Alison’s Final WOW Summer Booklist—Use it well! Refer to it often!

 

CLASSICS (must-have’s for LIFE)

John Piper, Desiring God, The Pleasures of God

R C Sproul, The Holiness of God

A W TOZER, Pursuit of God, Pursuit of Man, The Knowledge of the Holy

Henri Nouwen, The Parable of the Prodigal Son, The One Necessary Thing, The Inner

                         Heart of Love

PRAYER BOOK: VALLEY OF VISION, by Banner of Truth Trust (pilgrim prayers)

Elisabeth Elliot, A Quiet Heart, A Path Through Suffering

Jerry Bridges, Trusting God, The Joy of Fearing God

Jonathan Edwards, Religious Affections

 

Other Great Ones:

Beth Moore, Breaking Free                                          (Child Rearing): Bringing Up Boys

Kay Arthur, Our Covenant God                                   & anything by Dr Jim Dobson!,

C S Lewis, Mere Christianity                             Raising Your Children to Love Christ

                                                                        By Andrew Murray (all Murray great)  

Chuck Colson, Being the Body (also “How Now Shall We Live?”)

Jesus Freaks (martyr stories written for modern times)

Boundaries (in relationships, good stuff!) Cloud and Townsend

 

NEW PEOPLE ALISON checked out this year and they blessed her!

John Bevere  A HEART ABLAZE (I quoted this extensively in Hebrews),  The Fear of

                         the Lord

Fenelon  Let Go

Os Guiness The Call, Long Journey Home

Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator (check these out with your husband or teen…….good meaty info)

 

DAILY DEVOTIONALS:

Streams in the Desert, Cowman

My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers

The Godward Life (2 volumes) John Piper (great for family devotionals)

Morning & Evening, Charles Spurgeon

For the Love of God , D A Carson

A Woman’s Search for Worth, Dr. Deborah Newman

Disciplines of a Godly Family, Dr. Kent Hughes

 

SELF-HELP BIBLE STUDY GUIDES (check these out: start one in June!)

Intervarsity Press Book Studies (available at Christian book store)

NAVPRESS Book and Topical Studies  (“Lifeguide Bible Studies”)

WARREN WIERSBE : has GREAT Book Studies of most books of the Bible EXPERIENCING GOD, workbook

BETH MOORE workbooks, w/accompanying books where appropriate (i.e., Breaking Free…, A Heart Like His, etc…)