Looking for a good book? Look no further! We have compiled a list of writings organized to help develop your perspective and challenge your thinking. You may completely disagree with the perspectives of some of these authors (we hope that you do). At the very least, we desire these resources to help you continue forming and shaping your understanding of how you are to live. Do you have a book you want others to read? Send us the title with a review and we will consider it for publication on the list.

//SOME STARTERS__

Discover the Bible for Yourself (Kay Arthur)
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Velvet Elvis (Rob Bell)….multiple cfc pastors/directors recommend this one
Blue Like Jazz (Donald Miller)
Irresistible Revolution (Shane Claiborne)
Revolution (George Barna)
On the Move (Bono)
The Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren)
Ragamuffin Gospel (Brennan Manning)
Serve God, Save the Planet (Matthew Sleeth, M.D.)
Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)

//FURTHER DISCUSSION__

Sex God (Rob Bell)
Soul Survivor: How I Survived the Church (Philip Yancey)
Myth of a Christian Nation (Greg Boyd)
In Search of God Knows What (Don Miller)
Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
Imitations of Christ (Thomas Kempis)
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Celebration of Discipline (Richard Foster)
The Great Omission (Dallas Willard or Steve Saint) both have written about this, apparently there is some discussion about what is greatest.
Divine Conspiracy (Dallas Willard)
Communion with God (John Owen)
He is There and He is Not Silent (Francis A. Schaeffer)
Biblical Doctrine (Wayne Grudem)
Cost of Discipleship (Dietrich Bonhoffer)
The Peacemaker (Ken Sande)
Christ & Culture (Richard Niebuhr)
A Tale of 3 Kings (Gene Edwards)
Walking with the Poor (Bryant Myers)
Surprised by Hope (N.T. Wright)

//OTHER PERSPECTIVES__

God is not Great (Christopher Hitchens)
God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)

//COMPELLING NARRATIVES__

Terrify No More (Gary Haugen)