RESOURCES
Below are some resources that have helped to shape the lives of our staff team. We have organized the content by area to make them easier to explore. We do not agree with or endorse everything in every resource - but we have found them to force us to think, engage, and be shaped.
Books
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New Believers:
Knowing God by J.I. Packer; Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; My Utmost for His Highest (Devotional) by Chambers
Apologetics:
Case for Faith by Strobel; Case for Christ by Strobel; Jesus Among the Other Gods by Zacharias
Biblical Study Aids:
Tyndale NT Commentary, Rev. Ed. by InterVarsity Press; Life Application Study Bible New Living Translation; New Believer's Bible New Living Translation; Dictionary of New Testament Background (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series); Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series); Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series); Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series); Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series);
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series); Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Church Issues:
ChurchNext by Gibbs; The Missional Church by Guder; Six Dangerous Questions by Borthwick
Culture:
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Newbigin; Virtual Faith by Beaudoin
Evangelism:
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus by Doug Schaupp and Don Everts; More Ready than You Realize by McClaren
Justice Issues:
God's Politics by Wallis; Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger by Sider; The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Claiborne
Leadership:
Courageous Leadership by Hybels; The Making of a Leader by Clinton
Life Issues:
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller; Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis; AA Big Book by AA; Christian Counseling, Rev. Ed. by Collins; Everybody's Normal Until You Get to Know Them by Ortberg; Codependent No More by Melodi Beattie; How People Grow by Cloud and Townsend; The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
Spiritual Formation:
In the Name of Jesus by Nouwen; Reaching Out by Nouwen; The Confessions by St. Augustine; My Utmost for His Highest by Chambers; Celebration of Discipline by Foster; Prayer by Foster; Devotional Classics eds. Foster & Smith; Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning; A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokeness by Edwards; The Life You've Always Wanted by Ortberg
Theology:
Theology for the Community of God by Grenz; Systematic Theology by Grudem