Below are some resources that have helped to shape the lives of our staff team. We have organized the content by area to make them easier to explore. We do not agree with or endorse everything in every resource – but we have found them to force us to think, engage, and be shaped.

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Sermon Handouts

Oct. 25/26, 2014 Sermon – The Practice of Gospel Repentance

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Books: Click on book title to order from Amazon.com

New Believers:

Simply Christian by NT Wright  

Knowing God by J.I. Packer

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

My Utmost for His Highest (Devotional) by Oswald Chambers

Apologetics:
The Reason for God by Tim Keller

Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

Biblical Study Aids:
Tyndale NT Commentary, Rev. Ed. by InterVarsity Press
Life Application Study Bible New Living Translation
New Believer’s Bible New Living Translation
Dictionary of New Testament Background (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series) 
Urbana Bible Studies (IVP)

Church:

Curious by Tom Hughes
ChurchNext by Eddie Gibbs
The Missional Church by Darrell Guder
Six Dangerous Questions by Paul Borthwick

Culture, Race, & Racial Reconciliation:
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Leslie Newbigin

Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church by Soong-Chan Rah

Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming our Ethnic Journey by Sarah Shin

Being White: Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World by Paula Harris & Doug Schaupp

A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students (King Legacy)

Undivided: Multi-ethnic Workshop Videos

Evangelism:
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus by Doug Schaupp and Don Everts
Based on a True Story by James Choung

Life Issues:
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
AA Big Book by AA
Christian Counseling, Rev. Ed. by Collins
Codependent No More by Melodi Beattie
How People Grow by Henry Cloud and Townsend
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

Same-Sex Attraction:
Compassion without Compromise: How the Gospel frees us to Love our Gay Friends without losing the Truth by Adam T. Barr and Ron Citlau
Welcoming but Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality by Stanley J. Grenz
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love others without Sacrificing Conviction by Caleb Kaltenbach

Spiritual Formation:
In the Name of Jesus by Henry Nouwen
The Confessions by St. Augustine
Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning
A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokeness by Gene Edwards

Theology:
Theology for the Community of God by Stanley Grenz
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

Science:
Beyond the Cosmos by Dr. Hugh Ross
Privileged Planet by Gonzalez & Richard
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