Additional Resources

What to read over the summer? Something interesting, inspiring, challenging or encouraging would be my suggestion. Let me give you a few titles that you can order from your favorite online bookstore and be reading in a few days! I’ll put the books into our 5 Categories of Spiritual Growth.

Passion & Devotion
Serious Times: Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day by James Emery White
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law
The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders
A Life Well Spent by Russ Crosson

Spiritual Disciplines
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer by E.M. Bounds
The Mark of a Christian by Francis Schaeffer

Biblical Literacy
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
What the Bible Is All About by Dr. Henrietta C. Mears
Sit, Walk, Stand by Watchman Nee
Know What You Believe: Connecting Faith and Truth by Paul Little
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
The Complete Works of Jonathan Edwards by Jonathan Edwards

Cultural Engagement
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey
The Great Experiment: Faith and Freedom in America by Os Guinness
A Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
Do Fish Know They’re Wet: Living in Your World—Without Getting Hooked by Tom Neven
Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What To Do About It by Os Guinness
A Practical View of Christianity by William Wilberforce
The Opening of the Christian Mind by David Gill

Family Issues
Lessons from a Father to His Son by John Ashcroft
Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce by Elizabeth Marquardt

Additional Resources for Young Adults
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
University of Destruction: Your Game Plan for Spiritual Victory on Campus by David Wheaton
A Student’s Guide to the Core Curriculum by Mark C. Henrie
How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski
Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air Francis by J. Beckwith & Gregory Koukl
How to Prepare for an Intellectual Life by A.D. Sertillanges