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Suggested Reading


Bible and Theology

•    Doing Theology with Huck and Jim, Mark Shaw
•    History of Doctrine, Louis Berkhof
•    The Hungry Inherit, Zane Hodges
•    The Gospel Under Siege, Zane Hodges
•    God in Search of Man, Abraham Heschel
•    The Prophetic Imagination, Walter Brueggemann
•    The Hopeful Imagination, Walter Brueggemann
•    Temptation and Sin, John Owen (Edited by James Houston)
•    The Anatomy of Secret Sins, Obadiah Sedgwick
•    Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards (Edited by James Houston)
•    What's the Difference, Manhood and Womanhood defined According to the Bible, John Piper
•    How Long O Lord, Reflections on Suffering and Evil, D.A. Carson
•    Not the Way It's Supposed to Be, A Breviary of Sin, Cornelius Plantinga
•    The Missing Gospels, Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities, Darrell Bock
•    The Text of the New Testament, Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, Bruce Metzger
•    The Bible Knowledge Commentary, Edited by Walvoord and Zuck
•    Recalling the Hope of Glory, Biblical Worship from the Garden to the New Creation, Allen Ross

History and Culture

•    Christianity Through the Centuries, Earle Cairns
•    The Rise of Evangelicalism, Mark Noll
•    The Young Evangelicals, Richard Quebedeaux
•    No Place for Truth, Or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology, David Wells
•    Above All Earthly Powers, Christ in a Postmodern World, David Wells
•    Recovering the Christian Mind, Harry Blamiers
•    All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes, Ken Myers
•    Encountering Religious Pluralism,  the Challenge to Christian Faith and Mission, Harold Netland
•    Postmodernism 101, Heath White
•    Solomon Among the Postmoderns, Peter Leithart
•    Dethroning Jesus, Exposing Popular Culture's Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ, Bock and Wallace
•    No God But God, Breaking with the Idols of our Age, Os Guinness
•    Selling Out the Church, the Dangers of Church Marketing, Kenneson and Street
•    Psychology as Religion, the Cult of Self-Worship, Paul Vitz
•    God in the Wasteland, the Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams, David Wells
•    Reforming or Conforming, Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church, Edited by Johnson
     and Gleason
•    Reclaiming the Center, Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times, Edited by
     Erickson, Helseth, and Taylor
•    The Courage to Be Protestant, Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World, David
     Wells


Marriage and Family

•    God and Marriage, Geoffrey Bromiley
•    Why Marriage Matters, Reasons to Believe in Marriage in Postmodern Society, Glen Stanton
•    The Marriage-Go-Round, The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today, Andrew Cherlin
•    Sex and the iWorld, Rethinking Relationship beyond an Age of Individualism
•    True Sexual Morality, Recovering Biblical Standards for a Culture in Crisis
•    Affairs, A Guide to Working Through the Repercussions of Infidelity, Emily Brown
•    Torn Asunder, Recovering from Extramarital Affairs, Dave Carder
•    Parenting From the Inside Out, Daniel Siegel
•    How Children Raise Parents, The Art of Listening to Your Family, Dan Allender
•    Making Peace with Your Teenager, Huggins and Landrum
•    Come Back, Barbara, A Prodigal Daughter's Return to Faith and her Reconciliation with her Father, Miller
     and Miller-Juliani
•    The Heart of Commitment, Compelling Research that Reveals the Secrets of a Lifelong, Intimate
     Marriage, Scott Stanley
•    Guiding Your Teen to a Faith That Lasts, A Blueprint for Building a Relationship with God, Huggins and
     Landrum

Personal Understanding and Restoration

•    Inside Out, Larry Crabb
•    False Guilt, Breaking the Tyranny of an Overactive Conscience, Steve Shores
•    The Wounded Heart, Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Dan Allender
•    On the Threshold of Hope, Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Diane Langberg
•    The Silence of Adam, Becoming Men of Courage in a World of Chaos, Larry Crabb
•    False Intimacy, Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction, Harry Schaumburg
•    From Bondage to Bonding, Escaping Codependency Embracing Biblical Love, Nancy Groom
•    Heart to Heart About Men, Becoming A Woman of Integrity, Nancy Groom
•    Forgiving the Dead Man Walking (the Process of Forgiveness), Debbie Morris
•    The Gift of Being Yourself:  The Sacred Call to Self Discovery, David Benner
•    A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
•    Healing Through the Dark Emotions, The Wisdom of Healing through Grief, Fear, and Dispair, Miriam
     Greenspan
•    When He's Married to MOM, How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and
     Commitment, Ken Adams

Biographies

•    Oswald Chambers, Abandoned to God, David McCasland
•    Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret, Howard Taylor
•    The Autobiography of George Muller, George Muller
•    Night, Elie Wiesel
•    John G Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides, An Autobiography, J.G. Paton
•    G.K. Chesterton, A Biography, Michael Ffinch
•    Jonathan Edwards, Iain Murray

Spiritual Growth and Direction

•    Finding God, Larry Crabb
•    66 Love Letters, Larry Crabb
•    Bold Love, Dan Allender
•    The Healing Path, Dan Allender
•    Experiencing God Workbook, Knowing and Doing the Will of God, Henry and Richard Blackaby
•    Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey
•    North Face of God, Ken Gire
•    Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard
•    Prayer, O. Hallesby
•    Abide in Christ, Andrew Murray
•    Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard
•    Sacred Companions, David Benner
•    Care of Souls, David Benner
•    The Dark Night of the Soul, Gerald May
•    Devotional Classics, Richard Foster
•    The Reflective Life,  Discovering God's Voice in Everyday Moments of Life, Ken Gire
•    Windows of the Soul, Experiencing God in New Ways, Ken Gire
•    To Be Told, Dan Allender
•    The Sacred Romance, Brent Curtis

Fiction

•    Glittering Images, Susan Howatch
•    The Curate's Awakening, George McDonald
•    Love's Executioner, Irvin Yalom

Leadership

•    Brothers, We are Not Professionals, John Piper
•    Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, McIntosh and Rima
•    Spiritual Leadership, Henry Blackaby
•    The Making of a Leader, Robert Clinton
•    The Pastor's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments, Brad and William Johnson.
•    The Supremacy of God in Preaching, John Piper
•    Strengthening the Soul of your Leadership, Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry, Ruth Barton