Faith

• How People Change, Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp
• Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Paul David Tripp
• The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer
• Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ, Dallas Willard
• Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, Richard Foster
• The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Donald S. Whitney

Priorities

• Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time, Brian Tracy
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, David Allen
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

Health

• Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard A. Swenson, M.D.
• The Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live Within Your Limits, Richard A. Swenson M.D.
• Is It Worth Dying For? How To Make Stress Work For You—Not Against You Dr. Robert S. Eliot and Dennis L. Breo
• Fit for Life, Harvey Diamond, Marilyn Diamond, and Kay S. Lawrence

Family

• Love That Lasts: When Marriage Meets Grace, Gary Ricucci, Betsy Ricucci, C. J. Mahaney, and Carolyn Mahaney
• Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas
• The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, Gary Chapman
• Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Ted Tripp
• Grace-Based Parenting, Tim Kimmel

Friends

• Men Without Friends: A Guide to Developing Lasting Relationships, David W. Smith
• The Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care For, Alan Loy McGinnis

Finances

• The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness, Dave Ramsey
• Financial Peace, Dave Ramsey
• Debt Free Living, Larry Burkett

Service

• Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, Marcus Buckingham
• Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham

Ministry Vision and Ministry Plan

• Ministry Nuts and Bolts: What They Don't Teach Pastors in Seminary, Aubrey Malphurs
• Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples, Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger
• Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement, Will Mancini
• Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church, Reggie McNeal
• Developing a Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century, Aubrey Malphurs
• Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
• Leading Change, John P. Kotter
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• Making Vision Stick, Andy Stanley
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni

Leadership and Coaching

• Becoming a Coaching Leader: The Proven Strategy for Building Your Own Team of Champions, Daniel Harkavy
• Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions By Knowing What To Ask, Michael J. Marquardt
• Leaders Who Last, Dave Kraft
• Transformissional Coaching: Empowering Leaders in a Changing Ministry World, Steve Ogne and Tim Roehl
• Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer, J. Oswald Sanders
• The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

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Books by John Piper

• Love Your Enemies: Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis (Cambridge University Press, 1980; Baker, 1991).
• The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23 (Baker, 1983; 2nd edition 1993).
• Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Multnomah, 1986; 2nd edition, 1996, 3rd edition, 2003).
• The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Baker, 1990, 2nd edition, 2003).
• The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God (Multnomah, 1991; Expanded edition, 2000).
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Co-editor) (Crossway, 1991).
• Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions (Baker, 1993, 2nd Edition 2003).
• A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer (Crossway, 1997).
• A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 1997, 2nd Edition 2001).
• God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (Crossway, 1998, 2nd Edition 2006).
• The Innkeeper (Crossway, 1998).
• The Dangerous Duty of Delight (Multnomah, 2001).
• The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God (Crossway, 2002).
• Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002).
• Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness? (Crossway, 2002).
• Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity (co-editor) (Crossway, 2003).
• Don't Waste Your Life (Crossway, 2003).
• Let the Nations Be Glad! 2nd Edition (Crossway, 2003).
• Pierced By the Word: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soul (Multnomah, 2003).
• The Prodigal's Sister (Crossway, 2003).
• The Passion of Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2004). Also released under title "50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die"
• When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy (Crossway, 2004).
• Life As a Vapor: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Faith (Multnomah, 2004).
• Taste and See: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life (Multnomah, 2005).
• Future Grace (Multnomah Books, 2005).
• God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself (Crossway, 2005).
• Sex and the Supremacy of Christ (w/ Justin Taylor, Crossway, 2005).
• Contending for Our All (Crossway, 2006).
• The Legacy of Sovereign Joy (Crossway, 2006).
• Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (Crossway, 2006).
• What Jesus Demands from the World (Crossway, 2006).
• When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God--and Joy (Crossway, 2007).
• Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure (Multnomah, 2007).
• The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World (co-editor w/ Justin Taylor, Crossway, 2007).
• The Hidden Smile of God (Crossway, 2008).
• Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Crossway, 2008).
• Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ (Crossway, 2008).
• John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God (Crossway, 2008).
• This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence (Crossway, 2009).
• Velvet Steel: The Joy of Being Married to You: Selections from the Poems of John Piper (Crossway, 2009).
• Finally Alive (Christian Focus, 2009).
• Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ (Crossway, 2009).

