Bible Study & Book Resources

Journey of Faith Recommended Reading List

In an age in which almost anyone can produce a written work, our hearts and minds can easily be overwhelmed by the literature surrounding us.  Which books should we consider reading from the plethora of materials?  The following list of books and resources offers a few recommendations for Christian knowledge, spiritual growth, and a deeper love for the Author of life.

*Disclaimer: Journey of Faith may not necessarily endorse all the views that are shared by each resource listed below.

Apologetics

• The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
• The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller
• The Truth War by John MacArthur

The Bible

• Bible Gateway (online Bible)
• The ESV Study Bible (online version)
• For the Love of God (2 volumes) by D.A. Carson
• How to Read the Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken
• How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart

Biographies

• Bill Wallace of China by Jesse Fletcher
• Confessions by Augustine
• Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
• Just as I Am by Billy Graham
• To the Golden Shore by Courtney Anderson

Christian Living/Devotional Life

• Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan
• Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
• Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just by Tim Keller
• How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski
• My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
• The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
• Porn-Again Christian by Mark Driscoll (free E-book)
• Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
• What is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever
• What is a Healthy Church Member? by Thabiti Anyabwile

The Gospel

• Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope by Trevin Wax
• The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler
• God is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself by John Piper
• Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary by J.D. Greear
• Jesus + Nothing = Everything by Tullian Tchividjian
• Jesus – The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved? by John Piper
• What is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert

History

• Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley
• Introduction to the History of Christianity edited by Tim Dowley
• Pocket History of the Church by Jeffrey Bingham

Marriage and Family

• Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood edited by Wayne Grudem
• Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris
• God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas Kostenberger
• The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Tim Keller and Kathy Keller
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
• Women in the Church by Andreas Kostenberger

Missions and Evangelism

• The Gospel and Personal Evangelism by Mark Dever
• Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions by John Piper
• Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission by Andreas Kostenberger and Peter O’Brien
• Whatever It Takes by Dub Jackson

New Testament

• Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture’s Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ by Darrell Bock and Daniel Wallace
• An Introduction to the New Testament by D.A. Carson and Douglas Moo
• The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept by Mark Dever
• On the New Testament (A Book You’ll Actually Read) by Mark Driscoll
• Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Old Testament

• An Introduction to the Old Testament by Tremper Longman and Raymond Dillard
• The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made by Mark Dever
• On the Old Testament (A Book You’ll Actually Read) by Mark Driscoll

Stewardship

• Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business by Wayne Grudem
• Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power and the Only Hope That Matters by Tim Keller
• Money: God or Gift by Jamie Munson
• Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn
• The NIV Stewardship Study Bible
• The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn

Theology

• Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know by Wayne Grudem
• Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe by Mark Driscoll
• Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper
• Knowing God by J.I. Packer
• The Intolerance of Tolerance by D.A. Carson
• Politics – According to the Bible by Wayne Grudem
• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
• Religion Saves: And Nine Other Misconceptions by Mark Driscoll
• Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
• On Who is God? (A Book You’ll Actually Read) by Mark Driscoll