Recommended Reading

Bible Reading

Bible Reading

For Bible versions, we recommend the English Standard Version, the Christian Standard Bible, and the New American Standard Bible.

Recommended Bible Reading Plans:
Gospel Driven Resources

The Cross of Christ, John Stott

The Explicit Gospel, Matt Chandler

Gospel, J.D. Greear

Desiring God, John Piper

Knowing God, J.I. Packer

The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller

Counterfeit Gods, Timothy Keller

Crazy Love, Francis Chan

They Met at Calvary, W.E. Sangster
Parenting

The Legacy Path, Brian Haynes

Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Tedd Tripp

The Jesus Storybook Bible,  Sally Lloyd-Jones

Family

Redeeming Singleness, Barry Danylak

Act Like Men, James MacDonald

Making of a Man of God, Alan Redpath

Addiction Recovery

Redemption, Mike Wilkerson

Recovering Redemption, Matt Chandler & Michael Snetzer

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Paul David Tripp

Christian History
Church

Vertical Church, James MacDonald

Revitalize, Andrew M. Davis

Simple Church, Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever

Who Moved my Pulpit?, Thom Rainer

Biblical Church Revitalization, Brian Croft

Theology

Bible Doctrine by Wayne Grudem

A Theology for the Church, Daniel Akin

The Baptist Faith and Message, Charles Kelley, Jr., Richard Land, R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church, Michael Lawrence

Prayer

Prayer, Timothy Keller

Racial Reconciliation

Bloodlines, John Piper

Oneness Embraced, Tony Evans,

Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marriage
Devotionals

New Morning Mercies, Paul David Tripp

The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer

Growing in Christ, J.I. Packer
Apologetics

Reasonable Faith, William Lane Craig

The Reason for God, Timothy Keller

Biography
Commentaries

New American Commentary, Various Authors

NIV Application Commentary, Various Authors

An Expositional Commentary- 27 Volumes, James Montgomery Boice

New Testament Commentary Survey, D.A. Carson

Old Testament Commentary Survey, Tremper Longman, III

 

See Also:

What Commentaries does Desiring God recommend?

Best Commentaries on Each Book of the Bible, Tim Chilles Blog

BestCommentaries.com