Here are my favorite books, other than The Bible, that I’d like to recommend for my friends. Some of these I discovered through college courses at The Master’s College, others may have been handed to me by a friend, promoted by a blog I follow, or suggested by one of my church pastors. I hope you find them beneficial to you in more ways than one. Lately I’ve started giving books as a gift to people after seeing how valuable the truths in them have become to me. If you find yourself really enjoying a book on this list, my challenge to you is to buy it for someone or pass your copy around for others to borrow. Who knows, the book might be what the person needed right at that point in their life.
C.S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis)
- The Screwtape Letters *Highly recommended
- Mere Christianity *Highly recommended
- The Abolition of Man *Highly recommended
- The Great Divorce
- Till We Have Faces
- The Problem of Pain
- The Weight of Glory
- A Grief Observed
- The Four Loves
- The Space Trilogy
Francis Schaeffer
- How Should We Then Live? : The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture *Highly recommended
- Art and the Bible *Highly recommended
- The Mark of the Christian *Highly recommended
- The God Who is There
- He is There and He is Not Silent
- Escape From Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thoughts
Tim Keller (Timothy Keller)
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism *Highly recommended, Christians & skeptics alike
- Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope That Matters
Rick Holland
A.W. Tozer (Aiden Wilson Tozer)
- The Knowledge of the Holy *Highly recommended
- God’s Pursuit of Man: The Divine Conquest of the Human Heart
Gregory Koukl
- Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions *Highly recommended for Christians
Neil Postman
- Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business *Highly recommended
Randy Alcorn
- The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving *Highly recommended
John Piper
- Battling Unbelief *Highly recommended for Christians
- Don’t Waste Your Life *Highly recommended for everyone
- God is the Gospel
Kris Lundgaard
Arthur G. Bennett
Tim Challies
CJ Mahaney
Andrew Murray
Russell D. Moore
Grant Horner
Joshua Harris
Albert Mohler (Al Mohler)
Francis Chan
- Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
- Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
Oswald Chambers
James G. McCarthy
Alan Shlemon
- The Ambassador’s Guide to Islam
Ken Ham
Jonathon Sarfati
Kurt P. Wise
Wayne Grudem
Daniel Wickwire
Greg Gilbert
J.C. Ryle (John Charles Ryle)
John F. MacArthur
- MacArthur’s Quick Reference to the Bible
- The MacArthur Study Bible
- Daily Readings from the Life of Christ
Jonathan Edwards
Ravi Zacharias
Larry Burkett
Ed Wheat
- The First Years of Forever (Dr. Ed Wheat with Gloria Okes Perkins)
- Intended for Pleasure Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage: (Dr. Ed Wheat with Gaye Wheat) *Highly recommended for newly married couples
Jerry Bridges
