Books Worth Reading

A good friend recently emailed me asking for a book to "fire him up" spiritually. I made a list and thought that a broader audience may want to see the list.  Here are 12 that have made a significant difference in my life in recent years:

Books that will challenge your commitment:

• The Cross-Centered Life - by C.J. Mahaney
• Crazy Love - Francis Chan
• The Best Question Ever - Andy Stanley
• Pursuit of Holiness - Jerry Bridges

Books that will challenge your marriage:

• Sacred Marriage - Gary Thomas
• Choosing to Cheat - Andy Stanley (cheating your work instead of your family)

Practical Book that will Challenge/Encourage you:

• The Principle of the Path - Andy Stanley

Book on working with others/ difficult relationships / counseling

• Relationships: A Mess Worth Making - Tim Lane & Paul Tripp

Book about leadership challenges (when you have a difficult boss / ministry leader)

• A Tale of Three Kings - Gene Edwards

Great apologetic book

• The Reason for God - Tim Keller

Great books to think about the Church:

• The Radical Reformission - Mark Driscoll
• Simple Church - Eric Geiger & Thom Rainer

Completely life-changing but deep book

• Desiring God - John Piper

Comments

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John Piper just posted this on Twitter and I thought it went well with this post:
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Free this month. Download the audio book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. http://ow.ly/yttF"

[Kat Cooke]

"Mere Christianity" by CS Lewis is a good apologetic book.

"The Practice of the Presence of God" (aka "Practicing His Presence") is another good one. It's a series of letters by Brother Lawrence. I'm not sure which of your categories it would go under...