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Grace Suggested Reading for your Spiritual Development
Disciples of Jesus are continual learners. That is why the Bible is recommended as the first book to read and reread. Study it. Memorize it. Mediate on it. And pray through it. After that, make use of this book list. It is a great resource that is designed to equip you in many topics: theology, Bible study, prayer, discipleship, marriage and family, and every day living.
| YEAR 1 |
| Title |
Author |
Category |
| The Treasure Principle |
Randy Alcorn |
FINANCE |
| My Utmost for His Highest |
Oswald Chambers |
DEVOTION |
| Crazy Love |
Francis Chan |
LIVING |
| The Master Plan of Evangelism |
Robert Coleman |
EVANGELISM |
| Fresh Wind Fresh Fire |
Jim Cymbala |
PRAYER |
| Systematic Theology |
Wayne Grudem |
THEOLOGY |
| Disciplines of a Godly Man |
R. Kent Hughes |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Operation Wild |
Patrick Johnstone |
MISSIONS |
| Hard Sayings of the Bible |
Walter Kaiser, et al |
APOLOGETICS |
| Mere Christianity |
C.S. Lewis |
THEOLOGY |
| Our Sufficiency in Christ |
John MacArthur |
THEOLOGY |
| More Than a Carpenter |
Josh McDowell |
APOLOGETICS |
| The Master's Indwelling |
Andrew Murray |
LIVING |
| Overcoming Sin and Temptation |
John Owen |
LIVING |
| Knowing God |
J.I. Packer |
THEOLOGY |
| The Excellent Wife |
Martha Peace |
WOMEN |
| Total Truth |
Nancy Pearcey |
WORLDVIEW |
| Eternity in Their Hearts |
Don Richardson |
MISSIONS |
| Visionary Parenting |
Rob Rienow |
FAMILY |
| Spiritual Leadership |
Oswald Sanders |
LEADERSHIP |
| The Exemplary Husband |
Stuart Scott |
MEN |
| The Holiness of God |
RS Sproul |
THEOLOGY |
| Basic Christianity |
John R.W. Stott |
THEOLOGY |
| Knowledge of the Holy |
A.W. Tozer |
THEOLOGY |
| Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian
Life |
Donaldy Whitney |
DISCIPLESHIP |
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YEAR 2 |
| Title |
Author |
Category |
| What's So Spiritual about Your
Gifts? |
Henry Blackaby |
SPIRITUAL |
| The Cost of Discipleship |
Deitrich Bonhoeffer |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| The Pursuit of Holiness |
Jerry Bridges |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| In the Gap |
David Bryant |
MISSIONS |
| The Five Love Languages |
Gary Chapman |
MARRIAGE |
| Orthodoxy |
G.K. Chesterton |
THEOLOGY |
| Elders and Leaders |
Gene Getz |
LEADERSHIP |
| Do Hard Things |
Alex and Brett Harris |
LIVING |
| Living by the Book |
Howard Hendricks |
BIBLE |
| A Shephard Looks at Psalm 23 |
W. Phillip Keller |
BIBLE |
| The Reason for God |
Tim Keller |
THEOLOGY |
| The Mind of Christ |
Dennis Kinlaw |
THEOLOGY |
| The Church of Irresistible Influence |
Robert Lewis |
CHURCH |
| The Screwtape Letters |
C.S. Lewis |
THEOLOGY |
| Feminine Appeal |
Carolyn Mahaney |
WOMEN |
| Evidence that Demands a Verdict |
Josh McDowell |
APOLOGETICS |
| What the Bible Is All About |
Henrietta Mears |
REFERENCE |
| Humility |
Andrew Murray |
LIVING |
| The Way of the Shepherd |
Leman Pentack |
LEADERSHIP |
| Desiring God |
John Piper |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| The Cross of Christ |
John R. W. Stott |
THEOLOGY |
| The Case for Christ |
Lee Strobel |
EVANGELISM |
| The Pursuit of God |
A.W. Tozer |
LIVING |
| Absolute Surrender |
A.W. Tozer |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Shepherding a Child's Heart |
Ted Tripp |
FAMILY |
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YEAR 3 |
| Title |
Author |
Category |
| Pilgrim's Progress |
John Bunyan |
FICTION |
| The Gagging of God |
DA Carson |
THEOLOGY |
| How Now Shall We Live? |
Chuck Colson |
WORLDVIEW |
| Marriage Under Fire |
James Dobson |
MARRIAGE |
| Passion and Purity |
Elisabeth Elliott |
LIVING |
| How to Read the Bible for all its Worth |
Gordon Fee |
REFERENCE |
| Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety |
Elyse Fitzpatrick |
COUNSELING |
| Decision Making and the Will of God |
Garry Friensen |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Inerrancy |
Norman Geisler |
THEOLOGY |
| Evangelical Feminism |