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Cults and World Religions

• Enroth, Ronald, ed. A Guide to New Religious Movements
• Geisler, Norman L., and Ron Rhodes. Correcting the Cults: Expert Responses to Their Scripture Twisting
• Halverson, Dean C., ed. The Compact Guide to World Religions
• Martin, Walter. The Kingdom of the Cults
• Nichols, Larry A., George A. Mather, and Alvin J. Schmidt. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions
• Rhodes, Ron. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions
• Sire, James W. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible
• Tennent, Timothy C. Christianity at the Religious Roundtable: Evangelicalism in Conversation with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
• Zacharias, Ravi. Jesus among other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

Jesus Christ

• Habermas, Gary R. The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ
• Habermas, Gary R., and Michael R. Licona. The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
• Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
• Strobel, Lee. The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ
• Wilkins, Michael J., and J.P. Moreland, eds. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus

Miracles

• Geisler, Norman L. Miracles and the Modern Mind: A Defense of Biblical Miracles
• Lewis, C.S. Miracles

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General Apologetics

• Boa, Kenneth, and Larry Moody. I'm Glad You Asked
• Carroll, Vincent, and David Shiflett. Christianity on Trial: Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry
• Copan, Paul. How Do You Know You're Not Wrong? Responding to Objections That Leave Christians Speechless
• Craig, William Lane. Hard Questions, Real Answers
• Geisler, Norman L., and Ronald Brooks. When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidences
• Rhodes, Ron. The Complete Book of Bible Answers: Answering the Tough Questions
• Rhodes, Ron. The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, and Psychic Phenomena
• Samples, Kenneth R. Without a Doubt: Answering the Twenty Toughest Faith Questions
• Sampson, Philip J. Six Modern Myths about Christianity and Western Civilization
• Sproul, R. C. Reason to Believe: A Response to Common Objections to Christianity
• Strobel, Lee. The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
• Zacharias, Ravi, and Norman Geisler, eds. Who Made God? And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith

Apologetics Dictionaries

• Geisler, Norman L. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
• McGrath, Gavin, and W.C. Campbell-Jack, eds. New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics

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Apologetics Introductions

• Frame, John M. Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction
• Geisler, Norman L. Christian Apologetics
• Lewis, C.S. Mere Christianity
• McGrath, Alister E. Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths
• Moreland, J.P. Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity
• Sproul, R.C. Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics

Apologetics Methods

• Boa, Kenneth D., and Robert M. Bowman Jr. Faith Has Its Reasons: An Integrative Approach to Defending Christianity
• Cowan, Steven B., ed. Five Views on Apologetics
• Follis, Bryan A. Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer
• Sproul, R.C., John Gerstner, and Arthur Lindsley. Classical Apologetics
• Van Til, Cornelius. Defense of the Faith

Athiesm

• Boa, Kenneth D., and Robert M. Bowman. Twenty Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense
• Geisler, Norman L., and Frank Turek. I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Athiest
• McGrath, Alister E. The Twilight of Athiesm: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World
• McGrath, Alister E., and Joanna Collicutt McGrath. The Dawkins Delusion? Athiest Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine
• Rhodes, Ron. Answering the Objections of Athiests, Agnostics, and Skeptics
• Zacharias, Ravi. Can Man Live Without God
• Zacherias, Ravi. The Real Face of Athiesm

The Bible

• Blomberg, Craig L. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
• Bruce, F.F. The Canon of Scripture
• Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
• Cabal, Ted, ed. The Apologetics Study Bible
• Geisler, Norman L., and Thomas Howe. When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties
• Metzger, Bruce M., and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
• Ridderbos, Herman. The Authority of the New Testament Scriptures

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Church Leadership

• Baxter, Richard. The Reformed Pastor
• Beck, James R., and Craig L. Blomberg, eds. Two Views on Women in Ministry
• Bickel, R. Bruce. Light and Heat: The Puritan View of the Pulpit
• Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
• Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching Christ in All of Scripture
• Dever, Mark, and Paul Alexander. The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel
• Dever, Mark. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
• Dickson, David. The Elder and His Work
• Driscoll, Mark. Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church
• Driscoll, Mark. The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out Without Selling Out
• Getz, Gene A. Elders and Leaders
• Goldsworthy, Graeme. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture
• Greidanus, Sidney. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method
• Harvard Business Review
• Leadership Journal
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Preaching and Preachers
• Myra, Harold, and Marshall Shelly. The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham
• Osborne, Larry W. The Unity Factor
• Peterson, Eugene H. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction
• Peterson, Eugene H. Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity
• Piper, John. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
• Spurgeon, Charles H. Lectures to My Students
• Stetzer, Ed, and David Putnam. Breaking the Missional Code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community
• Stott, John. The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor
• Strauch, Alexander. Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
• Wilson, Douglas. Mother Kirk: Essays on Church Life

