A Look Through the Library
A Look Through the Library
Posted on March 17, 2017 in Book Reviews and Recommendations, Theology
Posted on March 17, 2017 in Book Reviews and Recommendations, Theology
Last Sunday Pastor Sean, Caleb, and John & Heather Okrafka pulled a bunch of books from our church library and recommended them to the young adults of our church. We wanted to highlight a number of excellent reads that sit on the shelves of our library. Our library boasts an excellent collection of books: theologically sound and thematically robust!
Take a look at the volumes that were recommended and consider stopping by the church library. Here are only 28 books that you might be interested in; the library is filled with many more!
Mere Christianity – CS Lewis
Surprised By Joy – CS Lewis
Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who Are Sick of Porn – Tim Challies
Spurgeon – Arnold Dallimore
John McArthur – Iain Murray
Don’t Waste Your Life – John Piper
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount – Martyn Lloyd-Jones*
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (Vol 1) – Iain Murray
D. Martyn Lloyd Jones: The Fight of Faith (Vol 2) – Iain Murray
Rescuing the Gospel – Erwin Lutzer
The Cross of Christ – John Stott
The Message of the Old Testament – Mark Dever
What is the Gospel? – Greg Gilbert
Servanthood as Worship: The Privilege of Life in a Local Church – Nate Palmer
A Call to Spiritual Reformation – Don Carson**
Echoes of Eden – Jerram Barrs
Church Membership – Jonathan Leeman
The Gospel at Work – Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert
What is the Mission of the Church – Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert
What is the Meaning of Sex – Denny Burk
The Cost of Discipleship – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Can Man Live Without God – Ravi Zacharias
Respectable Sins – Jerry Bridges
How Now Shall We Live – Charles Colson
Ecclesiastes – Douglas Sean O’Donnell***
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – Mark Noll
The Genesis Flood: Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications – Whitcomb and Morris
Art For God’s Sake – Philip Graham Ryken
*Highly recommended by Pastor Caleb
**Highly recommended by Pastor Sean
***Highly recommended by Heather Okrafka
Take a look at the volumes that were recommended and consider stopping by the church library. Here are only 28 books that you might be interested in; the library is filled with many more!
Mere Christianity – CS Lewis
Surprised By Joy – CS Lewis
Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who Are Sick of Porn – Tim Challies
Spurgeon – Arnold Dallimore
John McArthur – Iain Murray
Don’t Waste Your Life – John Piper
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount – Martyn Lloyd-Jones*
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (Vol 1) – Iain Murray
D. Martyn Lloyd Jones: The Fight of Faith (Vol 2) – Iain Murray
Rescuing the Gospel – Erwin Lutzer
The Cross of Christ – John Stott
The Message of the Old Testament – Mark Dever
What is the Gospel? – Greg Gilbert
Servanthood as Worship: The Privilege of Life in a Local Church – Nate Palmer
A Call to Spiritual Reformation – Don Carson**
Echoes of Eden – Jerram Barrs
Church Membership – Jonathan Leeman
The Gospel at Work – Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert
What is the Mission of the Church – Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert
What is the Meaning of Sex – Denny Burk
The Cost of Discipleship – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Can Man Live Without God – Ravi Zacharias
Respectable Sins – Jerry Bridges
How Now Shall We Live – Charles Colson
Ecclesiastes – Douglas Sean O’Donnell***
The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – Mark Noll
The Genesis Flood: Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications – Whitcomb and Morris
Art For God’s Sake – Philip Graham Ryken
*Highly recommended by Pastor Caleb
**Highly recommended by Pastor Sean
***Highly recommended by Heather Okrafka
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