GOMSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS

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Must Read:

• Saint Augustine - "Confessions"

• J. Sidlow Baxter - "Explore The Book"

• Richard Blackaby - "Experiencing God"

• Harry Blamires - "The Christian Mind: How Should A Christian Think?"

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer - "The Cost of Discipleship"

• A. B. Bruce - “The Training of the Twelve”
  

• F. F. Bruce - "The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?"
  

• John Bunyan - "The Pilgrim's Progress"
  

• Oswald Chambers - "My Utmost for His Highest"

• G. K. Chesterton - "The Everlasting Man" and "Orthodoxy"

• Neil Cole - "Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens"

• Robert Coleman - “The Master Plan of Evangelism”
  

• Charles W. Colson - "The Faith: What Christians Believe..."

• Frederick Douglas - "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"

• Ted Engstrom - “The Fine Art of Mentoring:  Passing On To Others...”
  

• Ted Engstrom & Ron Jenson - “The Making of a Mentor”
  

• John Ensor - "Stand for Life:  A Student's Guide for Making the Case..."

• Richard J. Foster - "Celebration of Discipline"

• Howard & William Hendricks - “As Iron Sharpens Iron:  Building Character...”
  

• Walter A. Henrichsen - "Thoughts from the Diary of a Desperate Man"

• George G. Hunter III - "The Celtic Way of Evangelism"

• Ron Jenson - “Make A Life, Not Just A Living”
  

• R. T. Kendall - “Stand Up And Be Counted” and "Total Forgiveness"

• Brother Lawrence - “The Practice of the Presence of God”
  

• C. S. Lewis - "Mere Christianity", "Surprised by Joy", "The Four Loves",  and "Spirits in Bondage", "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, and etc.

• Paul E. Little - “Know What you Believe” and "Know Why You Believe"
  

• Lynch, McNicol, & Thrall - "The Cure: What If God Isn't Who You Think He is and neither are you"

• Charles Habib Malik - “A Christian Critique Of The University”
  

• Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet - "Same-Sex Marriage (A Thoughful Approach to God's Design for Marriage)"

• Eric Metaxas - "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" and "Fish Out Of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life"
  

• Robert Munger - “My Heart, Christ’s Home”
  

• Ray Ortlund - “Three Priorities for a Strong Local Church” and “Lord, Make My Life Count”
  

• J. I. Packer - "Knowing God"

• Francis Schaeffer - "He Is There and He Is Not Silent", “How Should We Then Live”, "The Finished Work of Christ", “The Mark of the Christian”, and "True Spirituality"
  

• Charles H. Spurgeon - "All of Grace"

• John R. W. Stott - “Your Mind Matters”
  

• Dallas Willard - "The Divine Conspiracy" and "Renovation of the Heart"
  

• H. Norman Wright - "Communication: Key to Your Marriage"

Must Consider Reading:

• Roland Allen - "Missionary Methods:  St. Paul's Or Ours?"

• George Barna - “Growing True Disciples”, "Maximum Faith", “Revolution”, and "Pagan Christianity?" (with Frank Viola)
  

• Jim Belcher - "In Search of Deep Faith: A Pilgrimage into the Beauty, Goodness and Heart of Christianity"

• Warren Bennis - “Organizing Genius:  The Secrets of Creative Collaboration”
  

• Bob P. Buford - "Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance"

• Francis Chan - "Crazy Love"

• Henry Cloud - "Integrity:  The Courage to Meet The Demands of Reality"

• Neil Cole - “Organic Church:  Growing Faith Where Life Happens”
  

• Max DePree - “Leadership Is An Art”, “Leadership Jazz”, and “Leading Without Power:  Finding Hope In Serving Community”
  

• John S. Dickerson - "The Great Evangelical Recession:  6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church..."

• John Eldridge - “Wild at Heart:  Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul”
  

• Brian Fisher - "Abortion: The Ultimate Exploitation of Women"

• Rod Handley - “Character That Counts - Who's Counting Yours?”
  

• Phillip Keller - "Lessons from a Sheep Dog"

• Timothy Keller - "The Reason for God"

• Brennan Manning - “The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus”
  

• Dennis McCallum - "The Death of Truth: What's Wrong ... Multiculturalism, Reason, and Postmodernism"

• Josh McDowell - “Evidence that Demands a Verdict” and “More Than a Carpenter”
  

• Patrick Morley - “Pastoring Men: What Works...” and "The Man In The Mirror"
  

• Armand Nicholi - "The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life"

• Charles Oakes - “Mentoring for an Audience of One”
  

• J. Edwin Orr - “Campus Aflame: A History of Evangelical Awakenings in Collegiate Communities”
  

• David Platt - "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream"

• Marilynne Robinson - "Gilead: A Novel"

• Marshall Scott - "Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life"

• Steve Sjogren - "Conspiracy of Kindness"

• Richard Stearns - "The Hole in Our Gospel"

• Lee Strobel - “The Case for Christ”, "The Case for Faith" and others in The Case series...
  

• Tim Templeton - “The Referral of a Lifetime: The Networking System That Produces Bottom-Line Results Every Day!”
  

• Sheldon Vanauken - "A Severe Mercy"

• Dallas Willard - “The Great Omission”, “Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God” and "The Divine Conspiracy"