Every summer, I strive to read as many books as possible. It is imperative to constantly be growing and developing in a spiritual walk with Christ, and I believe godly books can certainly help in that endeavor. It is a personal goal of mine to glean from good books in the summer months, and I encourage our staff and church members to do the same. I recently took to time to compile a list of recommended reading material. While we cannot endorse every word or concept in the books on this list, they have been generally helpful in my life and ministry.
| TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER |
| Bibliology / Doctrine | ||
| A More Sure Word | Ouellette | Striving Together |
| Basic Bible Interpretation |
Zuck | Victor |
| Dispensationalism | Ryrie | Moody Press |
| From God to Us | Geisler | Moody Press |
| The DaVinci Deception |
Lutzer | Living Books |
| The King James Version Defended |
Hills | Christian Research |
| Which Bible? | Fuller | Institute for Biblical Textual Studies |
| Touch Not the Unclean Thing |
Sorenson | |
| Biography | ||
| Autobiography of Chales G. Finney | Finney | Bethany House Publishers |
| An American Life: The Autobiography | Reagan | Simon & Schuster |
| David Livingstone | Seaver | Harper |
| John R. Rice: Captain of our Team |
Rice | Walden |
| The Autobiography of C.H. Spurgeon | Spurgeon | Banner of Truth |
| The Autobiography of a Missionary | Taylor | |
| The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt | Morris | Random House |
| Through Sunshine and Shadow |
Parker/ Monroe |
Sword of the Lord |
| Tom Malone: The Preacher from Pontiac | Vick | Sword of the Lord |
| William Carey: Obliged to Go | Benge | YWAM Publishing |
| Christian Counseling | ||
| The Spirit-Controlled Temperament | LaHaye | Tyndale |
| The Christian Counselor’s Manual | J. Adams | Zondervan |
| Contemporary Theology | ||
| Grace Gone Wild | Jeffress | Waterbrook Press |
| Kingdom of the Cults | Martin | Baker Publishing Group |
| Set Apart | Hughes | Crossway Books |
| The Tragedy of Compromise | Pickering | BJU Press |
| Why I Left the Contemporary Christian Music Movemnet |
Lucarini | Evangelical Press |
| Repentance and the 21st Century Man | Miller | Christian Literature |
| Revival | Lloyd-Jones | Crossway Books |
| Christian Growth | ||
| Living in an Imperfect World |
Ouellette | Striving Together |
| Changed Into His Image |
Berg | BJU Press |
| The Purity Principle | Alcorn | Random House |
| The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority | Rogers | Broadman/Holman Publishers |
| Family | ||
| Christian Living in the Home |
Adams | Baker Book House |
| Family Life | Swindoll | Multnomah Press |
| Firm Foundataion | Chappell | Striving Together |
| God in Your Family | Rice | Sword of the Lord |
| King Me | Farrar | Moody |
| Shepherding a Child’s Heart |
Tripp | Shepherd Press |
| Finances | ||
| The Total Money Makeover |
Ramsey | Thomas Nelson |
| Leadership | ||
| 360 Degree Leader | Maxwell | Nelson |
| Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done |
Bossidy | Crown Business |
| Getting Things Done | Allen | Penguin Books |
| Good to Great | Collins | Random House |
| In Search of Excellence |
Peter Waterman | Warner Books |
| Your Iceburg is Melting |
Kotter | St. Martin’s Press |
| The Effective Executive |
Drucker | Harper/Collins Publishers |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team |
Lencioni | Jossey-Bass |
| The Measure of a Man |
Getz | Regal Books |
| Missions | ||
| A Strategy to Start Churches on the Missions Field |
Martin | |
| Christian Mission | Cook | Moody Press |
| Sending Forth Laborers | Tomlinson/ Chappell |
Striving Together |
| Starting a Church on the Mission Field |
Martin | |
| Understanding Christian Missions | Kane | Baker Books |
| Pastoral Leadership | ||
| Criswell’s Guidebook for Pastors |
Criswell | Broadman |
| God isn’t in a Hurry | Wiersbe | Baker Books |
| Guided By Grace | Chappell | Striving Together |
| Less Is More Leadership | Burke | Harvest House |
| Pastors At Risk | London/ Wiseman |
Victor Books |
| Shepherding the Church | Stowell | Moody Press |
| The Heart of a Great Pastor | London | Regal Books |
| The Integrity Crisis | Wiersbe | Oliver Nelson |
| The Vanishing Ministry | Kroll | Kregel Publishing |
| They Call Me Pastor | London | Regal Books |
| Lectures to My Students | Spurgeon | Baker Book Press |
| Preaching for Preachers | Jones | Zondervan |
| The Apostles | Malone | Sword of the Lord |
| The Church | Malone | Sword of the Lord |
| Thirty Minutes to Raise the Dead |
Bennett | |
| Called to Be God’s Leaders – Joshua |
Blackaby | Thomas Nelson |
| Heartbeats of the Holy |
Krauss | |
| Leading with Integrity |
Smith | Bethany House Publishers |
| Disciple Making Pastor |
Hull | Baker Books |
| Pastoral Leadership | Weirsbe | Moody Press |
| Prayer | ||
| How to Pray | Bounds | Barbour Publishing |
| Prayer | Rice | Sword of the Lord |
| The Pastor in Prayer | Spurgeon | Whitaker House |
| Prophecy | ||
| A Woman Rides the Beast | Hunt | Harvest House Publishers |
| Prophetic Untimeliness |
Guinness | Baker Books |
