Recommended Reads

To help you on your faith journey, we’ve compiled this list of recommend books.  There are certainly other terrific books out there, but these should help get you started in living the life you’re meant to live as a follower of Christ.

Bibles

ESV Study Bible (Related article: A Divine Conversation)

The Message Bible (Very readable paraphrase)

Exploring God

The Reason For God by Tim Keller

Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell

Discovering

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennen Manning

Prodigal God by Tim Keller

What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey

Knowing God by J.I. Packer

ReJesus by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch

Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus

Pocket Guide to the Bible by Jason Boyett

Following Jesus

Crazy Love by Francis Chan

Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper

Living the Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Death by Love by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears

In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson

The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren

Theology

Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

Desiring God by John Piper

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard

Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul

Mission/Church

Total Church by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester

The Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll

The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch

The Shaping of Things to Come by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch

The Tangible Kingdom by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay

An Unstoppable Force by Erwin McManus

Marriage/Relationships/Sexuality

Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Going All the Way by Craig Groeschel

A Celebration of Sex by Douglas Rosenau

Intimacy Ignited by by Joseph and Linda Dillow & Peter and Lorraine Pintus

Sex, Lies, and Religion by Randy Elrod

Porn-Again Christian by Mark Driscoll