RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FROM PASTOR ADRIAN
APPS, PODCASTS AND RESOURCE CENTERS
Apps
- Following Jesus
- C3 Tri-Cities
- RightNow Media
- Angel Studios
- Voice of the Martyrs
Podcasts
Resource Centers
PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY, DECONSTRUCTION, AND HUMAN SEXUALITY
Progressive Christianity and Deconstruction
- Another Gospel (Alisa Childers)
- Faithfully Different (Natasha Crain)
- The Deconstruction of Christianity (Alisa Childers and Tim Barnett)
Human Sexuality
- Openness Unhindered (Rosaria Butterfield)
- Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With? (Sam Allberry)
- God and the Transgender Debate (Andrew Walker)
- When Harry Became Sally (Ryan T. Anderson)
- Holy Sexuality and the Gospel (Christopher Yuan)
- Gay Girl, Good God (Perry)
- A Change of Affection (Beckett Cook)
- Gender Ideology (Sharon James)
- Strange New World (Carl Trueman)
- The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl Trueman)
- What God Has to Say about Our Bodies (Sam Allberry)
- Is God Anti-Gay? (Sam Allberry)
- Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age (Rosaria Butterfield)
- The Broken Image (Leann Payne)
- Making All Things New (David Powlison)
- Love Thy Body (Nancy R. Pearcey)
POLITICS, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ISSUES
Cultural Issues
- Confronting Christianity (Rebecca McLaughlin)
- Fire in the Streets (Douglas Groothius)
- Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth (Thaddeus Williams)
Politics and Religion in America
- Politics According to the Bible (Wayne Grudem)
- Why Government Can’t Save You (John MacArthur)
- City of Man (Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner)
- America’s Blessings (Rodney Stark)
- Onward (Russell Moore)
Technology
- My Tech-Wise Life (Amy Crouch and Andy Crouch)
- The Anxious Generation (Jonathan Haidt)
- The Opt-Out Family (Erin Loechner)
- The Tech-Wise Family (Andy Crouch)
MARRIAGE, PRE-MARRIAGE AND PARENTING
Marriage
- The Meaning of Marriage (Timothy Keller)
- The Mystery of Marriage (Mike Mason)
- Sacred Marriage (Gary Thomas)
- Love and Respect (Emerson Eggerichs)
- Get Married (Brad Wilcox)
Pre-Marriage
- Things I Wish I’d Known (Gary Chapman)
- Before You Say “I Do” (H. Norman Wright)
- Saving Your Marriage before It Starts (Les & Leslie Parrott)
- 101 Questions to Ask before You Get Engaged (H. Norman Wright)
- The Sacred Search (Gary Thomas)
Parenting
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Tedd Tripp)
- Sacred Parenting (Gary Thomas)
- Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles (Paul David Tripp)
- Age of Opportunity (Paul David Tripp)
- The Intentional Father (Jon Tyson)
- What Do I Say When…? (Andrew Walker)
- Talking with Your Kids about God (Natasha Crain)
- Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side (Natasha Crain)
- What a Daughter Needs from Her Dad (Michael Farris)
- Preparing Your Son for Every Man’s Battle (Stephen Arterburn)
- How to Bring Your Children to Christ (Ray Comfort)
Parenting Young Adults
- Doing Life with Your Adult Children (Jim Burns)
- Christian Higher Education (Perry Glanzer)
READING FOR CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS
For Children
- The Action Bible (illustrated for children)
- Is God for Real? (Jeriah Shank)
- Lies Girls Believe (Dannah Gresh)
- It’s Great to Be a Girl! (Dannah Gresh)
- Lies Boys Believe (Erin & Jason Davis)
- It’s Great to Be a Guy! (Dannah Gresh)
- So You’re about to Be a Teenager (Barbara & Dennis Rainey)
For Teens and Young Adults
- 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (Rebecca McLaughlin)
- Swipe Right (Levi Lusko)
- A Young Man’s Guide to Making Right Choices (Jim George)
- Every Young Man, God’s Man (Stephen Arterburn)
- Single, Dating, Engaged, Married (Ben Stuart)
- Passion and Purity (Elisabeth Elliot)
UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY, THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH
Understanding God and Christianity
- Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
- The Reason for God (Timothy Keller)
- Making Sense of God (Timothy Keller)
- I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (Norman Geisler)
- How to Know God Exists (Josh McDowell)
- God Behaving Badly (David Lamb)
Becoming a Christian
- Following Jesus (Samuel Deuth)
- Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (J.D. Greear)
- A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (Sam Storms)
Understanding the Bible and the Church
