Non-Fiction Reading List

As heard on the program 6/8/2012, here is a list of books recommended by guests, callers, emailers, and some on Facebook. Also, at the bottom, is a list of classic non-fiction books provided by Dr. Rosalie DeRosset of the faculty at Moody Bible Institute. Happy Reading!!!


Mark Buchanan, Your God is Too Safe, Your Church is Too SafeThomas Watson, All Things Work Together for goodMartin Lloyd Jones, The Sermon on the MountRichard Sibbs, The Bruised ReedSurprised by Oxford, Carolyn WeberPrayers for Today, Kurt BjorklundMark, The gospel of passion, Michael CardEric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer, Amazing GraceDynamics of Spiritual Life, Richard LovelaceAll Is Grace, Brennan ManningBeautiful Outlaw, John EldredgeKendra Smiley, Do Your Kids A Favor, Love Your Spouse, The Journey of a Strong Willed Child. (Live FREE coming this summer!)Dwelling with Philippians: A Conversation with Scripture through Image and Word by Elizabeth Steele Halstead, Paul Detterman, Joyce Borger and John D. Witvliet Philip Yancey, Finding God in Unexpected PlacesAnn Voskamp, One Thousand GiftsFoolproofing Your Life – Jan Silvious Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah YoungRadical and Radical Together by David Platt I Never Thought I'd See the Day by David JeremiahThe Meaning of Marriage- Tim and Kathy KellerMercy Rising, Amber RobinsonThe Truth About the Lordship of Christ by John MacArthurMere Churchianity by Michael Spencer.Forgotten God by Francis ChanNot a Fan" by Kyle IdlemanI Really Want to Change...So Help Me God by James MacDonald
Life without Limits by Nick Vujicic 
The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions by Arthur G. Bennett 
Ravi Zacharias, Deliver Us from EvilAlistair Begg, Pathway to Freedom
Tramp for the Lord, Corrie ten Boom Resolution for Women - Priscilla Shirer
Indivisible - James Robison and J.W. Richards
Driven by Eternity - John Bevere
The 5th Diamond - Irene Weisberg Zisblatt and Gail Ann WebbSun Stand Still by Steven FurtickBoundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
C.S. Lewis, Surprised by JoyThe Emancipation of Robert Sadler by Robert Sadler with Marie Chapian.
OTHER BOOKS FROM FACEBOOK AND NOT MENTIONED ON AIRBold Spirit: Helga Estby by Linda L. Hunt House calls and Hitching Posts by Dorcas Hoover The Pink Pagoda by Dr. James Garrow Jack Burbridge, From Crime to Christ Unplugging from Religion: Connection with God by Greg AlbrechtBeing God's Friend by Oswald Chambers. Desperate Depencency by J. Kirk and Melanie D. LewisBold Love, by Allender and LongmanJen Hatmaker, "7"Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler RoseC.S.Lewis, Surprised by JoyDon't Waste Your Life by John Piper. Go and Do by Jay MilbrandtSlave - John MacArthur The holiness of God - RC SproulThe Lord Our Righteousness by Obadiah GrewThe Everlasting Righteousness by Horatius BonarLike a Mighty Wind by Mel Tari
66 Love Letters, Larry Crabb
A Path Through Suffering, Elizabeth Elliot
Choosing Gratitude, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Heaven Proclaims His Glory: A Spectacular View of Creation Through the Lens of the NASA Hubble
Bringing Up Girls, James Dobson
Called To Controversy, Ruth Rosen
Second Hand Jesus, Glen Packiam
Paul: A Man of Grace and Grit, Charles Swindoll


