Scary Close
Leadership, Relationships, Teamwork, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3If you have ever struggled in relationships – personally, professionally, or on teams, this book is for you! An intimate self-story by Donald Miller that will teach you and open up new ways of thinking....
Best Yes
Closer, Living It, Stress, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2It isn’t about saying “No.” It is about saying “Yes” to the right things. Best Yes explores and illustrates how we can prevent ourselves from becoming overwhelmed, over-committed, and overworked. A tremendous follow up read to Living...
Living Peacefully
Closer, Living It, Stress, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3Do you have trouble staying calm or struggling with worry and a lac of peace? This book is a definite read for all of us. Whether to remind us or show us for the first time, Hutchcraft does an excellent job of showing Christians how to...
Philokalia Vols. 1-4
Deep Dive, Doctrine, Spiritual, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3These are the source documents in four volumes of thousands of pages for The Book of Mystical Chapters. These writings date back to the 3rd century of Christianity and include everything from letters from mentors to pupils, to...
Book of Mystical Chapters
Culture, Deep Dive, Doctrine, Spiritual, Discipleship 3This compilation of writings from the Orthodox fathers of early Christianity is broken into the theological categories of theoretikos, praktikos, gnostikos – the knowledge, practice, and mystery of the Christian faith. Incredible proverb...
Piercing the Darkness
Living It, Novel, Prayer, Spiritual, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2The sequel to This Present Darkness. Another must read....
This Present Darkness
Deep Dive, Living It, Novel, Spiritual, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2One of the first in the modern age of Christian novels and now a classic, This Present Darkness follows the lives of a community and church from the perspective of the physical and spiritual realm exposing angels and demons. It challenge...
Fresh Wind – Fresh Fire
Prayer, Spiritual, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2Cymbala reveals a secret: the church is first and foremost a house of prayer, he says, a place where souls can call on God. Cymbala tells not his church’s story as much as the stories of individual souls whose saving illustrate the truth...
How to Pray
Prayer, Spiritual, Discipleship 1Old school, textbook style exploration into How to Pray. Torrey is a classic scholar and this is a classic, foundational book on a Biblical prayer life....
Do Over
Business, Change, Living It, Stress, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3Starting on the first day you got paid to scoop ice cream or restock shelves, you’ve had the chance to develop the four elements all great careers have in common: relationships, skills, character, and hustle.Now it’s time to amplify ...
Tipping Point
Business, Creativity, Innovation, Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3Little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or “tipping point” is reached, changing the world. Gladwell’s thesis that ideas, product...
What the Dog Saw
Innovation, Leadership, Beyond Discipleship“Good writing,” Gladwell says in his preface, “does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone ...
Outliers
Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Beyond DiscipleshipGladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too mu...
Blink
Business, Decision-Making, Innovation, Leadership, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren’t as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are con...
Longevity Project
Innovation, Self Care, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3This book may seem it doesn’t fit anywhere but it does. If there’s a secret to old age, the authors find, it’s living conscientiously and bringing forethought, planning, and perseverance to one’s professional and personal life. Individ...
Good to Great
Business, Innovation, Leadership, Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3This book wastes no time on bad and mediocre but uses every page to explore the difference between good and great companies. Using solid research and incredible examples Good to Great will open up a world of characteristics that seem...
Here to There
Living It, Ministry, Discipleship 2Using the launching statement of “So you are ready to change churches?”, Here to There gives ten great and ten terrible reasons to leave a church. In the process, Burrier unfolds the truths of what church should really be to us and...
Breakout Churches
Culture, Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3A Christian version of Good to Great. Breakout Churches looks at the characteristics that make a good church go to a great church. Tremendous read using well researched and presented examples. This is a book that you will reread....
Well Intentioned Dragons
Culture, Leadership, Ministry, Discipleship 2Shelly explores from practical experience those people who seem to be doing something great for God, and think they are, while they are derailing ministry and others. A powerful, short book....
Pagan Christianity
Culture, Deep Dive, Doctrine, Leadership, Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3This book is so edgy that it has a disclaimer from the publisher in the opening pages. Pagan Christianity Biblically challenges so much of what the modern church practices and preaches from clergy to ritual. A definite read to open our...
Purpose Driven Church
Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3The Purpose Driven Church is a now classic and the grandfather of purpose-driven books on many topics. Explore the Biblical Purposes of church and see how these standard purposes can cause a ministry of any style to thrive as it pursues ...
Deep and Wide
Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Ministry, Discipleship 3A mega church book that tracks the development of Northpoint Church and ministries that is equally powerful for all churches and ministries. It celebrates the ability to go deep with large numbers of people and challenges the reader to...
The Great Omission
Culture, Leadership, Ministry, Discipleship 3Though focused on missions, the message of this book applies to all ministry work and development. We should be able to train and release the ministry to those who are there and those that will come. Steve has done this. A short but...
Art of War
Business, Leadership, Ministry, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 3An age old, short text that speaks of the strategies of warfare. It is astounding when applied to spiritual warfare and conquering the world for good....
Six Thinking Hats
Business, Leadership, Teamwork, Beyond Discipleship, Discipleship 2Six Thinking Hats can help you think better-with its practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exploring new ideas. De Bono, long recognized as the foremost international authority on conceptual thinking writes,”...
Good Boss Bad Boss
Business, Leadership, Discipleship 3Want to be a better boss? Unaware that you’re a terrible one? Sutton reveals how the best bosses take diverse and intertwined steps to create effective and humane workplaces, and offers tips on taking control, getting and giving credit a...
