Recommended Reading
Apr 22, 2008
Below are some recommended resources for developing your knowledge of and love for God. This is by no means intended to be a comprehensive list, and although we may not agree with every word of every book listed, we do consider these books to be worthwhile reading. Keep in mind that the best way to read a book is to do so in community - so grab a couple friends or acquaintances and read together.
Exploring Christianity
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
• Simply Christian by Tom Wright
• Why I Am a Christian by John Stott
• Finding God at Harvard ed. by Kelly Monroe
The Christian Life
• A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J. I. Packer
• Desiring God by John Piper
• The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction by Sinclair Ferguson
The Bible
• How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee
• Search the Scripture: A Three-Year Daily Devotional Guide to the Whole Bible by Alan M. Stibbs
Theology
• Concise Theology by J. I. Packer
• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
• Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga
• Back to Basics: Rediscovering the Richness of the Reformed Faith ed. by David G. Hagopian
• A Handbook of the Christian Faith by John Schwarz
• The Bible and the Future by Anthony A. Hoekema
• Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God by Marva J. Dawn
• When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed T. Welch
Community
• Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition by Christine D. Pohl
• Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian by Tod E. Bolsinger
Biblical Worldview
• Engaging God’s World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living by Cornelius Plantinga
• Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert M. Wolters
• Chameleon Christianity by Dick Keyes
Apologetics
• Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction by John M. Frame
• Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth by Richard L. Pratt
Church History
• Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley
• Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity by Mark A. Noll
• A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker et. al.
Parenting
• Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
• Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp
• Heirs of the Covenant by Susan Hunt
• Big Truths for Little Kids by Susan Hunt
• ABC Bible Verses by Susan Hunt
• Children’s Story Bible by Catherine Frances Vos
Marriage / Men and Women
• Intimate Allies by Dan B. Allendar
• Each for the Other by Bryan Chapell
• Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren F. Winner
Contemporary Issues
• Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way by Philip Jenkins
• Who Was Jesus? by N. T. Wright
New to Christianity
• Knowing God by J. I. Packer
• Basic Christianity by John R. W. Stott