BIBLES

  • ESV Study Bible (Crossway)
  • NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible (Zondervan)

BASICS

  • What Is The Gospel? (Gilbert)
  • Prodigal God (Keller)
  • Basic Christianity (Stott)
  • Mere Christianity (Lewis)

EXPLORING CHRISTIANITY

  • Why I Am A Christian? (Stott)
  • The Case For Christ (Strobel)
  • The Case For Faith (Strobel)
  • Confronting Christianity (McLaughlin)
  • Reason For God (Keller)**
  • The Resurrection Of The Son Of God (Wright)**

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

  • The Discipline Of Grace (Bridges)
  • Habits Of Grace (Mathis)
  • Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life (Whitney)
  • The Spirit Of The Disciplines (Willard)**

KNOWING + LOVING GOD

  • None Like Him (Wilkin)
  • Knowing God (Packer)
  • Desiring God (Piper)
  • The Holiness Of God (Sproul)
  • The Pursuit Of God (Tozer)**
  • The Knowledge Of The Holy (Tozer)**

CHRISTIAN LIVING

  • The Pursuit Of Holiness (Bridges)
  • The Master Plan Of Evangelism (Coleman)
  • Don’t Waste Your Life (Piper)
  • Holiness (Ryle)
  • Am I Really A Christian? (McKinley)
  • Cost Of Discipleship (Bonhoeffer)**
  • Overcoming Sin And Temptation (Owen)**

MARRIAGE + SEXUALITY

  • The 5 Love Languages (Chapman)
  • Sacred Marriage (Thomas)
  • Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs To Make (Tripp)
  • The Meaning Of Marriage (Keller)
  • Is God Anti-Gay? (Allberry)
  • Born Again This Way (Gilson)
  • Gay Girl, Good God (Perry)
  • What God Has To Say About Our Bodies (Allberry)
  • God And The Transgender Debate (Walker)
  • Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality (Pearcey)**

CHILDREN + FAMILY

  • Jesus Storybook Bible (Lloyd-Jones)
  • The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden (DeYoung)
  • God Made All Of Me (Holcomb)
  • The Big Book Of Questions And Answers: A Family Devotional Guide to the Christian Faith (Ferguson)
  • One Year of Dinner Table Devotions and Discussion Starters (Guthrie)
  • The Ology: Ancient Truths Ever New (Machowski)
  • New City Catechism (Keller)

PARENTING

  • Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family (Tripp)
  • Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus (Fitzpatrick)
  • Shepherding a Child's Heart (Tripp)
  • Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home Through Time, Moments, and Milestones (Chandler)
  • Practical Guide To Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World (Stonestreet)
  • Duties Of Parents: 17 Practical Ways to Successful Parenting (Ryle)
  • The Christian Family (Bavinck)**

PRAYER

  • Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (Keller)
  • A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World (Miller)
  • Praying The Bible (Whitney)
  • The Valley Of Vision (Bennett)**

BIBLE

  • Taking God At His Word (DeYoung)
  • Knowing Scripture (Sproul)
  • God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible (Roberts)
  • Can We Trust The Gospels? (Williams)**
  • The Inspiration And Authority Of The Bible (Warfield)**

THEOLOGY

  • Everyday Theology (Wiley)
  • New City Catechism (Keller)
  • Concise Theology (Packer)
  • The Wonderful Works Of God (Bavinck)**
  • Systematic Theology (Berkof)**
  • Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin)**

EVANGELISM + MISSIONS

  • Evangelism (Stiles)
  • Conversion (Lawrence)
  • Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (Koukl)
  • Stay Salt: The World Has Changed: Our Message Must Not (Pippert)
  • Evangelism And The Sovereignty Of God (Packer)
  • Missions (Johnson)
  • Let The Nations Be Glad (Piper)

CHURCH

  • Church Membership (Leeman)
  • 9 Marks of a Healthy Church (Dever)
  • Corporate Worship (Merker)
  • Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership (Strauch)**
  • Paul's Vision for the Deacons: Assisting the Elders with the Care of God's Church (Strauch)**
  • Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry (Keller)
  • Men And Women In The Church (DeYoung)
  • Life Together (Bonhoeffer)

RACE + JUSTICE

  • Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism (Yancey)
  • Oneness Embraced: A Kingdom Race Theology for Reconciliation, Unity, and Justice (Evans)
  • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love (Perkins)
  • Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations (Adams)
  • The New Reformation: Finding Hope in the Fight for Ethnic Unity (Linne)
  • Divided By Faith: Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (Smith)**
  • Confronting Injustice Without Abandoning Truth (Williams)
  • The Case For Life (Klusendorf)
  • Defending Life (Beckwith)

MONEY

  • Managing God’s Money (Alcorn)
  • Money, Possessions, and Eternity (Alcorn)
  • The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (Ramsay)

SUFFERING

  • Walking With God Through Pain And Suffering (Keller)
  • Gentle And Lowly (Ortland)
  • A Grief Observed (Lewis)
  • Running Scared (Welch)
  • When People Are Big And God Is Small (Welch)
  • The Bruised Reed (Sibbes)**

CULTURE

  • The Secular Creed (McLaughlin)
  • Strange New World (Trueman)
  • Christian Ethics (Grudem)
  • Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (Pearcey)**
  • Christianity And Liberalism (Machen)**
  • The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume (Schaeffer)**

MEN

  • Disciplines of a Godly Man (Hughes)
  • The Masculine Mandate (Philips)
  • Thoughts For Young Men (Ryle)
  • The Exemplary Husband (Scott)
  • More Than A Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust (Rigney)
  • Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace (Lambert)
  • God's Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey (Kostenberger)**

WOMEN

  • Disciplines Of A Godly Woman (Hughes)
  • Let Me Be A Woman (Elliot)
  • Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds (Wilkin)
  • Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments (Jensen)
  • Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God (Furman)
  • Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women (Fitzpatrick)**
  • God's Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey (Kostenberger)**

CLASSICS

  • Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan)**
  • The Bondage Of The Will (Luther)**
  • Confessions (Augustine)**
  • The City Of God (Augustine)**
  • Religious Affections (Edwards)**
  • The Death Of Death In The Death of Christ (Owen)**
  • Shadow Of The Almighty (Elliot)
  • The Hiding Place (Ten Boom)
  • Orthodoxy (Chesterton)**
  • The Practice Of The Presence Of God (Lawrence)

**more challenging to read