Spiritual Leadership
Leadership, Ministry, Spiritual, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3The book that Maxwell says inspired everything for him. It is one of the old guys and a superior read that focuses on the real thing for Christian leaders – leading spiritually. A must read for all leaders....
Letters to Timothy
Leadership, Ministry, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3A great book written in the twilight years of ministry by a tremendous mentor, pastor, and leader who felt compelled to write short bits of wisdom to those that would follow him. Super read for emerging leaders....
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Leadership, Discipleship 2I hate when books simply repackage truths and resell them but, like it or not, this book is a tremendous repackage of all the writings of the people that inspired John Maxwell’s leadership training. A must read for simple, practical,...
And The Shofar Blew
Ministry, Novel, Discipleship 2A novel about the growth of a small church into a mega-church with all the challenges and successes along the way. Great character and story development reveal the good and the bad of leadership, followers, and faithful saints. Some...
Christian Theology
Doctrine, Discipleship 3This is not a cover to cover read but an incredible resource. Simply one of the best books on Biblical doctrine and systematic theology arranged from creation to the second coming with indexes that will help you find any verse you are st...
This We Believe
Doctrine, Discipleship 2As we head off to build, develop, and dream with God about new ministries and making disciples it is good to know what we believe. This We Believe is a multi-authored view of the basic Biblical doctrines of Christianity. It was written...
Mere Christianity
Doctrine, Holiness, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3These radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity given during the world war were expanded into book form. Mere Christianity never flinches as it sets out a rational basis for Christianity and builds an edifice of compas...
Improving Your Serve
Living It, Service, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2Simply put, this classic will show you how to take your serve and make it even more honorable and durable before God. A must read that has been included in men’s discipleship for years....
Surprised by Joy
God to You, Living It, Salvation, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3This is an auto-biographical book about the early, formational years of Lewis’ life, which began with a vaguely religious upbringing, led into devout Atheism, and ended in Christ’s drawing Lewis home. C.S. Lewis was one of the 20th Cen...
Fresh Power
Living It, Prayer, Spiritual, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2Fresh Power explores the third person in the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. It is easy to read but edgy as Cymbala urges Christians to abandon their comfort zones in favor of the unpredictable leadings of the Spirit. He challenges modern...
What Keeps You Up at Night
Living It, Stress, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2, Discipleship 3A new, great read that addresses uncertainty in following God. We all want our questions answered life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. How would your life change if you learned to lean into uncertainty instead of waiting on the ...
Celebration of Discipline
Holiness, Living It, Discipleship 3A somewhat off-the-grid work that explores the practical excellence of discipline to allow us to fully experience God....
Experiencing God
Living It, Prayer, Discipleship 2The book is good – the workbook far better. Blackaby uses a great infographic and 13 lessons to show us how to join God where he is working in the world and our lives. Experiencing God illustrates the stages from crisis to choice that al...
Pursuit of Holiness
God to You, Holiness, Living It, Discipleship 1This book has long since passed from the view of modern Christianity – sadly. A short but powerful read about what it means to pursue holiness and the impact that such a sold-out life will have on the believer. Inspiring and...
Ruthless Trust
Living It, Peace, Prayer, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2This may be the best of the enduring works of Brennan as he explores what it means to truly trust God and how freeing ruthless trust in Him can be. A tremendously well written, quotable book that will challenge the very core of your faith....
In His Steps
Living It, Discipleship 1Another very old, classic read that focuses on the simple question “What would Jesus do?” Set in days gone by a pastor, church, and community face this question with a one year commitment to do only what they believe he would do in...
Sit Walk Stand
Doctrine, Living It, Discipleship 2Watchman Nee was a deep and philosophical writer but in this classic short book, he is simple. Sit, walk, stand is a verse by verse study of Ephesians that illustrates the simple, clear call to Know God, then to Apply God, and then to St...
Can I Lose My Salvation?
Doctrine, Discipleship 3This short book was originally crafted as a masters thesis and provides a simple definitive answer to the burning question “Can I lose my salvation?” This is the first work of its kind providing security and direction to followers who...
Reflective Life
Living It, Discipleship 2A guide to slowing down, to seeing God, to experiencing God, and to allowing Him to have the time and space to transform your life. With practical tips and methods, this book is great for someone who has no experience living a...
Tender Commandments
God to You, Living It, Discipleship 1Launching off the idea that the Ten Commandments were actually designed for our best and not our oppression Ron Mehl presents a life-changing look at our relationship with God and His interactions with us....
The Shack
Forgiveness, God to You, Self Worth, Discipleship 1A novel that some say is controversial because it portrays God is a unique way. This book will stretch any believer and offers a unique approach to learning how to forgive, how to let go, and how to move on. The Shack is a great opener...
Birthright
Doctrine, Identity, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2An exhaustive study of who we are in Christ, how we are rooted in Christ, our access to Christ, and what happened to us when we became Christians. As the name implies, it is about our new birthright. Birthright is written at a college...
Search for Significance
Identity, Self Worth, Discipleship 1This is a classic book addressing who we are in Christ, how we are significant, introducing key doctrinal terms (justification, forgiveness, sanctification, et al.) that show us that God’s perspective of us should be the basis of our...
The Way of the Pilgrim
Deep Dive, Prayer, Spiritual, Discipleship 1, Discipleship 2There isn’t enough space to describe this book. It tracks the life of a man who discovers a prayer rope as a discipline to pray along the way of his troubled life. It introduces the Philokalia, ancient writings by spiritual fathers, as...