Reading Lists
Here are the books and podcasts on my “short list.” For your convenience, we hope to soon hyperlink them to Amazon for you. As many of you know, if you buy them from here it helps us out a little so we greatly appreciate you partnering with us in this venture. Thanks in advance for your help!
Also, these are just the BOOKS and PODCASTS I use in my residency for prospective church planters. I will also be adding the articles soon as well. Most of them will be free PDF’s you can download.
Church Planting:
Church Planter By Darrin Patrick
Church in the Making by Ben Arment
Confessions of a Reformission Rev. by Mark Driscoll
Church Planting Landmines by Tom Nebel and Gary Rohrmayer
Theology:
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Christian Beliefs by Wayne Grudem
Preaching:
Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chappell
Preaching Christ in All of Scripture by Edmund Clowney
Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley
Refining Your Style by Dave Stone
* These lists from Resurgence are also a gold mine. They are great and are categorized by topic. Click here.
Leadership:
Sticky Teams by Larry Osbourne
The Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
7 Practices of Effective Ministry by Stanley, Lane, and Jones
Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley
Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels
Leaders that Last by Dave Kraft
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
The 17 Irrefutable Laws of Teamwork by John Maxwell
Gospel:
According to Plan by Graeme Goldsworthy
The Gospel in Life DVD and Book Set by Tim Keller
How People Change by Lane and Tripp
Living the Cross Centered Life by CJ Mahaney
The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges (with study guide)
Eldership and the Church:
Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch
Vintage Church by Mark Driscoll (without study pack)
The Deliberate Church by Mark Dever
On Church Leadership by Mark Driscoll
Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis
The Trellis and the Vine by Collin Marshall and Tony Payne
Podcasts I Listen to Regularly:
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast
Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World (Keller and Clowney class on preaching)
Covenant Worldwide: Christ-Centered Preaching (Brian Chappell’s Preaching Class)
Blogs:
Please keep in mind, I don’t agree with a fair amount lot of what gets said at some of them, but there are some absolutely gold nuggets in what these blogs have to share.
Provocations and Pantings : Timmy Brister
Check out Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s reading list here.
