Favorite Messages

• Brokenness by Nancy Leigh DeMoss [28 MB]
• Let Your Passion Be Single by John Piper [17 MB]
• A New Kind of Christian (1) by Brian McLaren
• A New Kind of Christian (2) by Brian McLaren
• Freedom and Framework, Spirit and Truth: Recovering Biblical Worship by N.T. Wright

Favorite Books

Satisfy Your Soul

Bruce Demarest

The first time I picked up Satisfy Your Soul to read it, I was afraid. It turns out that the thing I was afraid of was allowing God into my heart of heart. Bruce Demarest, a solid evangelical, clearly and persuasive speaks on restoring the heart of Christian Spirituality. The road to the future leads through the past. Bruce leads us to explore the history of the Church through the ages to tap into the wisdom of God manifested through time. If your attitude towards God is growing cold or your experience of God is more knowledge of facts than of a person, then this book will knock your socks off.

Systematic Theology

Wayne Grudem

I picked up this book when I was a student at Penn State. Even though it is a thousand pages, by far it is my most favorite book. I’ve read it twice and encourage all my guys to pick up a copy to read it thoroughly. Systematic Theology answers the question, “what does the Bible teach about ____?” Wayne gathers the key passages that teach on each topic and present the issues in question on each topic with clear, balanced, and respectful responses. Each chapter can stand alone, so this makes an excellent reference, but I do encourage you to read it cover to cover. Personally, Wayne Grudem is a humble man who has a heart for God and is easy to understand and respect.

The Pleasures of God

John Piper

The best cure for self-centered spirituality is a good dose of John Piper’s teaching on the pleasure of God in all He does. In a dry period of my life, Piper helped me take the attention off myself and refocused my gaze on the great glory of God and His Name. He’s chosen us, He will sustain us, and He will glorify us in the end. Savor this sweet teaching on God’s divine pleasures and let it change you from the inside out as you meditate on the greatness of His glory.

Streams of Living Water

Richard Foster

What ever happened to Christianity over the last 2,000 years? Sometimes, we think that the progress of Christianity began at the Reformation. Or worse, we feel that Church history isn’t important at all today (the ahistorical attitude). Foster challenges us to look at how Christ lived during his 30 years on earth and then how Christians have lived with Christ in them throughout the last two millenia, because a balanced Christianity comes from allowing Christ into all of your life. Foster examines six major traditions of the church and how they are really all part of one life in union with Christ.

The six traditions are:

• The Contemplative Tradition: the prayer-filled life
• The Holiness Tradition: the virtuous life
• The Evangelical Tradition: the Word-centered life
• The Social Justice Tradition: the compassionate life
• The Incarnational Tradition: the sacramental life
• The Charismatic Tradition: the Spirit-empowered life

Desiring God

John Piper

Designing with Web Standards

Jeffrey Zeldman

The Spirit of the Disciplines

Dallas Willard

Wow! I just finished reading this book and this was a good one. It got a little slow in the middle, but the content was great. The premise of the book is that much of what we call Christianity today toys at the true spiritual life. For instance salvation equals forgiveness of sins, discipleship is kind of optional, and the spiritual disciplines are for the really good Christians. Dallas Willard clearly, biblically, and cultural shows what the Christian life really is so that we can not just aspire to be like Jesus, but walk the way that Jesus walked. Ultimately we need spiritual training in order to participate in the new life of Christ. I would definitely pick up a copy of this book.

Men’s Relational Toolbox

Gary, Greg, and Michael Smalley

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Pursuit of God

A.W. Tozer

How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth

Gordon Fee & Douglas Stuart

Living by The Book

Howard Hendricks

Surprised by the Power of the Spirit

Jack Deere

Others

• God’s Big Picture by Vaughn Roberts
• Questioning Evangelism by Randy Newman
• How to Pray by R.A. Torrey
• This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
• Master Your Money by Ron Blue
• Planting Churches Cross Culturally by David Hesselgrave
• Planting Churches in Muslim Cities by David Livingstone
• Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
• Journey of Desire by John Eldredge
• Epic by John Eldredge
• The One Minute Manager
• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
• Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels
• Witnessing without Fear by Bill Bright
• I’m Glad You Asked by Ken Boa & Larry Moody
• Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns by D.A. Carson
• Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud
• Improving Your Serve by Charles Swindoll
• What’s The Difference by John Piper
• The Search for Significance by Robert McGee
• Boundaries in Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud
• In the Grip of Grace by Max Lucado
• The Great House of God by Max Lucado
• Fresh Wind Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala
• Finding Common Ground by Tim Downs
• Fireseeds of a Spiritual Awakening
• Amazing Faith: An Authorized Biography of Bill Bright
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
• The Artful Dodger by Alan Scholes
• What Christianity Is All About: How You Can Know and Enjoy God by Alan Scholes
• The Touch of Jesus by Paul Eshleman
• The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life by Charles Stanley
• The Secret by Bill Bright
• Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter, Marvin K. Mayers
• More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell
• A Christian’s Response to Islam by William Miller
• Overcoming Missionary Stress by Marjory Foyle
• The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis