Note: Many of the books below are available in digital form on Amazon Kindle and also in audiobook form via Audible.com and Scribd.com.
To order physical books check Christianbook.com, Lifeway.com or Amazon.com.
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Bible Study
Discover the Bible for Yourself – Kay Arthur
Lord, Teach Me to Study the Bible in 28 Days – Kay Arthur
The New How to Study Your Bible: Discovering the Life-changing Approach to God’s Word – Kay Arthur
Adventuring Through the Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Entire Bible – Ray C. Stedman
New Believers Guide to the Bible – Greg Laurie
How to Study the Bible – John MacArthur’s Bible Studies
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Church Life & Leadership
Organic Church – Neil Cole
Dying for Change – Leith Anderson
A New Kind of Christian – Brian D. McLauren
Essential Church? – Thom S. Rainer & Sam S. Rainer
The Church of Irresistible Influence – Robert Lewis with Rob Wilkins
Simple Church – Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger
Doing Church as a Team – Wayne Cordeiro
Church as a Team Sport – Jim Putman
So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore – Wayne Jacobsen & Dave Coleman
Real-life Discipleship – Jim Putman
Organic Leadership: Leading Naturally Right Where You Are – Neil Cole
Truth That Sticks – Avery T. Willis & Mark Snowden
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Leadership
9 Things a Leader Must Do – Henry Cloud
The Way of the Shepherd – Kevin Leman & Wiliam Pentak
Leading on Empty – Wayne Cordeiro
Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard – Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Good to Great – Jim Collins
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
The Situational Leader – Dr. Paul Hersey
The Next Generation Leader – Andy Stanley
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Marriage
We’re Finally Alone. Now What Do We Do?: More than 500 Thought-Provoking Questions to Energize Your Marriage – Greg Johnson
Two-Part Harmony: A Devotional for Couples – Patrick M. Morley
The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
The Love Dare – Stephen Kendrick & Alex Kendrick
Before the Last Resort – George Kenworthy
Closer: Devotions to Draw Couples Closer – Jim & Cathy Burns
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Parenting
The Blessing: Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance – John Trent & Gary Smalley
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Personality
Why You Act the Way You Do – Tim LaHaye
Your Personality Tree – Florence Littauer
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Personal Growth & Increased Spiritual Impact
Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God (workbook) – Henry Blackaby & Claude King
Visioneering – Andy Stanley
Fresh Encounter – Henry Blackaby & Claude King
Choosing to Cheat – Andy Stanley
Spiritual Leadership – J. Oswald Sanders
Wild at Heart – John Eldridge
Epic – John Eldridge
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 – W. Phillip Keller
New Believers Guide to Effective Christian Living: First Steps for New Christians – Greg Laurie
The Best Question Ever – Andy Stanley
Think Like Jesus – George Barna
Out of the Salt Shaker and Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life – Rebecca Manley Pippert
Halftime – Bob Buford
50 People Every Christian Should Know – Warren W. Wiersbe
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Relationships
Boundaries – Henry Cloud
Caring Enough to Confront: How to Understand and Express Your Deepest Feelings Toward Others – David Augsburger
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High – Petterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
Don’t Let Jerks Get the Best of You: Advice for Dealing with Difficult People – Paul Meier
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Grief
Where Is God When It Hurts? – Philip Yancey
Confessions of a Grieving Christian – Zig Ziglar
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering – Timothy Keller
When Your Family’s Lost a Loved One – David Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie
A Grief Observed – by C. S. Lewis
Also check out these websites for information about processing grief:
FocusOnTheFamily.com – Type “Grief” or “Grieving” in the search entry box on the home page for a list of resources. You may also enter other topics of interest as you desire.
FamilyLife.com – Click the magnifying glass icon (upper right corner) to open the website search tool. Type (using quotation marks) a topic such as, “Grief” or “Death of a Spouse” in the search entry box. A list of articles / resources will populate on a new page. You may also enter other topics of interest as you desire.
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Spiritual Warfare
The Adversary – Mark Bubeck
The Devil Goes to Church – David Butts
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Stewardship & Finances
Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey
The Generosity Factor – Ken Blanchard & Truett Cathy
The Treasure Principle – Randy Alcorn
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Understanding and Talking About Faith Topics and Issues
Explaining Your Faith – Alistair McGrath
Mere Apologetics – Alistair McGrath
Reasons for Believing: A Seekers Guide to Christianity – Frank Harber
Bible Answers for Almost All Your Questions – Elmer L. Towns
Life’s Ultimate Questions – John P. Newport
Who Made God? And Answers To Over 100 Other Tough Questions Of Faith – Ravi Zacharias and Norman L. Geisler
Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions – Rick Warren
Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible – Erwin W. Lutzer
Basic Christianity – John Stott
Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis
More Than a Carpenter – Josh McDowell
How the Bible was Built – Charles M. Smith & James W. Bennett
To Everyone An Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview – Beckwith, Craig & Moreland
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Vision Expanding
The Insanity of God – Nik Ripken
The Insanity of Obedience – Nik Ripken
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire – Jim Cymbala
Fresh Faith – Jim Cymbala
Fresh Power – Jim Cymbala
The Life God Blesses – Jim Cymbala
Revolution in World Missions (The Amazing Story of the Start of Gospel For Asia) – K. P. Yohannan
Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims are Falling in Love with Jesus – Jerry Trousdale
The Hole in the Gospel – Richard Stearns
It’s Better to Build Boys Than to Mend Men – Truett Cathy
Living in Light of Eternity – K. P. Yohannan
Radical – David Platt
Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus – Kyle Idleman
Gospel: Recovering The Power That Made Christianity Revolutionary – J.D. Greear
Meeting Miss Irby – Joshua Irby
Concentric Circles of Concern – W. Oscar Thompson
What Jesus Demands from the World – John Piper
The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community – Matt Smay & Hugh Halter
Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World – Robert Briner
Search for topics of interest
FocusOnTheFamily.com – Type a topic of interest (using quotation marks around the topic/phrase) in the search entry box on the home page. This will populate a list of resources.
FamilyLife.com – Click the magnifying glass icon (upper right corner) to open the website search tool. Type (using quotation marks) a topic like “Marriage” or “Blended family” or “Grief” in the search entry box. A list of articles / resources will populate on a new page.
