RPC has several of these titles in our lending library.  Click here for church office contact information, or ask Tom to borrow books!



NEW Addition to Must-Read Books!

www.counterfeitgods.com

Tim Keller's new book entitled Counterfeit Gods is now available.  Those who ordered copies through the church can pick them up at the Sunday service on January 17th ($15/copy).


 

Cultural Engagement & the Arts: readings on a biblical view of God's delight in our world and how He calls us to have that same perspective. 

  • Creation Regained, Albert Wolter
  • All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes, Ken Meyers
  • Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
  • Signposts in a Strange Land, Walker Percy
  • Engaging in God's World, Cornelius Plantinga
  • He Shines in All That's Fair, Richard Mouw



Developing Spiritual Practices:  suggested readings to think through what it means to draw near to God and develop spiritual practices.  

  • The Book of Common Prayer,*
  • The Book of Daily Prayers, Robert Webber
  • Handbook to Prayer, Kenneth Boa
  • Dynamics of Spiritual Life, Richard Lovelace
  • Face to Face, Kenneth Boa
  • Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards
  • Being Human, Jeram Barrs



Ecclesiology and Mission of the Church:  a few readings on the philosophy of how we "do church" at RSL.*  

  • Household of God, Leslie Newbigin
  • The Open Secret, Leslie Newbigin
  • Evangelical Reunion:  Demoninations and the Body of Christ, John Frame
  • The Jesus of Suburbia, Mike Erre
  • The Church, Edmond Clowney
  • Treaties on the Sacraments, John Calvin
  • Ecumenical Creeds & Reformed Confessions, *
  • Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber
  • Ancient-Future Time, Robert Webber



Spirituality & Christianity:  essentials of the faith and suggested readings on what it means to follow Jesus.

  • The Jesus Way, by Eugene Petersen
  • Christ Plays in 10,000 Places, Eugene Petersen
  • Making Room, Christine Pohl
  • unchristian, by Kinnaman & Lyons
  • Simply Christian, NT Wright
  • The Reason for God, Tim Keller
  • Saved by Grace, Anthony Hoekema
  • How People Change, Dick Keyes
  • Chameleon Christianity, Dick Keyes
  • Life Together, Deitrich Bonhoeffer
  • The Mark of a Christian, Francis Schaeffer
  • Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
  • The Cross-Centered Life, C.J. Mahaney



Tom's Personal Secular and Non-Secular Favorites:

  • Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner, specifically Two Soldiers
  • SALVO - magazine on science, sex, and society   Subscribe here
  • The Shack, William Young
  • The Loveliness of Christ, Samuel Rutherford (1600s - Pastor in Scotland)... from Banner of Truth.  (click) 
  • Morning by Morning or Evening by Evening, Spurgeon. 
  • The Reason for God, Tim Keller (Keller is a pastor from Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NYC and his church has been placed in the top 20 most influential churches in America for 2007) 
  • Spiritual Direction & Meditation, Thomas Merton.  
  • Back to the Basics of YL, John Miller 
  • The Waste Land and The Gilding, T.S. Elliott
  • Epicenter, Rosenberg
  • Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan Prayers (Tom believes every believer should have a copy!) 
  • The Cross-Centered Life, C.J. Mahaney  (See excerpt below)                                                                      "Reminding ourselves of the Gospel is the most important daily habit we can establish.  If the Gospel is the most vital news in the world, and if salvation by grace is the defining truth of our existence, we should create ways to immerse ourselves in these truths every day.  No days off allowed....Your audience [for the gospel] is your own heart." -pg. 54 
  • The Jesus Story-Book Bible, Sally Loyd-Jones (Tells the stories of the bible with Jesus as focal point in both Old and New Testament, highly recommended for all children) 
  • Celtic Daily Prayer: Prayers and Readings From the Northumbria Community, Intro by Richard J. Foster (collection of Christian meditations, daily bible readings, prayers, articles, etc.) 
  • The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
  • Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis 
  • Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (Pulitzer Prize winning author, novel in memoir format)  
  • Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers
  • Basic Christianity, John Stott
  • One Thing, Sam Storms

 

E-mail Tom at tom@ridgeparadise.org to suggest further reading, so that we can be transformed by what's transforming YOU!
This is mutual discipling!