Recommended Reading

Reading List

Missions

  • Peace Child - Don Richardson
  • A Mind for Missions - Borthwick
  • Bruchko - Bruce Olson
  • Let the Nations Be Glad - John Piper
  • Foxe's Book of Martyrs
  • Operation World
  • Missionary Methods - Allen
  • When You Cross Cultures - Jim Chew
  • Home Again - Nate Mirza

Personal Growth/ Devotion

  • Intimate Moments - Gire
  • Secrets of the Vine - Bruce Wilkinson
  • Loving God - Colson
  • Ordering Your Private World - Gordon MacDonald
  • Lord I Want to Know You - Kay Arthur
  • Our Covenant God - Kay Arthur
  • Principles of Spiritual Growth - Stanford

Apologetics

  • The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell
  • The Face - Hank Hanegraaff
  • A Ready Defense - Josh McDowell
  • The Death of Truth - McCallum
  • Vote of Intolerance - McDowell / Stewart
  • Reasons to Believe - Publication
  • The Roman Catholic Controversy - James White

Prayer

  • A Hunger for God - John Piper
  • The Broken Image - LeAnn Payne
  • Listening Prayer - LeAnn Payne
  • The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds
  • Praying From God's Heart - Brase/Helsabeck
  • Touch the World through Prayer - Wesley L. Duewel
  • With Christ in the School of Prayer - Andrew Murray
  • Reival Now through Prayer and Fasting - Gordon Cove

Biographies

Discipleship

  • Following the Master - Wilkins
  • The Master Plan of Evangelism
  • The Training of the Twelve - Bruce
  • The Lost Art of Disciplemaking - LeRoy Eims
  • Personal Disciplemaking - Adsit
  • Mentoring for Mission - Gunter Krallman
  • Master Discipleship - Don Hawkins
  • Jesus Christ Disciplemaker - Hull

Evangelism

  • Tell the Truth - Metzger
  • Evangelism and Sovereignty - J.I. Packer
  • Living Proof - Jim Petersen
  • Evangelism as a Lifestyle - Jim Petersen
  • Know and Tell the Gospel - Chapman
  • More Than a Carpenter - McDowell
  • A Case for Faith - Lee Strobel
  • Lifestyle Evangelism - Joe Aldrich
  • Being a Contagious Christian - Bill Hybels
  • Out of the Salt Shaker - Pippert

Masculinity

  • The 5 Aspects of Man (Bible Study) - William Mouser, Jr.
  • The Silence of Adam - Larry Crabb
  • Crisis in Masculinity - Leann Payne
  • Raising a Modern Day Knight - Lewis
  • Wild At Heart - John Eldredge
  • Uneasy Manhood - Robert Hicks
  • The War Against Boys

Leadership

  • In the Name of Jesus - Henry Nouwen
  • Spiritual Leadership - J.O. Sanders
  • The Ascent of a Leader - Thrall, McNicol, McGrath
  • Lincoln on Leadership - Donald Phillips
  • Biblical Eldership - Strauch
  • The Making of a Man of God - Alan Redpath

Grace

  • Holiness by Grace - Chapell
  • Grace Awakening - C. Swindoll
  • Transforming Grace - Jerry Bridges
  • The Discipline of Grace - Jerry Bridges
  • What's So Amazing About Grace - Philip Yancey
  • In the Grip of Grace - Max Lucado

Homosexuality

  • Growth Into Manhood - Medinger
  • Desires In Conflict - Joe Dallas
  • Coming Out of Homosexuality - Davies/Rentzel
  • Coming Out Straight - Richard Cohen

Addictions

  • At the Altar of Sexual Addiction - Steve Gallagher
  • The Affair of the Mind - Laurie Hall
  • Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs - Bruce Wilkinson
  • False Intimacy - Schaumburg
  • Addiction and Grace - May
  • Sexual Healing - Foster

Father/Son - Daughter Identity

  • Abba's Child - Manning
  • Into Abba's Arms - Sandra Wilson

Fellowship

  • Connecting - Larry Crabb
  • The Safest Place on Earth - Larry Crabb
  • The Pressures Off - Larry Crabb

Finances/Work/Career

  • Your Work Matters To God - Doug Sherman
  • Wisdom at Work - Boa & Burnett
  • Biblical Principles & Business - Chewning
  • Crown Ministry on Finances

Fathering

  • The 5 Key Habits of Smart Dads - Lewis
  • The Family Blessing - Garborg
  • The Blessing - Smalley & Trent

Dating / Marriage

  • Boy Meets Girl - Joshua Harris
  • Intimate Allies - Ailender
  • All It's Meant to Be - Roberts
  • Men & Women Enjoying the Differences - Larry Crabb
  • Fit To Be Tied - Bill & Lynne Hybels

Theology

  • Bible Doctrine - Wayne Gruden
  • Systematic Theology - Wayne Gruden
  • Concise Theology - J.I. Packer
  • Justification by Faith - Soli Deo Gloria
  • SOLA Scriptural
  • The Sovereignty of God - A.W. Pink
  • Exegetical Fallacies - D.A. Carson

Character

  • A Quest for Godliness - J.I. Packer
  • A Passion for Faithfulness - J.I. Packer
  • The Pursuit of Holiness - Jerry Bridges
  • A Quest for Character - Chuck Swindoll
  • When No One Sees - Os Guiness

Women

  • What's the Difference - John Piper

Conflict

  • The Peacemaker - Ken Sande

Anger

  • The Faces of Rage - Damico
  • The Anger Workbook - Carter/Minirith
  • The Angry Man - Stoop/Arterburn

Balance and Time Management

  • Restoring Margin to Overloaded Lives - Swenson
  • Stopping
  • Ordering Your Private World - Gordon McDonald

God

  • Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers
  • Knowing God - J.I. Packer
  • The Knowledge of the Holy - A.W. Tozer
  • The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul
  • The Joy of Fearing God - Jerry Bridges
  • The Sovereignty of God - A.W. Pink
  • The Attributes of God - A.W. Pink
  • The Names of God - Ken Hemphill

Classics

  • The Knowledge of the Holy - A.W. Tozier
  • Spiritual Classics - Foster/Griffin
  • The Pursuit of God - A.W. Tozier
  • The Bondage of the Will - Luther
  • The Treasury of Christian Spiritual Classics

Self - Image

  • Our Sufficiency In Christ - John MacArthur
  • Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes - June Hunt
  • The Broken Image - LeAnn Payne
  • Lifetime Guarantee - Gillham
  • The Search for Significance - R.C. Sproul
  • Life in Christ - John Stott

Temptation

  • When Men Think Private Thoughts - Gordon MacDonald
  • The Enemy Within - Lundgaard
  • Every Man's Battle - Arterburn/Stoeker
  • Personal Holiness in Temptation - Bruce Wilkinson

Suffering

  • Disappointment with God - Phillip Yancey
  • A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanacken
  • Trusting God - Jerry Bridges
  • Surprised by Suffering - R. C. Sproul
  • Harsh Grief, Gentle Hope - Mary White
  • If God Is So Good, Why Do I Hurt So Bad - Biebel
  • Finding Contentment in a Disappointing World - Miller

Disciplines

  • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian life - Whitney
  • The Spirit of the Disciplines - Dallas Willard
  • Meditation - Jim Downing
  • Celebration of Discipline - Foster