Happy New Year! It’s that time when people start thinking about goals, including reading goals. So, I thought I would share a few book suggestions with you — broken down by topic.
Let me say at the outset that the most important book to read is the Bible. If you’re not reading the Bible, don’t read anything else until you start the habit of regular Bible reading.
Assuming you are reading the Bible, here are a few books that I believe can help you in your Christian life.
Christianity 101: The Basics
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
- The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren
- Recovering Our Sanity: How the Fear of God Conquers the Fears that Divide Us by Michael Horton
Prayer & Spiritual Growth
- The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
- Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
- How to Pray: What the Bible Tells Us About Genuine, Effective Prayer by R.A. Torrey
- Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God, Revised and Expanded by Henry & Richard Blackaby and Claude King
Understanding the Bible
- How We Got the Bible by Timothy Paul Jones
- How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture by Dan Kimball
Dealing With Doubts or Skepticism (Apologetics)
- Am I Just My Brain? by Sharon Dirckx
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed by Alisa Childers
Sharing Your Faith
- Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
Relationships
- Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better by Brant Hansen
- Winning with People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time by John Maxwell
- The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman
Church
- I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference by Thom S. Rainer
Fiction
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Sons of Encouragement series by Francine Rivers (especially The Priest)
- The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews
- The Garden: A Spiritual Fable About Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress by Jon Gordon
The preceding list is not all-inclusive when it comes to my favorites, but these are books that I’ve read cover to cover and can certainly recommend for your reading enjoyment. Some of them are short. But not all. 🙂
Please understand that the only book I can recommend with 100% confidence is the Bible. Every other book is written by imperfect human beings without the divine inspiration that stands behind the books of the Bible. I can’t say that I agree with or endorse everything each of the authors above has ever said or done, nor can I say that I would word things the same way they did in every case in their respective books. So…
If you want to read a book with 100% confidence… read the Bible. 🙂
That being said…you may find the books above to be helpful or encouraging.
God bless you and Happy New Year!
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