newsmax |date=June 29, 2006}}

Caner was initially listed as signatory to the 2008 Evangelical Manifesto prepared by a group of religious leaders in an attempt to define evangelical beliefs and de-politicize the evangelical movement.{{cite news |last=Faulconer |first=Justin |title=Liberty University officials criticize 'Evangelical Manifesto' |newspaper=The News & Advance |location=Lynchburg, Virginia |date=May 21, 2008}} Caner said he was asked to read the document but never consented to endorse it. He said he agreed with much of the document but characterized the language regarding political activism as "spineless" and a "group hug approach to Christianity". David Neff, a member of the committee that drafted the manifesto, said the inclusion of Caner's name was an oversight and was corrected when he objected.

On December 4, 2013 it was announced that Caner had been elected 16th president of Brewton-Parker College, an independent, four-year coeducational college located in Mount Vernon, Ga. with strong ties to the Georgia Baptist Convention.Brewton-Parker elects Ergun Caner president - Baptist Press On January 22, 2015 it was reported Caner would soon resign his presidency of Brewton-Parker College. Caner explained the July, 2014 suicide of his 15 year-old son Braxton was responsible for his decision: "Brewton-Parker College cannot become a healthy, growing and stable college under the leadership of a man who is broken, ... and I am admitting to you that I am broken. I can’t get over his death, and I am not sure I want to. I do know that I cannot muster the fight needed to be the leader of our college. My family and my heart need healing, and you deserve better."'Broken' Ergun Caner Resigns as President of Brewton-Parker College Other observers have claimed that Caner's sudden resignation from Brewton-Parker College preceded his certain termination for having made several racially disparaging remarks, comments that many of the students and faculty at Brewton-Parker had recently become aware of, and many had been publicly protesting.Caner Resisted Racism Accusation, Resigns Immediately after ...

Controversy

In a 2009 San Francisco Examiner article, Davi Barker highlighted errors Caner had made in public statements about Islam, including mispronouncing the word muadhin, misquoting the Shahada, and incorrectly stating that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan lasted 40 days when it only lasts either 29 or 30 days.{{cite news |last=Barker |first=Davi |title=Rifqa Bary Part II: The fake apostate conspiracy |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |date=September 3, 2009}}

In 2010, Christian and Muslim bloggers accused Caner of making up and lying about his life story by citing details that were incongruent with his regularly stated, printed, and often repeated story.{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/liberty-univ-demotes-ergun-caner-after-investigation-45723/|work=Christian Post|title=Liberty Univ. Demotes Ergun Caner After Investigation|author=Jennifer Riley|date=June 29, 2010}} The critics particularly challenged Caner's claims to have grown up in Turkey, when he actually grew up in Ohio; being raised in a devout Muslim home, rather than a nominal one; having been trained as an Islamic jihadist; having debated dozens of Muslims, although they say there is no evidence of such. Mohammad Khan, a Muslim from London, England, was the first to show that Caner's recitation of what he claimed was the Shahada, the Islamic creed, is actually the first two verses of the Qur'an, wrongly recited.{{cite web |url=http://www.fakeexmuslims.com/ergun-caners-shahadah |title=Issues - Ergun's Shahada |access-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191956/http://www.fakeexmuslims.com/ergun-caners-shahadah |url-status=usurped }}

On May 10, 2010, Liberty University announced that it would launch a formal inquiry into allegations of discrepancies in the claimed background of Caner, the Dean and President of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Graduate School.{{cite web |url=http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=18644 |title=News & Events – News Article – Liberty University |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=May 10, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010}} Caner said, "I am thrilled that Liberty University is forming this committee, and I look forward to this entire process coming to a close."{{cite web |url=https://www.liberty.edu/media/1162/newsletters/newsletter%205-11-10.pdf |website=Liberty University |access-date=October 20, 2011}}{{cbignore}} The committee reported "discrepancies related to the matters such as dates, names and places of residence" in Caner's public statements, although they found no evidence to contradict the idea that he was a Muslim who converted to Christianity as a teenager.{{cite news |title=Muslim-turned-preacher out as Baptist school dean |agency=AP Online |date=June 26, 2010 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D9GIN4F00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041652/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D9GIN4F00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/julyweb-only/36-51.0.html |title=Ergun Caner Out as Seminary Dean |publisher=Christianity Today |date=February 7, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010}} The committee also reported that Caner had cooperated with its investigation and apologized for the identified discrepancies. As a result of the investigation, on June 25, 2010, Liberty University removed Caner from his position as Dean of the seminary, but decided to retain him as a full-time faculty member of the seminary for the 2010–2011 school year.

On September 24, 2010, Caner was the keynote speaker for the Twin City's 12th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast in Bristol, Virginia. When interviewed about the controversy, the chairman of the local prayer breakfast committee said that members were aware of the controversy, but the invitation had been issued before the controversy became apparent. He also noted that the Community Prayer Breakfast does not delve into the backgrounds of their motivational/inspirational speakers.{{cite web|author=McGee, David|url=http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/sep/19/libertys-caner-speak-prayer-breakfast-ar-513864/|title=Liberty's Caner to speak at prayer breakfast|work=Tricities.com|date=2010-09-19}} {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} At the meeting, Caner claimed that he and his brother had seen the controversy coming for years. The bloggers were simply "frustrated people in their basements", he said, adding that it would take more than edited videos to take him down.{{cite web|author=McGee, David|url=http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/sep/25/caner-defends-background-bristol-speech-ar-524525/|title=Caner defends background in Bristol speech|work=News and Advance|date=2010-09-25}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Caner left LU in June 2011 to become Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for the Arlington Baptist College.{{cite web|url=http://sbctoday.com/2011/05/17/breaking-news-arlington-bible-college-calls-ergun-caner-as-provost-and-vice-president-of-academic-affairs/|title=Breaking News: Arlington Bible College calls Ergun Caner as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs|work=SBC Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722124929/http://sbctoday.com/2011/05/17/breaking-news-arlington-bible-college-calls-ergun-caner-as-provost-and-vice-president-of-academic-affairs/ |archive-date=July 22, 2011}} The President of Arlington Baptist College, Dr. Dan Moody, stated that Caner's controversy was in the past and the new Vice President had his full confidence.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

Caner filed a lawsuit on June 18, 2013, in the U.S. district court in North Texas claiming copyright infringement for reproducing, uploading and maintaining his videos without permission.{{cite web|url=http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/texas-northern-district-court/527440/dr-ergun-m-caner-v-jonathan-autry-et-al/summary/ |title=Lawsuit Summary - Dr. Ergun M. Caner v. Jonathan Autry et al |access-date=November 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031180656/http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/texas-northern-district-court/527440/dr-ergun-m-caner-v-jonathan-autry-et-al/summary/ |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |df=mdy }} The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice on April 17, 2014. The judge ruled the videos had been posted in their entirety and were not edited as Caner had earlier claimed.{{cite web|work=Pulpit and Pen|url=http://pulpitandpen.org/2014/04/17/leavening-the-lumpkins-nine-questions-for-brewton-parkers-vp-of-communication/|title=Leavening the Lumpkins: Nine Questions for Brewton-Parker's VP of Communication|date=April 18, 2014 }}{{cite web|author=Allen, Bob|url=http://www.baptistnews.com/culture/media-and-arts/item/28606-judge-says-use-of-caner-video-fair|title=Judge says use of Caner video fair|date=April 21, 2014|access-date=October 31, 2014|archive-date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031181003/http://www.baptistnews.com/culture/media-and-arts/item/28606-judge-says-use-of-caner-video-fair|url-status=dead}} Two courts ruled the lawsuits were frivolous and ordered Caner to pay a combined total of $59,183.39 in legal fees.{{cite web|author=Allen, Bob|url=http://baptistnews.com/ministry/people/item/28899-caner-ordered-to-pay-attorney-fees|title=Caner ordered to pay attorney fees|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=October 31, 2014|archive-date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031181344/http://baptistnews.com/ministry/people/item/28899-caner-ordered-to-pay-attorney-fees|url-status=dead}} Following the court order, YouTube made the videos available again.{{cite web|author=United States Marines|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oey8lIkPvjM|title=Ergun Caner trains US Marine Corps (o-club)| website=YouTube }}{{cite web|author=United States Marine Corps|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFzbQKr_-LA|title=Ergun Caner trains US Marines (Base Theater)| website=YouTube }}

Books

Caner, Ergun, and Emir Fethi Caner. Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs. Updated and Expanded ed. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2009. {{ISBN|0-8254-2428-3}}
Caner, Emir Fethi, and Ergun Mehmet Caner. More Than a Prophet: an Insider's Response to Muslim Beliefs About Jesus and Christianity. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2003. {{ISBN|0-8254-2401-1}}
Caner Emir, and Ergun Caner. The Sacred Trust: Sketches of the Southern Baptist Convention Presidents. Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Academic, 2003. {{ISBN|0-8054-2668-X}}
Caner, Ergun Mehmet, and Emir Fethi Caner, eds. The Sacred Desk: Sermons of the Southern Baptist Convention Presidents. Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Publishing Group, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8054-3059-8}}
Caner, Ergun Mehmet, ed. Voices Behind the Veil: the World of Islam through the Eyes of Women. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8254-2402-X}}
Caner, Ergun Mehmet, and Emir Fethi Caner. Christian Jihad: Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8254-2403-8}}
Brunson, Mac & Caner, Ergun. Why Churches Die: Diagnosing Lethal Poisons in the Body of Christ. Nashville: B&H Books, 2005. {{ISBN|0-8054-3181-0}}
Hoffman, Paul K., and Norman L. Geisler, eds. Why I Am a Christian: Leading Thinkers Explain Why They Believe. Rev. and expanded ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2006. {{ISBN|0-8010-6712-X}}
Cabal, Ted, ed. The Apologetics Study Bible: Understand Why You Believe. Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers, 2007. {{ISBN|1-58640-024-X}}
Pollock, Forrest. The Last Sermon I Would Preach If Jesus Were Coming Tomorrow. Encouraging Word, 2007. {{ISBN|0-615-15940-0}}
Hindson, Ed, and Caner, Ergun, general editors. The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics. Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers, 2008. {{ISBN|0-7369-2084-6}}
Falwell, Jonathan, general editor. InnovateChurch. Nashville, Tenn.: B&H Books, 2008. {{ISBN|0-8054-4826-8}}
Caner, Ergun Mehmet. Holier Than Thou: When Faith Becomes Toxic. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009. {{ISBN|0-687-65840-3}}
Allen, David L., and Steve W Lemke, eds. The Return of Christ: A Premillennial Perspective. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2011. {{ISBN|1-4336-6972-2}}

References

External links

[http://www.erguncaner.com Official site of Ergun Caner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116105109/http://erguncaner.com/ |date=November 16, 2006 }}
[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/julyweb-only/36-51.0.html "Ergun Caner Out as Seminary Dean"], from Christianity Today

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