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Bible
English Standard Version
Christian Standard Bible
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Theology
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
Stephen Wellum, Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept
James Hamilton, God's Glory in Salvation Through Judgment: A Biblical Theology
Mark Dever & Jonathan Leeman, Baptist Foundations
J. I. Packer, Knowing God
Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology
Danny Akin, A Theology for the Church
Timothy S. Tennett, Theology in the Context of World Christianity
Tim Challies & Josh Byers, Visual Theology: Seeing and Understanding the Truth About God
Church History
Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language
Joel Beeke, Meet the Puritans
Winfield Bevins, Creed
Biography, Autobiography, & Memoirs
Arnold Dallimore, Spurgeon
Arnold Dallimore, Whitefield
John Piper, The Legacy of Sovereign Joy
Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer
Helen Roseveare, Give Me This Mountain
Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen
Mrs. Howard Taylor, Borden of Yale
Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place
Spiritual Disciplines
Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God
Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins
Jerry Bridges, The Gospel for Real Life
C.J. Mahaney, The Cross-Centered Life
C.J. Mahaney, Humility
James Montgomery Boice, Christ's Call to Discipleship
Richard Lamb, Following Jesus in the "Real World"
Attributes of God
A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
Randy Alcorn, If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil
D.A. Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God
D.A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty & Human Responsibility
Vern Poythress, Chance and the Sovereignty of God
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Parenting
Paul David Tripp, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles that Can Radically Change Your Family
Tedd Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Tedd Tripp, Instructing a Child’s Heart
Sinclair Ferguson, Big Book of Questions and Answers
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
Sally Lloyd-Jones, The Jesus Story Book Bible
Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts
Adoption & Orphan Care
Russell Moore, Adopted for Life
Tony Merida & Rick Morton, Orphanology
Church Planting
Timothy Keller, Church Planting Manual
Ed Stetzer, Planting Missional Churches
Darrin Patrick, Church Planter
Preaching/Hermeneutics
Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching
Tim Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
Tony Merida, Faithful Preaching
John Piper, The Supremacy of God in Preaching
Jim Shaddix, The Passion-Driven Sermon
Danny Akin, Engaging Exposition
Tony Merida, Proclaiming Jesus
Grant Osborne, The Hermeneutical Spiral
Andreas Kostenberger, Invitation to Biblical Interpretation
Greg Gilbert & Mark Dever, Preach
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Evangelism
Mark Dever, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
Will Metzger, Tell the Truth
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad
J. Mack Stiles, Evangelism
J.I. Packer, Evangelism & The Sovereignty of God
Apologetics
Tim Keller, The Reason for God
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
The Gospel
Tim Keller, The Prodigal God
Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods
John Piper, God Is the Gospel
Trevin Wax, Counterfeit Gospels
Matt Chandler, Explicit Gospel
Jared Wilson, Gospel Deeps
Church
Baptist Foundations edited by Dever & Leeman
Mark Dever, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church
Timothy Keller, Center Church
John Hammett, Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches
Alexander Strauch, Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
Larry Osborne, Sticky Church
Larry Osborne, Sticky Teams
Colin Marshal and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine
Pastoral Ministry
Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
R. Kent Hughes & Douglas Sean O'Donnell, The Pastor's Book
John Piper, Brothers We Are Not Professionals
Charles Spurgeon, An All-Round Ministry
Alistair Begg, On Being a Pastor
Marriage
Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy...
C. J. Mahaney, Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God
Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say I Do
Paul Tripp, What Did You Expect?
Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, Love & Respect
Bible Study
Logos Software
New Bible Dictionary (Packer, ed.)
D.A. Carson, Introduction to the New Testament
Tremper Longman III, Introduction to the Old Testament
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen, The Drama of Scripture
James Hamilton, Typology: Understanding the Bible's Promise-Shaped Patterns
Christopher J.H. Wright, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament
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Current Events & Cultural Engagement
Rod Dreher, Live Not By Lies
Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
Erwin Lutzer, We Will Not Be Silenced
Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts
