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Recommendations

​We have organized some helpful resources that we encourage our congregation to read, listen to, pray through, and meditate on.  These are excellent resources for individual and corporate discipleship as we seek to be a church equipped for the work of the ministry, and the building up of the body, all for the glory of God.

Latest Recommendations

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The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions

Book Description
The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spirit of prayer was regarded as of first importance and the best form of prayer, for living prayer is the characteristic of genuine spirituality. Yet prayer is also vocal and may therefore on occasions be written. Consequently in the Puritan tradition there are many written prayers and meditations which constitute an important corpus of inspiring devotional literature.

Too often ex tempore prayer lacks variety, order and definiteness. The reason for this lies partly in a neglect of due preparation. It is here that the care and scriptural thoroughness which others found necessary in their approach to God may be of help.  The Valley of Vision has been prepared not to 'supply' prayers but to prompt and encourage the Christian as he or she treads the path on which others have gone before. Included here are prayers of Bunyan, Watts, Spurgeon, and others. Arranged by theme - from the awesomeness of God to the awfulness of sin - you'll find promptings for your own heart's dialogue with your heavenly Father.

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

“Carl Trueman explains modernity to the church, with depth, clarity, and force. The significance of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self . . . is hard to overstate.”
- Rod Dreher, from the Foreword

Book Description
Modern culture is obsessed with identity.  Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause.  From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.  In this timely book, Carl Trueman analyzes the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom—rather than the cause—of the human search for identity. Trueman surveys the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture in humanity’s ever-changing quest for identity.


Web Resources

  • Founders Ministries
  • Ligonier
  • Grace To You
  • Desiring God
  • Colson Center for Worldview

Podcasts

  • Just Thinking Podcast
  • Theocast
  • Bible In Your Ear
  • The Briefing
  • White Horse Inn
  • The Sword and the Trowel
  • Breakpoint
  • 40 minutes in the Old Testament
  • 30 minutes in the New Testament

Print Resources

Scripture & Interpretation
ESV Study Bible
CSB Study Bible
An Introduction to the New Testament by D. A. Carson and Douglas J. Moo
A Survey of the Old Testament by Andrew E. Hill and John H. Walton
Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel by Eugene H. Merrill
The Journey from Texts to Translations by Paul D. Wegner

Discipleship
What is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert
How People Change by Timothy Lane & Paul Tripp
The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung
Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund
Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love by Edward T. Welch
Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will by Kevin DeYoung
Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace by Heath Lambert
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Relationships: a Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane & Paul Tripp
Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul Tripp

Theology
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
God's Passion for His Glory by John Piper and Jonathan Edwards
Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves
The Cross of Christ by John Stott
Spiritual Gifts: What They Are and Why They Matter by Thomas R. Schreiner  
The Holy Spirit by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper
Baptism And Fullness by John Stott
Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
Worship by the Book by D.A. Carson
Preaching Christ in All of Scripture by Edmund P. Clowney

The Church
Paul's Vision for the Deacons by Alexander Strauch
The New Testament Deacon: The Church's Minister of Mercy by Alexander Strauch

Students
Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp

Children
The Big Picture Story Bible by
David Helm
The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski
The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden by Kevin DeYoung
My First Book of Questions & Answers by Carine MacKenzie
A Baptist Catechism adapted by John Piper
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