Spiritual Growth

 Christian Theology

  • Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief by John Frame 
  • Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine by Wayne Grudem 
  • Bible Doctrine, Second Edition: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith by Wayne Grudem 
  • The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story by Michael W. Goheen
  • Evangelical Convictions by the Evangelical Free Church of America Church History in Plain Language, Fifth Edition by Bruce Shelley 

Spiritual Formation & Disciple Making Gospel 

  • Fluency: Speaking the Truths of Jesus into the Everyday Stuff of Life by Jeff Vanderstelt
  • Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero 
  • Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy Keller 
  • A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul Miller 
  • Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul by J.P. Moreland 
  • Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Media Age by Tony Reinke 
  • Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper
  • Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane C. Ortlund
  • Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller 
  • How does Sanctification Work? by David Powlison 
  • Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary Thomas 
  • When Sinners Say I Do: Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage by Dave Harvey 
  • Aspire: Part One: Transformed by the Gospel by Matt Rogers 
  • Aspire: Part Two: Transformed by the Gospel by Matt Rogers 

Counseling 

  • The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended by Sheila Wray Gregoire 
  • Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused by Brad Hambrick 
  • A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer 
  • The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It by Leslie Vernick 
  • Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships by Larry Crabb 
  • Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores by Diane Langberg 
  • Sexual Sanity for Men: Re-creating Your Mind in a Crazy Culture by David White 
  • Sexual Sanity for Women: Healing from Sexual and Relational Brokenness by Harvest USA, Ellen Dykas 
  • Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff 
  • The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis 
  • When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward T. Welch 
  • Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel by Edward T. Welch 
  • Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships by Edward T. Welch 
  • Making Small Groups Work: What Every Small Group Leader Needs to Know by Henry Cloud, John Townsend 
  • Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy S. Lane, Paul David Tripp 
  • Foundations of Trauma Care by Darby Strickland 
  • I Just Want to Die: Replacing Suicidal Thoughts with Hope by David Powlison 
  • Teens and Suicide: Recognizing the Signs and Sharing Hope by Julie Lowe

Marriage 

  • Marriage Matters: Extraordinary Change Through Ordinary Moments by Winston Smith
  • Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary Thomas 
  • When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage by Dave Harvey 

Parenting 

  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp 
  • Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home through Time, Moments, and Milestones by Matt Chandler, Adam Griffin 
  • This Changes Everything: How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years by Jaquelle Crowe 

Mission 

  • Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman 
  • Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel by Russell D. Moore
  • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation by Peter Scazzero 
  • Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical by Timothy Keller 
  • The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller 
  • A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story by Michael W. Goheen 
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 
  • Western Christians in Global Mission: What's the Role of the North American Church? By Paul Borthwick 
  • Evangelism as Exiles: Life on Mission as Strangers in our Own Land by Elliot Clark 
  • When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins 
  • Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change by Paul David Tripp 
  • Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin 
  • The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims by Rebecca McLaughlin
  • Apologetics at the Cross: An Introduction for Christian Witness by Josh Chatraw, Mark D. Allen 
  • The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby 

Leadership 

  • The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing World by Glenn Packiam 
  • The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction by Eugene Peterson 
  • Letters to a Young Pastor: Timothy Conversations between Father and Son by Eugene Peterson 
  • Future Church: Seven Laws of Real Church Growth by Will Mancini 
  • Marks of a Movement: What the Church Today Can Learn from the Wesleyan Revival by Winfield Bevins 
  • The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift that Changes Everything by Colin Marshall, Tony Payne 
  • Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples by Thom S, Rainer, Eric Geiger 
  • The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World by Peter Scazzero 

Bible Literacy 

  • Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds (Second Edition) by Jen Wilkin 
  • Knowable Word: Helping Ordinary People Learn to Study the Bible by Peter Krol
  • Sowable Word: Helping Ordinary People Learn to Lead Bible Studies by Peter Krol 
  • How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart