RECOMMENDED READINGS
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Keeping a Holy Lent
Rev. Craig Higgins, Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Rye, NY
Article attached here.
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Exploring Christianity
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
The Reason for God by Tim Keller
Simply Christian by Tom Wright
Why I Am a Christian by John Stott
Finding God at Harvard ed. by Kelly Monroe
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The Christian Life
A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J. I. Packer
Desiring God by John Piper
The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction by Sinclair Ferguson
Approaching God: How to Pray by Steve Brown
Three Free Sins: God’s Not Mad At You by Steve Brown
Sabbath by Dan Allender
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The Bible
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee
Search the Scripture: A Three-Year Daily Devotional Guide to the Whole
Bible by Alan M. Stibbs
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Theology
Concise Theology by J. I. Packer
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga
When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed T. Welch
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Community
Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition by Christine D. Pohl
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian by Tod E. Bolsinger
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Biblical Worldview
Engaging God’s World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living by Cornelius Plantinga
Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert M. Wolters
Chameleon Christianity by Dick Keyes
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Apologetics
Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction by John M. Frame
Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth by Richard L. Pratt
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Church History
Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity by Mark A. Noll
A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker et. al.
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Parenting
How Children Raise Their Parents by Dan Allender
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp
Children’s Story Bible by Catherine Frances Vos
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
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Marriage / Men and Women
The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
Intimate Allies by Dan B. Allender
Each for the Other by Bryan Chapell
Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren F. Winner