Wayne Grudem |
THEOLOGY |
| The God Who Hears |
W. Bingham |
PRAYER |
| Becoming a Contagious Christian |
Bill Hybels |
EVANGELISM |
| Effective Parenting in a Defective World |
Chip Ingram |
FAMILY |
| The Practice of the Presence of God |
Brother Lawrence |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Ashamed of the Gospel |
John MacArthur |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Worldliness |
CJ Mahaney |
LIVING |
| Kingdom of the Cults |
Walter Martin |
REFERENCE |
| A Resilient Life |
Gordon McDonald |
LIVING |
| Discovering the Mind of a Woman |
Ken Nair |
MEN |
| Evangelism the Sovereignty of God |
J.I. Packer |
EVANGELISM |
| How Should We Then Live |
Francis Schaeffer |
LIVING |
| Biblical Eldership |
Alexander Strauch |
LEADERSHIP |
| Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret |
Howard Taylor |
BIOGRAPHY |
| New Bible Commentary |
G.J. Wenham |
REFERENCE |
| Where is God When it Hurts? |
Philip Yancey |
GRIEF |
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YEAR 4 |
| Title |
Author |
Category |
| Why Pro-Life? |
Randy Alcorn |
SOCIAL |
| Surprised by Faith |
Don Bierle |
APOLOGETICS |
| Holman Bible Atlas |
Thomas Brisco |
REFERENCE |
| Unveiling Islam |
Ergun Caner |
THEOLOGY |
| Letters Along the Way |
D.A. Carson |
LIVING |
| Brokenness |
Nancy Leigh DeMoss |
LIVING |
| Love and Respect |
Emerson Eggerich |
FAMILY |
| Point Man |
Steve Farrar |
MEN |
| Backgrounds of Early Christianity |
Everett Ferguson |
HISTORY |
| A Woman After God's Own Heart |
Elizabeth George |
WOMEN |
| Total Forgiveness |
RT Kendall |
LIVING |
| Persecution |
David Limbaugh |
POLITICS |
| The Gospel According to Jesus |
John MacArthur |
THEOLOGY |
| Strengthening Your Marriage |
Wayne Mack |
MARRIAGE |
| The Art of Personal Evangelism |
Will McRaney |
EVANGELISM |
| Scandal of the Evangelical Mind |
Mark Noll |
WORLDVIEW |
| Keep in Step with the Spirit |
J.I. Packer |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| Simple Church |
Thorn Rainer |
CHURCH |
| The Reluctant Saint: the life of St.
Francis |
Donald Spoto |
BIOGRAPHY |
| Pleasures Evermore: The Life-Changing
Power of Enjoying |
Sam Storms |
LIVING |
| The Message of the Sermon on the Mount |
John R.W. Stott |
BIBLE |
| Who are You to Judge? |
Dave Swavely |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| When Life is Changed Forever |
Rick Taylor |
GRIEF |
| On Being a Servant of God |
Warren Wiersbe |
DISCIPLESHIP |
| The Jesus I Never Knew |
Philip Yancey |
THEOLOGY |
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YEAR 5 |
| Title |
Author |
Category |
| Heaven |
Randy Alcorn |
THEOLOGY |
| To the Golden Shore: The Life of
Adoniram |
Courtney Anderson |
BIOGRAPHY |
| 3 Crucial Questions About Spiritual
Warefare |
Clinton E. Arnold |
SPIRITUAL |
| EM Bounds on Prayer |
E.M. Bounds |
PRAYER |
| Hard Questions, Real Answers |
William Lane Craig |
APOLOGETICS |
| The Gospel and Peronal Evangelism |
Mark Deyer |
EVANGELISM |
| A Tale of Three Kings |
Gene Edwards |
LIVING |
| Foxe's Book of Martyrs |
John Foxe |
HISTORY |
| I Don't Have Enough Faith |
Norman Geisler |
LIVING |
| No Compromise |
Melody Green |
BIOGRAPHY |
| Letters From Dad |
Greg Vaughan |
FAMILY |
| Darwin on Trial |
Phillip Johnson |
APOLOGETICS |
| Doctrines that Divide |
Erwin Lutzer |
THEOLOGY |
| Hard to Believe |
John MacArthur |
WORLDVIEW |
| New Bible Dictionary |
Howard Marshall |
REFERENCE |
| The Normal Christian Life |
Watchman Nee |
LIVING |
| Turning Points |
Mark Noll |
HISTORY |
| Concise Theology |
J.I. Packer |
THEOLOGY |
| Why Revival Tarries |
Leonard Ravenhill |
PRAYER |
| Choosing a Bible, Understanding Bible
Translation Differences |
Leland Ryken |
REFERENCE |
| The Universe Next Door. A Basic
Worldview Catalog |
James Sire |
WORLDVIEW |
| Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Gifts |
Sam Storms |
THEOLOGY |
| Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands |
Paul David Tripp |
LIVING |
| When People are Big and God is Small |
Ed Welch |
LIVING |
| Jesus Among other Gods |
Ravi Zacharias |
THEOLOGY |
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