Recommended Books, Podcasts, and Websites

Recommended Books, Podcasts, and Websites

The following books, podcasts, and websites are recommended by church Elders.

Books

Apologetics

  1. Expository Apologetics by Voddie Baucham
  2. The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
  3. Scripture Alone by James White

The Bible and Its Interpretation

  1. Why I Trust the Bible by William Mounce
  2. Scribes and Scripture by John Meade and Peter Gurry
  3. 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible by Robert Plummer

Biographies

  1. The Autobiography of George Muller by George Muller
  2. George Whitefield by Arnold A. Dallimore
  3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas
  4. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
  5. Jonathan Edwards by Ian Murray
  6. Martyn Lloyd Jones by Ian Murray
  7. To the Golden Shore by Courtney Anderson

The Church/Ecclesiology 

  1. The Word Centered Church by Jonathan Leeman
  2. Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology by John Hammett
  3. What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever
  4. Elders by Jeramie Rinne
  5. The Church As a Culture of Care by T. Dale Johnson
  6. Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership by Bobby Jamieson
  7. Understanding the Lord’s Supper by Bobby Jamieson
  8. Fifty Crucial Questions: An Overview of Central Concerns about Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
  9. The Church: The Gospel Made Visible by Mark Dever
  10. Divorce and Remarriage by Wayne Grudem

Church History

  1. Church History by Bruce Shelley
  2. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 and 2 by Justo Gonzalez
  3. Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries by Sinclair B. Ferguson

Conflict

  1. Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp
  2. Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus by Jonathan Leeman
  3. The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley
  4. The Peacemaker by Ken Sande

Christian Living 

  1. The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
  2. Desiring God by John Piper
  3. The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges
  4. Holiness by Grace by Bryan Chapell
  5. The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer
  6. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  7. The Quest for More by Paul David Tripp
  8. Experiencing God by Henry Blackabyr
  9. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
  10. The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawerence
  11. When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed Welch
  12. Redeeming Money: How God Reveals and Reorients Our Hearts by Paul David Tripp
  13. Satisfy the Soul by Bruce Demarest

Evangelism

  1. The Fuel & the Flame by Steve Shadrach
  2. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
  3. The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
  4. The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George Hunter
  5. The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
  6. The Art of Personal Evangelism by Will McRaney

The Gospel

  1. What Is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert
  2. Conversion: How God Creates a People by Michael Lawerence
  3. The Gospel by Ray Ortlund
  4. All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon
  5. The Gospel According to Jesus by John MacArthur

Leadership

  1. Understanding Church Leadership by Mark Dever
  2. The Conviction to Lead by Albert Mohler
  3. Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
  4. Lead by Paul David Tripp
  5. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper
  6. Lectures to My Students by C. H. Spurgeon
  7. The Painful Side of Leadership Jeff Iorg

Making Disciples

  1. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus by Mark Dever
  2. One to One Bible Reading by David Helm
  3. The Trellis and the Vine by Colin Marshall
  4. The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
  5. How People Change by Paul David Tripp
  6. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  7. Knowing God by J. I. Packer
  8. The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield

MArriage & Family

  1. Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson
  2. What He Must Be by Voddie Baucham
  3. Family Shepherds by Voddie Baucham

Missions

  1. Radical by David Platt
  2. Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
  3. Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
  4. Missionary Methods: St. Paul or Ours? by Roland Allen
  5. Operation World by Jason Mandryk

Prayer

  1. The Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett
  2. Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D.A. Carson
  3. Praying the Bible by Don Whitney
  4. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy Keller
  5. A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
  6. Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer by Gary Millar
  7. Power through Prayer by E. M. Bounds

PReaching

  1. Preachers and Preaching by Martyn Lloyd Jones
  2. Preaching the Cross by Mark Dever
  3. Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
  4. Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the 20th Century by John Stott
  5. Expositional Preaching by David Helms
  6. The Supremacy of Christ in Preaching by John Piper
  7. Reformed Preaching by Joel Beeke
  8. On Preaching by H. B. Charles
  9. 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill
  10. Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell

Ethnic Relations

  1. The New Reformation: Finding Hope in the Fight for Ethnic Unity by Shai Linne
  2. Fault Lines by Voddie Bachmann

SEx/Gender/Complimentarianism

  1. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman
  2. Men and Women in the Church by Kevin DeYoung
  3. God on Sex: The Creator’s Ideas about Love, Intimacy, and Marriage by Danny Akin
  4. Sex in a Broken Word: How Christ Redeems What Sin Distorts by Paul David Tripp
  5. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
  6. Fifty Crucial Questions: An Overview of Central Concerns about Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem

Suffering

  1. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
  2. Suffering by Paul David Tripp
  3. The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken
  4. The Healing of Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands

Theology

  1. Concise Theology by J. I. Packer
  2. Basic Christianity by John Stott
  3. Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
  4. Sinners in the Hands of a Good God by David Clotfelter
  5. The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D. A. Carson
  6. The Holiness of God by RC Sproul

Worship

  1. Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin
  2. The Word Centered Church by Jonathan Leeman
  3. Corporate Worship by Matt Merker
  4. Doxology and Theology by Matt Boswell
  5. Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell

Podcasts

  1. Pastors Talk by 9Marks, featuring Mark Dever—weekly discussions on what a healthy church looks like
  2. Preachers Talk by Simeon Trust and 9Marks, featuring Dave Helm and Ed Copeland—weekly discussions on biblical, expository preaching
  3. Bible Talk by 9Marks, featuring Alex Duke, Sam Emadi, and Jim Hamilton—expository teaching through various books of the Bible
  4. The Briefing by Albert Mohler—daily discussion on culture and worldview
  5. Mortification of Spin by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, featuring Carl Truemen and Todd Pruitt—weekly discussion on culture and worldview
  6. Life, Books, and Everything by Crossway, featuring Kevin DeYoung, Justin Taylor, and Collin Hansen—weekly discussion on the church, books, and culture

Ministry Websites

  1. 9Marks
  2. Desiring God
  3. Ligonier Ministries