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Creation and Evolution

• Behe, Michael J. Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
• Dembski, William A. The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design
• Dembski, William A. Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology
• Denton, Michael. Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
• Hagopian, David G., ed. The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation
• Johnson, Phillip E. Darwin on Trial
• Johnson, Phillip E. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds
• McGrath, Alister E. Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life
• Moreland, J.P., and John Mark Reynolds, eds. Three Views on Creation and Evolution
• Morris, Henry M. Scientific Creationism
• Strobel, Lee. The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investivates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
• Wells, Johnathan. Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
• Witham, Larry A. By Design: Science and the Search for God
• Witham, Larry A. Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America
• Woodward, Thomas. Doubts and Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design

Science

• Colson, Charles W., and Nancy Pearcey. Science and Evolution: Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and Evolution
• Johnson, Phillip E. Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and Education
• Johnson, Phillip E. The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
• McGrath, Alister E. The Science of God: An Introduction to Scientific Theology
• Miller, Kenneth R. Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
• Moreland, J.P. Christianity and the Nature of Science
• Morris, Henry M. The Biblical Basis for Modern Science
• Ross, Hugh. Beyond the Cosmos
• Ross, Hugh. The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Latest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God
• Ross, Hugh. The Genesis Question: Scientific Advances and the Accuracy of Genesis
• Schroeder, Gerald. Genesis and the Big Bang: The Discovery of Harmony between Modern Science and the Bible

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The Canon and Manuscripts

• Bruce, F.F. The Canon of Scripture
• Connolly, W. Kenneth. The Indestructible Book
• Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
• Ridderbos, Herman. The Authority of the New Testament Scriptures
• Blomberg, Craig L. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
• Metzger, Bruce M. and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration

Bible Translations

• Connolly, Kenneth W. The Indestructible Book
• Ryken, Leland. The Word of God in English
• Ryken, Leland. Choosing a Bible: Understanding Bible Translation Difference
• Metzger, Bruce M. The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions
• Sailhamer, John H. How We Got the Bible
• Geisler, Norman and William E. Nix. General Introduction to the Bible

The Divine Inspiration of Scripture

• Packer, J.I. God Has Spoken: Revelation and the Bible
• Geisler, Norman. Inerrancy
• Wenham, John. Christ and the Bible

Biblical and Theological Jargon

• DeMoss, Matthew S. and J. Edward Miller. Zondervan Dictionary of Bible and Theology Words
• Miethe, Terry L. The Compact Dictionary of Doctrinal Words

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Manners and Customs

• Edersheim, Alfred. Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
• Edersheim, Alfred. Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Time of Christ
• Gower, Ralph. The New Manners & Customs of Bible Times
• Ryken, Leland, James C. Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman III. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
• Walton, John H, Victor H. Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

Commentaries

• Glynn, John. Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources
• Longman, Tremper, III. Old Testament Commentary Survey
• Carson, D.A. New Testament Commentary Survey

Bible Difficulties

• Geisler, Norman, and Thomas Howe. When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties
• Kaiser, Walter C. Jr. Hard Sayings of the Bible
• Archer, Gleason L. Jr. New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

Systematic Theology

• Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
• Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology
• Gordon R. and Bruce A. Demarest. Integrative Theology

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New Testament Surveys

• Carson, D.A. and Douglas J. Moo. An Introduction to the New Testament
• Gundry, Robert H. A Survey of the New Testament
• Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction
• deSilva, David A. An Introduction To The New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation

Old Testament Surveys

• Hill, Andrew E. and John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament
• Longman, Tremper, III. An Introduction to the Old Testament
• House, Paul R. Old Testament Theology

Preaching and Teaching the Old Testament

• Greidanus, Sidney. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament
• Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching Christ in All of Scripture
• Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
• Goldsworthy, Graeme. Preaching the Whole Bible As Christian Scripture

Studies on the Old Testament

• Kaiser, Walter C. Toward Rediscovering the Old Testament
• Goldsworthy, Graeme. Goldsworthy Trilogy: (Gospel and Kingdom, Gospel and Wisdom, Gospel and Revelation)
• Pratt, Richard L. Jr. He Gave Us Stories
• Sailhamer, John H. The Pentateuch as Narrative
• Poythress, Vern S. The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses

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