Published Works

Nine Books.
One Relentless Mission.

The Dark Side of the Gospel

Looking at the Darkness to See the Light

A book about the reality that bad things happen to good people. It explores why — and how we can find solace and salvation in suffering, just as Jesus did.

Deliver Us from Evil

A Prayer for Our Times

Follows the theme of the first book. A deep dive into the spiritual backstage of life, explaining how forces beyond what we see influence what we do. It lays out the biblical spiritual battle plan to contend with the fierce enemy of evil — an evil so dark and fierce that God Himself asked all His followers to pray to be delivered from it even in this life.

The Evangelical Church at the Crossroads of Secular Culture and Change

Facing the Tough Issues of Myth and Mission

A manifesto to the Evangelical Church, addressing the often-destructive ways it has engaged with secular culture in its proclamation of the Gospel. The book outlines major fault lines, identifies myths, distinguishes the Church's biblical mandate, and clarifies its methods consistent with the New Testament church form and freedom Christ left His Church to follow.

Why Do Birds Fly

How to Fly High in a World Trying to Keep You Down

Taking a much lighter tone from the heavy issues of the day, this book is geared to a younger teenage audience. Once focused in the celebrity world of photography, Dr. Thompson turned here to his love of photographing nature — particularly birds — and what wisdom we can gain from their beauty and behavior. His message to youths: fly high in a world often trying to keep you down.

YOUNG ADULT

Spaces of Existence — Three-Volume Work

Inside-out, Outside-in · Me Against the World · We Against the World

Based on a graphic model created by the author to illustrate and explain the comprehensive spaces of the universe in which we all live. The volumes explore the major questions of existence based on his theories, arguing that such theories should not be left solely to biologists, physicists, or AI, which consider only a limited dimension of human existence. Built over some twenty years of research, the works address the central questions: Who Are We, Who Are We Becoming, Who Do We Want to Be? — especially critical in an age of the rise of the machines and the massive influence of artificial intelligence. The folly of our generation, Dr. Thompson argues, would be to leave the definition of who we are to those who never made us: beings who are "a little lower than angels, fearfully and wonderfully made." Still human after all these years.

THREE VOLUMES FORTHCOMING

A Communication Model of Christian Witness

How to Share the Gospel With Anyone — A Book 50 Years in the Making

Based on the original communication model Dr. Thompson developed in the late 1970s during his studies — the very manuscript that started his writing journey and was nearly published by Moody Press.

FORTHCOMING 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING