Pastors’ Book List
One way we grow as believers is by being students of the Word of God. Our pastors regularly pull together a list of recommended reading that will help you in your understanding and study of God’s Word as it applies to our daily lives. You can purchase them at your local bookstore or order them online through Amazon.com. To see all of the books, use the “Filter & Sort” function and select “Purchased and Unpurchased.” You can also view the books from previous lists on Amazon.
February-March 2025 Recommendations
1 Samuel for You
By: Tim Chester
1 Samuel is a book of barrenness and battles, kings and schemes, shepherds and giants. It recounts the history of Israel as it moved from no king, to the king it demanded, to the king God knew his people needed. But its greatest excitement lies not in the events and characters, but in the person they all point to: Jesus. Seeing him in and through this Old Testament book enables us to see Him with fresh color and texture, and see afresh what it means for us to follow Him today as our Ruler and Rescuer.
Rediscovering Jonah
By: Timothy Keller
The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known parables in the Bible. But there’s much more to Jonah’s story than most of us realize. Keller reveals the hidden depths within the book of Jonah. Jonah was one of the worst prophets in the entire Bible. And yet there are unmistakably clear connections between Jonah, the prodigal son, and Jesus. Jesus in fact saw himself in Jonah. How could one of the most defiant and disobedient prophets in the Bible be compared to Jesus?
Unoffendable
By: Brant Hansen
It turns out giving up your “right” to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It’s a radical, provocative idea: We’re not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own “righteous anger” is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?
Life Is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React
By: Charles Swindoll
In this broken world, each of us has the same moment-by-moment choice. We can either unfurl the white flag of surrender and allow the bad things to roll over us or we can dig in our heels, stand our ground, and put up a fight. How? It’s all about the attitude we decide to embrace. We can’t change the inevitable. But we can change how we respond. After all, life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
By: J. I. Packer
If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does active evangelism imply that God is not really sovereign at all? J. I. Packer shows how both of these attitudes are false.
Out of the Salt Shaker & Into the World
By: Rebecca Manley Pippert
Pippert helps us feel relaxed and enthusiastic about sharing our faith. She offers an inspiring view of what effective, engaging evangelism might look like–for individuals as well as for churches.
