The following is a list of books, podcast, and other resources that we recommend. While we consider these resources to be useful and important, this list should not be taken to imply that we are in complete agreement with everything in every resource. It is rare to find a book with which you agree with completely (other than the Bible, of course). We encourage you to read, watch, and listen with careful discernment.

We pray that these resources would aid in your study of God’s Word, help you to know and love Jesus more, and equip you for life and ministry as His disciple.

Books

BIBLE READING

• ESV Study Bible

• Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible (Dan Doriani)

• How to Read the Bible for all Its Worth (Gordon Fee and Douglas Stewart)

• Divine Mentor: Growing Your Faith as You Sit at the Feet of the Savior (Wayne Cordeiro)

• God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible (Vaughan Roberts) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds (Jen Wilkin) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

• Praying the Bible (Donald Whitney) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (Tim Keller)

• A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World (Paul Miller)

• The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring the Sabbath (Mark Buchanan)

• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Donald Whitney)

• Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines (David Mathis) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

GOSPEL FOUNDATION

• The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (Tim Keller) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ (Ray Ortlund Jr.) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Gospel-Centered Discipleship (Jonathan Dodson)

• Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life (Jeff Vanderstelt)

• Gospel Fluency: Speaking the Truths of Jesus into the Everyday Stuff of Life (Jeff Vanderstelt)

• Discipline of Grace: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness (Jerry Bridges) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

• Sensing Jesus (Zack Eswine)

• Emotionally Healthy, Spirituality (Peter Scazzero)

• The Relational Soul (Richard Plass and James Cofield)

• Rescuing Ambition (Dave Harvey)

• Desiring God (John Piper)

• Union with Christ (Rankin Wilbourne) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Knowing God (J.I. Packer)

CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DISCIPLESHIP

• Newton on the Christian Life (Tony Reinke)

• Select Letters of John Newton (John Newton)

• Practicing the Power: Welcoming the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Your Life (Sam Storms)

• Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Francis Chan) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will (Kevin DeYoung)

• Gospel-Centered Discipleship (Jonathan Dodson)

DEVOTIONAL WORKS

• Experiencing the Trinity (Joe Thorn)

• New Morning Mercies (Paul David Tripp)

• The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms (Tim Keller)

• Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to A Gospel-Centered Faith (Scotty Smith)

• Love Came Down at Christmas: Daily Readings for Advent (Sinclair Ferguson)

COMMUNITY AND MISSION

• Nine Marks of a Health Church (Mark Dever)

• Friend of Sinners: An Approach to Evangelism (Harvey Turner) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• The Gospel and Personal Evangelism (Mark Dever)

COUNSELING AND CARE

• Side by Side (Ed Welch)

• Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands (Paul David Tripp)

• Redemption (Mike Wilkerson) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUFFERING

• Christians Get Depressed Too (David Murray)

• Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for those who Suffer from Depression (Zack Eswine)

• When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God — and Joy (John Piper)

• Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Timothy Keller)

RACIAL JUSTICE

• Understanding Race & Reconciliation in the USA (Acts 29 Panel Discussion)

• Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility (George Yancey)

• Is Critical Race Theory Christian? (Article by Owen Strachan)

• Advocates: The Narrow Path to Racial Reconciliation (Dhati Lewis)

• Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just (Timothy Keller)

• Race and the Christian: An Evening with John Piper and Tim Keller, Moderated by Anthony Bradley

  Race and the Christian: Q&A with Tim Keller, John Piper, Anthony Bradley

THEOLOGY

• Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God's Grace (John Piper)

• Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know (Wayne Grudem and Elliot Grudem)

• Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Theology (Wayne Grudem)

• The Holiness of God (R.C. Sproul)

• The Holy Spirit (Sinclair Ferguson) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

WORSHIP

• Rhythms of Grace: How the Church's Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel (Mike Cosper) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives of Worship and the Arts (Harold Best)

• You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit (James K.A. Smith)

APOLOGETICS

• The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (Tim Keller)

• If God Then What: Wondering Aloud About Truth, Origins & Redemption (Andrew Wilson)

• Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)

MARRIAGE, PARENTING, AND SINGLENESS

• The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (Tim Keller)

• Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family (Paul David Tripp) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness and Dating (Marshall Segal)

CLASSICS

• Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Confessions (Augustine)

• Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)

• A Little Book on the Christian Life (John Calvin)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

• The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New (Marty Machowski) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• The Biggest Story ABC (Kevin DeYoung) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• Jesus Storybook Bible (Sally Lloyd-Jones) - Available at the 2PC Bookshelf

• The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)

Podcasts

• The Wednesday Conversation (Coram Deo Church)

• The Daily Liturgy Podcast (Coram Deo Church)

• Ask Pastor John (Desiring God)

• Sermon of the Day (Desiring God)

• Doctrine and Devotion (Joe Thorn and Jimmy Fowler)

• Knowing Faith (The Village Church)

• Culture Matters (The Village Church)

• TGC Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

• Word of the Week (The Gospel Coalition)

• Timothy Keller Sermons (Gospel in Life)