Resources

For Further Reading

We have put together the following list of reading resources, and while this list is by no means exhaustive, we hope it serves as a starting point for you.  If you don't see what you're looking for, or if you still have further questions, please feel free to contact the church office to speak with Pastor Holliday.

 

APOLOGETICS
John M. Frame: Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction (P&R)
Francis Shaeffer: Escape from Reason (IVP)

BIOGRAPHY
Roland H. Bainton: Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Abingdon)
Iain Murray: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 2 vols. (Banner of Truth)
Iain Murray: Jonathan Edwards (Banner of Truth)
C.H. Spurgeon: Autobiography (Banner of Truth)

THE CHURCH
John Armstrong, editor: The Compromised Church (Crossway)
John Piper: Elders (Desiring God Ministries)
Alexander Strauch: The New Testament Deacon: The Church's Minister of Mercy(Lewis & Roth)
Donald S. Whitney: Spiritual Disciplines within the Church (Moody)

DEVOTIONAL
John Bunyan: Grace Abounding (Anchor)
John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress (Penguin)
D.A. Carson: For the Love of God: 2 vols. (Crossway)
Jonathan Edwards: Charity and its Fruits (Banner of Truth)
Roy and Revel Hession: We Would See Jesus (CLC Publications)
C.H. Spurgeon: Morning and Evening     

    

DISCIPLESHIP
John Stott: Basic Christianity (Eerdmans)
Larry Crabb: Encouragement (Zondervan)

EVANGELISM
Joseph Bayly: The Gospel Blimp (Lifejourney Books)
D.A. Carson: ed.: Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns (Zondervan)
Will Metzger: Tell the Truth (IVP)
J.I. Packer: Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (IVP)

MARRIAGE
Dan B. Allender: Intimate Allies (Tyndale)
Bryan Chapell: Each for the Other: Marriage as Its Meant to Be (Baker)
Larry Crabb: The Marriage Builder (Zondervan)
John Murray: Divorce (Presbyterian & Reformed)
Gary L. Thomas: Sacred Marriage (Zondervan)

MINISTRY
Timothy J. Keller: Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road (P&R Publishing)
Paul David Tripp: Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (P&R Publishing)
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Spiritual Depression (Eerdmans)

PARENTING
Dan B. Allender: How Children Raise Parents: The Art of Listening to Your Family (WaterBrook)
Ted Tripp: Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Shepherd Press)

PRAYER
D.A. Carson: A Call to Spiritual Reformation (Baker)
O. Hallesby: Prayer (Augsburg Fortress)
Samuel Prime: The Power of Prayer (Banner of Truth)

RELATIONSHIPS
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman: Bold Love (Navpress)
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman: Bold Purpose (Navpress)
Larry Crabb: Encouragement (Zondervan)

SEXUAL BROKENNESS
Dan B. Allender: The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Navpress)
Dan B. Allender: To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future (WaterBrook)
Russell Willingham: Breaking Free (IVP)

STUDY TOOLS
Handbook to the Bible (Zondervan)
New Bible Commentary (IVP)
New Bible Dictionary (IVP)
D.A. Carson, Douglas Moo, Leon Morris, Introduction to the New Testament (Zondervan)
Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman: Introduction to the Old Testament (Zondervan)
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart: How to Read the Bible for All it’s Worth (Zondervan)

 

THEOLOGY
Louis Berkhoff: Systematic Theology (Banner of Truth)
James Montgomery Boice: Foundations of the Christian Faith (IVP)
Carl F.H. Henry: Toward a Recovery of Christian Belief (Crossway)
Leon Morris: The Atonement (IVP)
John Murray: Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Banner of Truth)
A.W. Pink: The Attributes of God (Baker)
John Piper: Let the Nations Be Glad (Baker)
John Piper: The Pleasures of God (Multnomah)
B.B. Warfield: The Plan of Salvation (Simpson)