Resources

Below are lists of helpful books that may be helpful to you too.

General Reading

• Ryrie Study Bible
• Cambridge Clarion Reference Bible
• Baker Illustrated Study Bible
• Archeology Study Bible

Education and Academic

• Christian Education, Foundations for the Future, Clark, Johnson, Sloat
• Created to Learn, Yount
• Introduction to Christian Education, Anthony
• The Christian Educators Handbook on Teaching, Gangel and Hendricks
• Teaching for Spiritual Growth, Downs
• Teaching to Change Lives, Hendricks

Peaching

• Between Two Worlds, Stott
• Preaching and Teaching with imagination, Wiersbe
• How to Preach Without Notes, Keller
• On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons, Broadus
• The Christ-Centered Expositor, Merida
• How to Prepare Bible Message, Braga
• Communicating for Change, Jones and Stanley
• It’s All in How You Tell It, Robinson and Robinson
• Expository Preaching, Macarthur
• Homiletics From the Heart, Goetsch
• Developing Christian Imagination, Wiersbe
• Preaching with Spiritual Passion, Rowell
• Preaching That Pleases God, Farrell

Bible Interpretation

• An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, Kaiser and Silva
• Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Bailey
• Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard
• Systematic Theology, Grudem
• Bible Doctrines for Today, Bere
• Basic Theology, Ryrie
• Lectures in Systematic Theology, Thiessen
• Living By the Book, Hendricks
• The Bible Exposition Commentary, Wiersbe
• Exploring the Bible, Phillips
• Women of the Word, Wilken
• Jesus on Every Page, Murray

Life-Stages Study

• Transitions Through Adult Life, Sell
• Make It Last, Lovingood
• The Decades of Life, Capps
• Trained in the Fear of God, Stinson and Jones
• Generation Z Goes to College, Seemiller

For Men

• Take It Back, Clinton
• Stepping Up, Rainey
• The Soul of a Hero, Arterburn and Stoop
• Kingdom Men Rising, Evans
• Why Men Hate Going to Church, Murrow

For Women

• Calm My Anxious Heart, Dillow
• Let Me Be a Woman, Elliot
• The Power of a Praying Woman, Omartian
• Lies Women Believe, Demoss
• In His Image, Wilkin
• Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, TerKeurst

Marriage

• Love and Respect, Eggerichs
• Cracking the Communication Code, Eggerichs
• The Five Love Languages, Chapman
• Love Must Be Tough, Dobson
• Boundaries in Marriage, Cloud and Townsend
• A Firm Foundation, Chappell
• The Love Dare, Kendrick and Kendrick
• The Meaning of Marriage, Keller
• The Strong Family, Swindoll
• The Act of Marriage, LaHaye
• Intended for Pleasure, Wheat and Wheat
• Nightlight, Dobson and Dobson
• Moments with You, Rainey
• Love Talk, Parrott and Parrott
• Closer, Burns and Burns
• Quiet Times for Couples, Wright
• Real Marriage, Driscoll and Driscoll

Parenting

• Bringing Up Girls, Dobson
• Bringing Up Boys, Dobson
• Boundaries in Dating, Cloud and Townsend
• How a Man Prepares His Daughter for Life, Farris
• Interviewing Your Daughters Date, Rainey
• Every Young Man’s Battle, Arterburn, Stoeker
• Every Young Woman’s Battle, Arterburn, Ethridge
• Love Dare for Parents, Kendrick and Kendrick
• Are We There Yet?, Chappell
• Shepherding a Childs Heart, Tripp
• A Family of Value, Rosemond
• Passionate Parenting, Schmidt