Some Books that have shaped how I understand Christ, Christianity, The Church, Studying the Bible and Culture:
- Becoming Dallas Willard by Gary Moon
- The life journey of Dallas Willard, hugely impactful and inspiring
- Prayer by Richard Foster
- The most influential book, outside of the Bible, I have ever read on prayer
- Evil and the Justice of God by NT Wright
- Dive deeper into this often-misunderstood topic with a premier NT scholar
- The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner
- An important book to better understand who you are and who you are in Christ
- Disruptive Witness by Alan Noble
- Challenging look at what it means to be the community of faith in the world that “is”
- A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
- Deeply convicting and challenging in our hyper paced and external oriented world
- The Connecting Church by Randy Frazee
- Shines a bright light on the importance of being connected to authentic community
- Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes by Kenneth Bailey
- One of the most important books to understand the culture of Jesus’ day
- The Holy Wild by Mark Buchanan
- A readable and challenging look at the attributes of God
- The Hole in our Gospel by Richard Stearns
- A moving and convincing work to increase our global engagement