AT THE HEART OF ANTIOCH CHURCH (Books that have had the greatest impact on what we think and do)

• Desiring God, John Piper
• God's Passion for His Glory, John Piper
• Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, N.T. Wright
• Too Small To Ignore: Why Children are the Next Big Thing, Dr. Wess Stafford with Dean Merrill
• Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
• Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
• Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, Darrell L. Guder ed.
• Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Eugene Peterson

SUGGESTED BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

• NLT (The New Living Translation)
  The most readable translation while retaining accuracy
• NIV (The New International Version)
  The best selling modern translation for over 30 years
• ESV (The English Standard Version)
  Arguably, the most precise and accurate translation available

SUFFERING / GRIEF / LOSS

• Where is God When It Hurts?, Philip Yancey
• A Grace Disguised, Jerry Sittser
• When God Weeps, Joni Erickson Tada
• A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
• Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey

SEEKERS / CHRISTIAN THOUGHT / SHARING CHRIST

• The Case for Christ, LeeStrobel
• Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
• The Case for the Creator, Lee Strobel
• Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
• Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels / Mittleberg

CHRISTIAN LIVING / SPIRITUAL GROWTH

• The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn
• The Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozer
• True Spirituality, Francis Schaeffer
• Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
• The Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard
• Wasting Time with God, Klaus Issler
• Simply Jesus, Joseph Stowell
• Seizing Your Divine Moment, Erwin Raphael McManus

PRAYER et. al.

• Hearing God, Dallas Willard
• Practicing the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence
• Victorious Praying, Bill Thrasher
• Humility, Andrew Murray

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES & BELIEF

• Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer
• The Doctrines of Grace, James Montgomery Boice
• Knowing God, J.I. Packer
• Knowing Scripture, R.C. Sproul
• The Bible Jesus Read, Philip Yancey

ARTISTS / CREATIVITY

• Scribbling in the Sand, Michael Card
• Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, Madeleine L’ Engle
• The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen
• Art & the Bible, Francis Schaeffer

FAMILIES

• Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Ted Tripp
• Future Men, Douglas Wilson
• Standing on the Promises, Douglas Wilson
• Your Home, A Place of Grace, Susan Hunt
• Romancing Your Child's Heart , Monte Swan

MARRIAGE ENRICHEMENT

• The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman

FOR WOMEN

• The Singing God, Sam Storms
• Praise Her in the Gates, Wilson
• By Design, Susan Hunt
• Every Woman's Battle , Aterburn & Ethridge

FOR MEN

• Every Man's Battle, Stephen Aterburn
• Wild at Heart, John Eldredge
• Fidelity, Douglas Wilson

EDUCATION

• Paideia of God, Douglas Wilson
• The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer