Book Recommendations

Character of God

• Knowing God – J.I. Packer
• God the Father, God the Son: Great Doctrines of the Bible (Great Doctrines of the Bible (Crossway Books), V. 1) – Martin Lloyd Jones
• God the Holy Spirit: Great Doctrines of the Bible (Great Doctrines of the Bible Series, Vol 2) – Martin Lloyd Jones
• The Attributes of God – A.W. Pink
• The Knowledge of the Holy – A.W. Tozer
• Seeing and Savoring Jesus – John Piper
• Thirsty – CruPress

Understanding Yourself

• Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future (Mass Market Paperback) – Henry Cloud
• Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging – Brennan Manning
• The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine – A.W. Tozer
• Abide in Christ – Andrew Murray

Leading

• In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership – Henri Nouwen
• Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness – Andrew Murray

Community

• The Kingdom of Couches – Will Walker
• Losing the Need to Pretend – John Burke

Bible

• For the Love of God: A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God’s Word, Volume 1 – D.A. Carson
• God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible – Vaughan Roberts
• Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Prayer

• Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening – Dan Hayes
• Destined for the Throne: How Spiritual Warfare Prepares the Bride of Christ for Her Eternal Destiny – Billheimer
• Pray With Your Eyes Open: Looking at God, Ourselves, and Our Prayers – Richard Pratt
• If God Already Knows Why Pray? – Douglas Kelly
• A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer – John Piper
• Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer, The: Experience the Wonders of God through Prayer – E.M. Bounds
• Andrew Murray on Prayer – Andrew Murray
• With Christ in the School of Prayer – Andrew Murray
• Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth – Dutch Sheets

Apologetics/Christian Worldview

• The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism – Tim Keller
• The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume – Francis Schaeffer
• How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture – Francis Schaeffer
• Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
• Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity – J.P. Moreland
• The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, 5th Edition – James Sire
• Compact Guide To World Religions, The – Dean Halverson
• Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity – Nancy Pearcey
• Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism – Douglas Groothius
• Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview – Albert Wolters

Evangelism

• Ultimate Road Trip- New Life Resources
• Questioning Evangelism – Randy Newman
• Finding Common Ground: How to Communicate With Those Outside the Christian Community…While We Still Can – Tim Downs
• Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions (Spire Books) – John Piper
• The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out – Mark Driscoll

Church Issues

• Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications – D.A. Carson
• The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations – Dan Kimball

Biographies

• Hudson Taylor (Men of Faith) – Howard and Geraldine Taylor
• The Legacy of William Carey: A Model for the Transformation of a Culture – Mangalwadi
• C. T. Studd: Cricketer & Pioneer – Grubb
• Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis – Sayer and Dorsett
• These Strange Ashes: Is God Still in Charge? – Elisabeth Elliot
• The Life and Diary of David Brainerd – Jonathan Edwards

C.S. Lewis

• The Four Loves
• The Abolition of Man
• Name Your Link
• The Screwtape Letters: With Screwtape Proposes a Toast
• The Problem of Pain
• A Grief Observed

Francis Schaeffer

• How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
• He Is There and He Is Not Silent
• Death in the City
• True Spirituality
• Christianity is Jewish

Augustine

• Confessions
• The City of God

John Piper

• Future Grace
• God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself
• Don’t Waste Your Life (Group Study Edition)
• God’s Passion for His Glory (Paperback Edition): Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (With the Complete Text of The End for Which God Created the World)

Jonathan Edwards

• Religious Affections: A Christian’s Character Before God
• Concerning the End for Which God Created the World

Sexuality/Relationships

• Flesh – CruPress
• Fantasy – CruPress
• Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life – Lauren Winner
• Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity – Lauren Winner

Various

• Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality – Donald Miller
• Searching for God Knows What – Donald Miller
• Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road – Donald Miller
• Jesus in the Margins: Finding God in the Places We Ignore – Rick McKinley
• The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God – John Eldredge
• The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives – Dallas Willard
• Call to Spiritual Reformation, A: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers – D.A. Carson