Recommended Reading

Our pastors, elders, and deacons have put together a list of resources they have personally read and recommended. Each book has been prayerfully considered for this list and is useful for ministry, encouragement, and personal growth.

Abortion/Pro Life

· “Why Pro Life?” By Randy Alcorn

America’s Christian Heritage

· “Original Intent” By David Barton

Anxiety, Peace, Fear

· “Battlefield of the Mind” By Joyce Meyer

Biblical Application

· “The Purpose Driven Life” By Rick Warren

· “40 Days of Purpose” By Rick Warren

· “Angles God's Secret Agents “ By Billy Graham

· “Loving God” By Charles Colson

· “I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” By Norman L. Geisler & Frank Turek

· “Driven by Eternity” By John Bevere

· “Transforming Grace” By Jerry Bridges

· “Just Like Jesus” By Max Lucado

Christian Doctrine and Commentaries

· “Knowing the Doctrines of the Bible” By Meyer Pearlman

· “Acts of the Apostle” By Charles Conn

· “A Survey of the Epistles” By Charles Conn

· “The Marketing of Evil” By David Kupelian

· “John, Stories of the Word and Faith” By Robert J. Karris

· “Secrets from Beyond the Grave” By Perry Stone

· “The Invisible World: Understanding Angels, Demons, and the Spiritual Realities that Surround Us” By Anthony Destefano

Christian Fiction

· “Left Behind Series” By Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins

· “The Rising” By Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins

· “This Present Darkness” By Frank E. Peretti

· “Soon” By Jerry Jenkins

Christian Living

· The Bible

· “I Really Want To Change…So, Help Me God” By James MacDonald

· “The Jesus I never Knew” By Philip Yancey

· “When Godly People Do Ungodly Things” By Beth Moore

Christian Parenting

· “Have a New Kid by Friday” By Dr. Kevin Lehman

· “Who’s in Charge Here?” By Bob Barnes

· “Single Parenting” By Bob Barnes

· “Solid Answer” By Dr. James Dobson

Devotionals

· “My Utmost for His Highest” By Oswald Chambers

· “Grace for the Moment” By Max Lucado

Encouragement

· “Your Best Life Now” By Joel Osteen

Jewish Christians

· “Betrayed” By Stan Telchin

· “Search for Messiah” By Mark Eastman, M.D.

Marriage

· “Love and Respect” By Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

· “Saving your Marriage Before it Starts” By Drs. Les & Leslie Parrett

· “Saving your Second Marriage Before it Starts” By Drs. Les & Leslie Parrett

· “Loving Each Other for Better and for Best” By Gary Smalley

Prayer

· “The Power of a Praying Woman” By Stormie Omartian

· “The Power of a Praying Wife” By Stormie Omartian

· “Prayer, Does it Make any Difference?” By Philip Yancey

· “Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire” By Jim Cymbala

Questions and Answers

· “Questions and Answers from the Bible” By Les Feldrick

· “What Did Jesus Mean?” By Ron Rhodes

· “Temple at the Center of Time” By David Flynn

· “Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions” By Max Lucado

Relationship with God

· “Experiencing God” By Henry Blackaby

· “More than a Carpenter” By Josh McDowell

· “The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict” By Josh McDowell

·Social Issues

·“Same Kind of Different” By Ron Hall & Denver Moore