Suggested Reading for Christian Growth

This is a very preliminary first stab at putting together a reading list of books that would be beneficial for Christians and for those considering Christianity. We hope to expand it and annotate it in the future. For now, if you have questions about any particular book, ask. Specific bibliographic information can be found by looking the book up on Amazon.com. (Click on a title to be taken there.)

By the way, the inclusion of a book on this list does not mean that we endorse everything found in each book.

Considering Christianity?

• The Reason for God (Tim Keller)
  
• Basic Christianity (John Stott)
  
• Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
  
• Blue Like Jazz (Donald Miller)

Want to learn more about Christianity?

• Knowing God (J. I. Packer)
  
• Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be (Cornelius Plantiga)
  
• The Universe Next Door (James Sire)
  
• Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship (Leonard J. Vander Zee)
  
• The Christian Life (Sinclair Ferguson)
  

How do I live as a Christian?

• The Fight (John White)
  
• Desiring God (John Piper)
  
• Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life (Donald Whitney)
  
• Holiness by Grace (Bryan Chapell)
  
• The Enemy Within (Kris Lundgaard)
  
• Peacemaker (Ken Sande)
• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (J. I. Packer)
  
• Finding the Will of God (Bruce Waltke)
  
• On Being Presbyterian (Sean Michael Lucas)
  
• Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing (C. J. Mahaney)
• Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions (John Piper)
• Church History in Plain Language (Bruce Shelley)
  

I want to be a better...

• [Spouse] Each for the Other (Bryan Chapell) or
  
• [Spouse] Intimate Allies (Dan Allender and Tremper Longman)
• [Parent] Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Paul Tripp)
  
• [Worker] The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life (Os Guiness)