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.
March-April 2024 Recommendations
Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible
By: Rabbi Jonathon Sacks
The Jewish Bible is an encounter between past and present, moment and eternity. This collection of biblical commentaries explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity and destiny.
The Reluctant Witness
By: Don Everts
Discovering the Delight of Spiritual Conversations. Unpacking what God’s Word says about spiritual conversations and digging into the habits of eager conversationalists, Everts describes what we can learn from Christians who are still talking about their faith. This book offers fresh insights and best practices for fruitful everyday conversations.
Front Yard Mission
By: Jonathon Weibel
How to Start a Love God, Love Neighbor Movement in Your Neighborhood. The world needs good neighbors. We can’t all change the world, but we can start with the world right outside our front door. In recent years the Church has been distracted by programs and politics. But our future is being determined by how well we love God and love our neighbors. Learn to catalyze a “love your neighbor” movement! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, begins at your front door.
Hope in Times of Fear
By: Timothy Keller
The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter. Hope in the Time of Fear unlocks the meaning of Jesus’s resurrection for readers. Easter is considered the most solemn and important holiday. The central message of the Christian faith is revealed in a way only Timothy Keller could do it- filled with unshakable belief, piercing insight, and a profound new way to look at a story you think you know.
Confronting Christianity
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ. Look more closely and the reality of suffering, the complexity of sexuality, the desire for diversity, the success of science, and other seeming roadblocks to faith become signposts. Jesus becomes not a relic from the ancient world, but our modern world’s best hope.
Who Is Jesus?
By: Greg Gilbert
Intended as a succinct introduction to Jesus’s life, words, and enduring significance, Who Is Jesus? offers non-Christians and new Christians alike a compelling portrait of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, this book encourages readers to carefully consider the history-shaping life and extraordinary teachings of the greatest man who ever lived.