Recommended Books for Discipleship “Pods”


Children and Family Life

  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart - Tripp, Tedd

  • Gospel-Powered Parenting - Farley, William P.

  • The Faithful Parent: A Biblical Guide to Raising a Family - Martha Peace and Stuart Scott

  • Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms - Furman, Gloria

  • A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home - Helopoulos, Jason

  • Marriage and the Family - Andreas Kostenberger

  • The Gospel-Centered Parent - Miller, Rose Marie; Deborah Harrell; Jack Klumpenhower

  • Gospel-Centered Family - Moll, Ed and Tim Chester

  • Adopted for Life - Moore, Russell D.

  • You Never Stop Being a Parent: Thriving in Relationship With Your Adult Children - Newheiser, Jim and Elyse Fitzpatrick

  • Family Worship - Whitney, Donald S.


Christian Life

  • The Pilgrim's Progress - Bunyan, John

  • A Gospel Primer for Christians - Vincent, Milton

  • The Christian Life - Ferguson, Sinclair

  • The Treasure Principle - Alcorn, Randy

  • What's Your World View? - Anderson, James N.

  • Embracing Obscurity: Becoming Nothing in Light of God's Everything - Anonymous

  • The Transforming Power of the Gospel - Bridges, Jerry

  • What is the Meaning of Sex? - Burk, Denny

  • The God Who Is There - Carson, D.A.

  • Practicing Affirmation - Crabtree, Sam

  • The Compelling Community - Dever, Mark and Jamie Dunlop

  • Crazy Busy - DeYoung, Kevin

  • The Obedience Option - Hegg, David W.

  • The Case for Life - Klusendorf, Scott

  • Living the Cross Centered Life - Mahaney, C. J.

  • Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World - Mahaney, C. J., ed.

  • Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus Through the Spiritual Disciplines - Mathis, David

  • Am I Really a Christian? - McKinley, Mike

  • Resisting Gossip - Mitchell, Matthew C.

  • How to Walk Into Church - Payne, Tony

  • Desiring God - Piper, John

  • Don't Waste Your Life - Piper, John

  • Finally Alive - Piper, John

  • Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God - Piper, John

  • What's the Difference? Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible - Piper, John

  • Gospel-Centered Life - Timmis, Steve and Tim Chester

  • The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs - Traeger, Sebastian and Greg Gilbert

  • Broken-Down House: Living Productively in a World Gone Bad - Tripp, Paul David

  • A Transforming Vision: The Lord's Prayer as a Lens for Life - Edgar, William

  • Trusting God - Bridges, Jerry

  • Habits of Grace - Mathis, David

  • Pleasing God - Sproul, R.C.


Church Leadership

  • Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons - Anyabwile, Thabiti M.

  • What is a Healthy Church Member? - Anyabwile, Thabiti M.

  • Redeeming Church Conflicts - Barthel, Tara Klena and David V. Edling

  • If You Bite & Devour One Another - Alexander Strauch

  • Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life - Hughes, R. Kent

  • Church Discipline: How the Church Protects in the Name of Jesus - Leeman, Jonathan

  • Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus - Leeman, Jonathan

  • I Am a Church Member - Rainer, Thom S.

  • Gospel-Centered Church - Timmis, Steve and Tim Chester


Counseling

  • Good and Angry - Powlison, David

  • The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience - Pierre, Jeremy

  • Seeing With New Eyes - Powlison, David

  • Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands - Tripp, Paul David

  • Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem - Jones, Robert D.

  • How People Change - Lane, Timothy S. and Paul David Tripp

  • When People Are Big and God Is Small - Welch, Edward T


Marriage

  • Married for God - Ash, Christopher

  • Gospel-Centered Marriage - Chester, Tim

  • When Sinners Say "I Do" - Harvey, Dave

  • Preparing for Marriage God's Way - Mack, Wayne A.

  • Strengthening Your Marriage - Mack, Wayne A.

  • This Momentary Marriage - Piper, John

  • The Meaning of Marriage - Tim Keller


Men’s Ministry

  • The Masculine Mandate - Phillips, Richard D.A

  • Guide to Biblical Manhood - Stinson, Randy and Dan Dumas

  • Disciplines of a Godly Man - Hughes, R Kent


Missions

  • Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God - J.I. Packer

  • The Gospel and Personal Evangelism - Dever, Mark

  • Tell the Truth - Metzger, Will

  • A Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named - Piper, John

  • Let the Nations Be Glad! - Piper, John

  • Dispatches From the Front: Stories of Gospel Advance in the World's Difficult Places - Keesee, Tim


Theology / Apologetics

  • Knowing God - J.I. Packer

  • Every Believer Confident: Apologetics for the Ordinary Christian - Farnham, Mark

  • Why Should I Believe Christianity? - Anderson, James N.

  • Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith - Bahnsen, Greg L.

  • Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament - Beale, G. K.

  • God and Politics - Dever, Mark

  • Apologetics: A Justification of Christian Belief - Frame, John M.

  • Christian Beliefs - Grudem, Wayne

  • Systematic Theology - Grudem, Wayne

  • Seeing Christ in All of Scripture - Lillback, Peter A., ed.

  • Election and Free Will - Peterson, Robert A.

  • Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die - Piper, John

  • Can I Be Sure I'm Saved? - Sproul, R.C.

  • Chosen By God - Sproul, R.C.

  • The Holiness of God - Sproul, R.C.

  • Does God Control Everything? - Sproul, R.C.

  • Kingdom Come - Storms, Sam

  • None Like Him - Wilkin, Jen

  • The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation - Poythress, Vern S.

  • Putting Amazing Back Into Grace - Horton, Michael


Women’s Ministry

  • Adorned: Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together -

  • A Loving Life - Miller, Paul E.

  • Damsels In Distress: Biblical Solutions for Problems Women Face - Peace, Martha

  • Disciplines of a Godly Woman - Hughes, Barbara

  • Choosing Gratitude - DeMoss Wolgemuth, Nancy

  • Because He Loves Me - Fitzpatrick, Elyse M.

  • Glimpses of Grace - Furman, Gloria


Youth

  • Preparing Your Teens for College - Chediak, Alex

  • Thriving at College - Chediak, Alex

  • Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are - Harris, Alex and Harris, Brett

  • The Doctrines of Grace: Student Edition - Lems, Shane