GOOD QUALITY CHRISTIAN NON-FICTION LIST FROM Dr. Rosalie DeRossetAugustine.  The ConfessionsAnselm.  Cur Deus Homo  (Why the God Man)Athanasius.  De Incarnacione (The Incarnation: note forward by C.S. LewisBarnes, Craig.  Yearning (wonderful book on longing)Baxter, Sidlow J.  Awake My HeartBlamires, Harry.  The Christian MindBonhoeffer, Dietrich.  The Cost of Discipleship; Life TogetherBunyan, John.  Grace Abounding (spiritual biography)Carmichael, Amy.  Edges of His Ways; Rose from Brier; etc. (India)Calvin, John.  The Institutes (Ford Lewis Battles edition)Campbell, Will.  Brother to a DragonflyChambers, Oswald.  My Utmost for His HighestCharnock, Steven.  The Existence and Attributes of ManChesterton, G.K.  Orthodoxy; The Everlasting ManColson, Chuck.  Loving God; How Now Shall We LiveCurtis, Brent and John Eldredge.  The Sacred Romance ( a must read on longing)Dark, David.  Everyday Apocalypse:The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, the Simpsons, and other Pop Culture IconsDawn, Marva.  Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down (anything she has written)Demarest, Bruce.  Satisfy Your SoulDobson, James.  Love Must Be ToughDowns, Tim. Finding Common Ground  (on art and preaching in evangelism)Dunlop, Cheryl.  Follow Me As I Follow Christ. wonderful guide to teaching  children in the church) Eliot, Elizabeth.  These Strange Ashes; Passion and Purity; A Slow and Certain LightEllul, Jacques.  Propaganda; Money; etc.Fee,Gordon and Douglas Stuart.  How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth. Forsythe, P.T.  The Soul of PrayerFoxes Book of MartyrsFrankl, Victor.  Man’s Search for MeaningGire, Ken.  Windows to the Soul (very inspiring about the personal effects of literature in life)Guiness, Oz.  Doubt; The Dust of DeathGundry, Stanley.  Love Them In  (the theology of Dwight Lyman Moody)Guroian, Vigen. Tending the Heart of Virtue (a wonderful treatment of capturing a child’s imLarsenagination)Holmes, Arthur.  All Truth is God’s Truth*Hovestal, Tom. Extreme Righteousness: Seeing Ourselves in the PhariseesHunt, Gladys.  Honey from a Child’s HeartJames, Carolyn Custis.  When Life and Beliefs CollideKoessler, John.  Stranger in the House of God  (very poignant well-written contemporary memoir)Larsen, Scott and Philip Yancey.  Indelible Ink (well-known people give their favorite books)Laurence, Brother.  The Practice of the Presence of GodLewis, C.S.  The Problem of Pain; The Four Loves; Mere Christianity; A Grief ObservedLloyd-Jones, Martyn.  Of Preaching and Preachers; Spiritual DepressionSermon on the Mount; etc.McCullough Donald.  The Trivialization of GodMuggeridge, Malcolm.  Christ and the Media; Jesus Rediscovered; Trumpeter for God; Something Beautiful for God (on Mother Theresa)Nouwen, Henri.  Genesse Diary; etc.O’Connor, Flannery.  The Habit of Being (her collected letters); Mystery and Manners   (lectures on writing and Christianity)Packer, J.I.  Fundamentalislm and the Word of God; Knowing GodPike, Kenneth.  With The Heart and MindPlantinga, Cornelius.  Not the Way It’s Supposed To BeRoseveare, Helen.  Living SacrificeRyken, Leland.  Windows to the World*; Triumphs of the Imagination*; Realms of Gold*Ryle, J.C.  HolinessSayers, Dorothy.  The Mind of the Maker; Are Women Human?Sire, James.  How to Read Slowly*
Stott, John R.  Your Mind Matters; etc.Schaeffer, Francis.  The Christian Manifesto; etc.Sibbs, Richard.  Works of Richard SibbsTozer, A.W.  The Pursuit of God; The Knowledge of the HolyVeith, Gene Edward Jr.  Reading Between the Lines*; State of the Arts*Weil, Simone.  Waiting on GodWiersbe, Warren, ed.  Treasury of the World’s Greatest SermonsPreaching With ImaginationWoolman, John.  JournalZylstra, Henry.  Testament of Vision*=books on how to interpret what you’re reading
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