Develop Your Personal Christian Library
At Harvest Bible Chapel, the church I pastor, we’re filling our minds with good books. We’ve developed a five-year reading schedule with what we think are some of the very best books available in a wide range of topics surrounding the Christian life (100 books total!). Join us in the pursuit of godly living and reading. Print the following lists and develop a reading plan suitable to your needs and schedule.
Year 1 Reading List
- Basic Christianity, John R.W. Stott
- Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, Gary Chapman
- God Wrote a Book, James MacDonald
- Honesty, Morality, and Conscience, Jerry White
- The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey
- Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer
- The Master Plan of Evangelism, Robert Coleman
- More than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell
- My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers
- No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green, Melody Green
- The Pursuit of Holiness, Jerry Bridges
- The Saving Life of Christ, Ian Thomas
- A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, W. Phillip Keller
- Shepherding a Child's Heart, Tedd Tripp
- The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving, Randy Alcorn
- Through Gates of Splendor, Elisabeth Elliot
- The Unquenchable Worshipper: Coming Back to the Heart of Worship, Matt Redman
- What the Bible is All About, Henrietta Mears
- Word Biblical Commentary, Gordon Wenham
- At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon
- The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus, Lee Strobel
- Concise Theology, J.I. Packer
- The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective, Martha Peace
- The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective, Stuart Scott
- The Gospel According to Jesus, John MacArthur
- Hard Questions, Real Answers, William Lane Craig
- The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway
- How to Give Away Your Faith, Little
- Living by the Book, Howard Hendricks
- I Really Want to Change ...: So, Help Me God : God’s Power to Transform Lives, James MacDonald
- Message of the Sermon on the Mount, John R.W. Stott
- New Bible Dictionary, I. Howard Marshall
- Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life under Christ's Control, Elisabeth Elliot
- The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence
- Pleasures Evermore: The Life-Changing Power of Enjoying God, Sam Storms
- Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life/Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, by Donald S. Whitney - Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, Mark Noll
- Your Money Counts: The Biblical Guide to Earning, Spending, Saving, Investing, Giving, and Getting Out of Debt, Howard Dayton
- Bible Translation Differences: Criteria for Excellence in Reading and Choosing a Bible Translation, Leland Ryken
- Brokenness, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Continuous Revival, Norman Grubb
- Disciplines of a Godly Man, R. Kent Hughes
- Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It, Os Guiness
- The God Who Hears, W. Bingham Hunter
- Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History,Thomas C. Brisco
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Dr. Gordon D. Fee, Dr. Douglas Stuart
- I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, Norman L. Geisler
- Jack: A Life of C.S. Lewis, George Sayer
- Letters along the Way: A Novel of the Christian Life, D. A. Carson, John D. Woodbridge
- Marriage under Fire: Why We Must Win This Battle, James Dobson
- Operation World: When We Pray God Works, Patrick Johnstone
- Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War against Christianity, David Limbaugh
- The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan
- Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology and the Biblical Alternative, Richard Ganz
- Strengthening Your Marriage, Wayne A. Mack
- Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem
- What Is the Difference?: Manhood and Womanhood Defined according to the Bible, John Piper
- Why Pro-Life? : Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers, Randy Alcorn
- The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Gifts, Sam Storms
- Church History in Plain Language, Bruce L. Shelley
- Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother, Carolyn Mahaney
- Keep in Step with the Spirit, J.I. Packer
- Hard Sayings of the Bible, Walter C. Kaiser, ed
- Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland H. Bainton
- How Now Shall We Live?, Charles Colson, Nancy Pearcey
- Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret, Hudson Taylor
- Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change, Paul David Tripp
- On Being a Servant of God, Warren W. Wiersbe
- Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety: Becoming a Woman of Faith and Confidence,Elyse Fitzpatrick
- Sacred Marriage, Gary L. Thomas
- Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life, R. Kent Hughes
- Sex, Romance and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know, C. J. Mahaney, Carolyn Mahaney
- A Tale of Three Kings, Gene Edwards
- Three Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare, Clinton E. Arnold
- When Life Is Changed Forever/by the Death of Someone Near, Rick Taylor
- Why Small Groups? by C. J. Mahaney, ed.
- Why Revival Tarries, Leonard Ravenhill
- Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World, John F. MacArthur
- Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Everett Ferguson
- The Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
- The Cost of Discipleship, Deitrick Bonhoeffer
- The Cross of Christ, John R.W. Stott
- Darwin on Trial, Phillip E. Johnson
- Decision Making and the Will of God : A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional ViewGarry Friesen
- Desiring God, John Piper
- How to Read a Book, Charles Van Doren, Mortimer J. Adler
- The Kingdom of God: The Biblical Concept and Its Meaning for the Church, John Bright
- The Kingdom of the Cults, Walter Ralston Martin
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
- Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever
- Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton
- Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance, Os Guinness
- Religious Affections: A Christian’s Character before God, Jonathan Edwards
- The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Mark A. Noll
- Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
- Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity, Nancy R. Pearcey
- The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, James W Sire
