Recommended Reading

Websites and Blogs

Theology

  • Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem
  • Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, JI Packer
  • What is a Healthy Church, Mark Dever
  • Creature of the Word, Matt Chandler, Eric Geiger, Josh Patterson

SPIRITUAL LIFE

  • Desiring God, John Piper
  • Church Membership, Jonathan Leeman
  • Gospel, JD Greear
  • Holiness, JC Ryle
  • Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Paul Tripp
  • Pursuit of Holiness, Jerry Bridges
  • Follow Me, David Platt

Bible Study Tools

  • ESV Study Bible
    If the Pastors could put only 1 resource into the hands of everyone in the church, this would be it. Get one!

APOLOGETICS, CULTURE, MISSIONS

  • Bloodlines, John Piper
  • Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper
  • Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
  • The Reason for God, Tim Keller

FAMILY LIFE

  • Big Truths Young Hearts, Bruce Ware
  • Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
  • When Sinners Say "I Do", Dave Harvey
  • Meaning of Marriage, Tim Keller
  • Give Them Grace, Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson

LIFE ISSUES

  • Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, John Piper and Justin Taylor
  • Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave, Ed Welch
  • Depression: A Stubborn Darkness, Ed Welch
  • Hannah’s Hope: Seeking God’s Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage, and Adoption Loss, Jennifer Saake
  • The Problem of Pain, CS Lewis
  • When People are Big, and God is Small, Ed Welch