- Taking God at His Word (Kevin DeYoung)
- Why I Trust the Bible (William D. Mounce)
- How (Not) to Read the Bible (Dan Kimball)
- Why We Love the Church (Kevin DeYoung)
PRAYER AND FASTING, THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GIFTS, SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Prayer and Fasting
- Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home (Richard Foster)
- With Christ in the School of Prayer (Andrew Murray)
- Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough (Elmer Towns)
- Prayer (Timothy Keller)
- The Transforming Power of Prayer (James M. Houston)
- Prayer (Ole Hallesby)
- Praying the Bible (Donald Whitney)
The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
- Understanding Spiritual Gifts (Sam Storms)
- Practicing the Power (Sam Storms)
- The Beginner’s Guide to the Gift or Prophecy (Jack Deere)
Spiritual Warfare
- Victory over the Darkness (Neil Anderson)
- The Bondage Breaker (Neil Anderson)
- The Steps to Freedom in Christ (Neil Anderson)
- Deliverance from Evil Spirits (Francis MacNutt)
- The Screwtape Letters (C. S. Lewis)
- Unbound (Neal Lozano)
- They Shall Expel Demons (Derek Prince)
HEALING, FORGIVENESS AND MIRACLES
Healing
- The Ministry of Healing (A. J. Gordon)
- The Gospel of Healing (A. B. Simpson)
- Healing and the Scriptures (David Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
- Healing (Francis MacNutt)
- A Guide for Listening and Inner-Healing Prayer (Rusty Rustenbach)
Forgiveness
- Total Forgiveness (R. T. Kendall)
- When You’ve Been Wronged (Erwin Lutzer)
- Choosing Forgiveness (Nancy Leigh DeMoss)
- The Gift of Forgiveness (Charles Stanley)
- The Bait of Satan (John Bevere)
- Forgive (Timothy Keller)
Miracles
- Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? (Ian Hutchinson)
- Miracles (C.S. Lewis)
- Miracles Today (Craig Keener)
- The Case for Miracles (Lee Strobel)
GROWING AS A LEADER, SPIRITUAL FORMATION AND WOMEN IN MINISTRY
Growing as a Leader
- Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be (Leroy Eims)
- Practicing Greatness (Reggie McNeal)
- The Making of a Leader (Frank Damazio)
- Spiritual Leadership (John Oswald Sanders)
- A Work of Heart (Reggie McNeal)
- Leadership Pain (Samuel Chand)
- The Dark Side of Leadership (Gary McIntosh)
Spiritual Formation
- The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)
- Celebration of Discipline (Richard Foster)
- Conformed to His Image (Kenneth Boa)
Women in Ministry
- Partners in Christ (John G. Stackhouse)
- 50 Women Every Christian Should Know (Michelle DeRusha)
CHRISTIAN HISTORY, THEOLOGY AND DEVOTIONALS
Christian History
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (John Foxe)
- Jesus Freaks (Voice of the Martyrs)
- The Story of Christianity (Justo González)
Theology
- Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem)
- Renewal Theology (J. Rodman Williams)
Devotionals
- A Diary of Private Prayer (John Baillie)
- My Utmost for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND RENDERINGS
Bibles
- New King James Version (NKJV)
- New American Standard (NASB)
- New International Version (NIV)
- New Living Translation (NLT)
- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
- New Testament in Modern English (PHILLIPS)
- English Standard Version (ESV)
- Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
- Nueva Biblia de las Américas (NBLA)
Bible Renderings
- The Message (Peterson)
- The Action Bible (illustrated for children)
OTHER RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND AUTHORS
Miscellaneous
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus (Nabeel Qureshi)
- The Cost of Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
- Sit, Walk, Stand (Watchman Nee)
- Waking the Dead (John Eldredge)
- What’s So Amazing about Grace? (Phillip Yancey)
- The Search for Significance (Robert McGee)
- Hearing God’s Voice (Henry Blackaby)
- Connecting (Larry Crabb)
- The Silence of Adam (Larry Crabb)
- Can Science Explain Everything? (John Lennox)
- Tortured for Christ (Richard Wurmbrand)
- The Overcoming Life (D. L. Moody)
- The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis)
Recommended Authors
- Francis Schaeffer
- Watchman Nee
- Timothy Keller
- Sam Storms
- D. L. Moody
- A. W. Tozer
- C. S. Lewis
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- John Piper
- Charles Spurgeon
- David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Philip Yancey
- J. Rodman Williams
- Derek Prince
- Francis MacNutt
- Andrew Murray