Study Resources
Below are some resources that have helped to shape the lives of our staff team. We have organized the content by area to make them easier to explore. We do not agree with or endorse everything in every resource - but we have found them to force us to think, engage, and be shaped.
Apologetics:
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics by Norma Geisler
Scaling the Secular City by J.P. Moreland
The God Who Is There by Francis Scchaffer
Does God Exist by J.P. Moreland and Kai Nielsen
Handbook of Today’s Religions by Josh McDowell
Bible Study Aides:
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature by Bauer, Ardnt, Gingrichm, Danker
The Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by Homer Heater
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels by Joel Green and Scott McKnight
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters by Gerald Hawthorne and Ralph Martin
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by Walton, Matthews and Chavalas
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament by Craig Keener
Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson
New International Bible Commentary by F.F. Bruce
New International Commentary on the New Testament by Gordon Fee
New International Commentary on the Old Testament by Robert Hubbard
Evangelism:
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement by Ralph Winters
Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll
More Ready Than You Realize by Brian McClaren
Evangelism Through the Local Church by Michael Green
Leadership:
Connecting by Paul Stanley and J. Robert Clinton
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership by Gary McIntosh and Samuel Rima
The Making of a Leader by J. Robert Clinton
Life Issues:
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
Everbody’s Normal Till You Get To Know Them by John Ortberg
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
Christian Counseling Revised Edition by Gary Collins
What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
New Believers:
Searching For God Knows What by Donald Miller
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
The Tender Commandments by Ron Mehl
Spiritual Formation:
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Desiring God by John Piper
The Law of Rewards by Randy Alcorn
Power Through Prayer by E.M. Bounds
Keep In Step With the Spirit by J.I. Packer
Theology:
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Concise Theology by J.I. Packer
Foundations of Pentecostal Theology by Nathaniel Van Cleave and Guy Duffield
Systematic Theology Volumes 1-4 by Norman Geisler