The following books, podcasts, and websites are recommended by church Elders.
Books
Apologetics
- Expository Apologetics by Voddie Baucham
- The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
- Scripture Alone by James White
The Bible and Its Interpretation
- Why I Trust the Bible by William Mounce
- Scribes and Scripture by John Meade and Peter Gurry
- 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible by Robert Plummer
Biographies
- The Autobiography of George Muller by George Muller
- George Whitefield by Arnold A. Dallimore
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- Jonathan Edwards by Ian Murray
- Martyn Lloyd Jones by Ian Murray
- To the Golden Shore by Courtney Anderson
The Church/Ecclesiology
- The Word Centered Church by Jonathan Leeman
- Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology by John Hammett
- What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever
- Elders by Jeramie Rinne
- The Church As a Culture of Care by T. Dale Johnson
- Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership by Bobby Jamieson
- Understanding the Lord’s Supper by Bobby Jamieson
- Fifty Crucial Questions: An Overview of Central Concerns about Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
- The Church: The Gospel Made Visible by Mark Dever
- Divorce and Remarriage by Wayne Grudem
Church History
- Church History by Bruce Shelley
- The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1 and 2 by Justo Gonzalez
- Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Conflict
- Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp
- Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus by Jonathan Leeman
- The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley
- The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
Christian Living
- The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
- Desiring God by John Piper
- The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges
- Holiness by Grace by Bryan Chapell
- The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer
- The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The Quest for More by Paul David Tripp
- Experiencing God by Henry Blackabyr
- Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney
- The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawerence
- When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed Welch
- Redeeming Money: How God Reveals and Reorients Our Hearts by Paul David Tripp
- Satisfy the Soul by Bruce Demarest
Evangelism
- The Fuel & the Flame by Steve Shadrach
- Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
- The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
- The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George Hunter
- The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
- The Art of Personal Evangelism by Will McRaney
The Gospel
- What Is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert
- Conversion: How God Creates a People by Michael Lawerence
- The Gospel by Ray Ortlund
- All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon
- The Gospel According to Jesus by John MacArthur
Leadership
- Understanding Church Leadership by Mark Dever
- The Conviction to Lead by Albert Mohler
- Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
- Lead by Paul David Tripp
- Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper
- Lectures to My Students by C. H. Spurgeon
- The Painful Side of Leadership Jeff Iorg
Making Disciples
- Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus by Mark Dever
- One to One Bible Reading by David Helm
- The Trellis and the Vine by Colin Marshall
- The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
- How People Change by Paul David Tripp
- The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Knowing God by J. I. Packer
- The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
MArriage & Family
- Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson
- What He Must Be by Voddie Baucham
- Family Shepherds by Voddie Baucham
Missions
- Radical by David Platt
- Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
- Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
- Missionary Methods: St. Paul or Ours? by Roland Allen
- Operation World by Jason Mandryk
Prayer
- The Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett
- Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D.A. Carson
- Praying the Bible by Don Whitney
- Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy Keller
- A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
- Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer by Gary Millar
- Power through Prayer by E. M. Bounds
PReaching
- Preachers and Preaching by Martyn Lloyd Jones
- Preaching the Cross by Mark Dever
- Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the 20th Century by John Stott
- Expositional Preaching by David Helms
- The Supremacy of Christ in Preaching by John Piper
- Reformed Preaching by Joel Beeke
- On Preaching by H. B. Charles
- 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill
- Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell
Ethnic Relations
- The New Reformation: Finding Hope in the Fight for Ethnic Unity by Shai Linne
- Fault Lines by Voddie Bachmann
SEx/Gender/Complimentarianism
- The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman
- Men and Women in the Church by Kevin DeYoung
- God on Sex: The Creator’s Ideas about Love, Intimacy, and Marriage by Danny Akin
- Sex in a Broken Word: How Christ Redeems What Sin Distorts by Paul David Tripp
- The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
- Fifty Crucial Questions: An Overview of Central Concerns about Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
Suffering
- Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
- Suffering by Paul David Tripp
- The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken
- The Healing of Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands
Theology
- Concise Theology by J. I. Packer
- Basic Christianity by John Stott
- Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
- Sinners in the Hands of a Good God by David Clotfelter
- The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D. A. Carson
- The Holiness of God by RC Sproul
Worship
- Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin
- The Word Centered Church by Jonathan Leeman
- Corporate Worship by Matt Merker
- Doxology and Theology by Matt Boswell
- Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell
Podcasts
- Pastors Talk by 9Marks, featuring Mark Dever—weekly discussions on what a healthy church looks like
- Preachers Talk by Simeon Trust and 9Marks, featuring Dave Helm and Ed Copeland—weekly discussions on biblical, expository preaching
- Bible Talk by 9Marks, featuring Alex Duke, Sam Emadi, and Jim Hamilton—expository teaching through various books of the Bible
- The Briefing by Albert Mohler—daily discussion on culture and worldview
- Mortification of Spin by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, featuring Carl Truemen and Todd Pruitt—weekly discussion on culture and worldview
- Life, Books, and Everything by Crossway, featuring Kevin DeYoung, Justin Taylor, and Collin Hansen—weekly discussion on the church, books, and culture