Scott Fults's Recommended Reading
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Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard
Description: This book looks at the heart of a person and what can change by a life in God. Willard is a thought provoking author who is very smart yet has a warm spirit. He unpacks the sermon on the mount and gives insight that is not nesesarily the norm. In this book Willard discuses discipleship to Jesus, having a kingdom heart, and what it mean to be good.
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When God Prays - Skip Heitzig
Description: This is a book looking at the prayers of Jesus in the Bible. Pastor Skip of Calvary Chapel looks at how Jesus prayed and how that can tell us more about Him and how we should pray.
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Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Description: This is Lewis's great apologetically book on the belief in Christ as well as the credibility of the Christian worldview. This is one of Lewis's best writings and is often quoted.
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Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Description: This is a great book by the author Lewis where he looks a temptation here on earth for humans, by the dialogue of a "higher" demon writing letters to his lower counterpart or pupil if you will.
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Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview - J.P Moreland and William Lane Craige
Description: This is not a devotional nor novel. It is more like a textbook. However, I love J.P. Moreland and Craig's stuff. They are both humble and brilliant at the same time, which is often hard. These men are some of the greatest Christian minds of our day.
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Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell
Description: This is another textbook type book. It is great for evidence to following Jesus Christ. McDowell, was an atheist out to prove Christianity wrong when in his pursuit found it to be the truth. This book is most known for McDowell's research in how we got the Bible, the reliability of the Scriptures, history's alignment with the Bible, archeology, and the resurrection, to name a few.
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Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyon
Description: What a classic. At one point it was said that every Christian had 2 books; the Bible and Pilgrims Progress. Bunyon was an English believer who wrote this book while in a prison for sharing his faith. It is an allegorical story of a man named Christian who goes through a journey. The people who Christian meets are not normal names but virtues. Example: He meets Grace and and Mercy as well as Misery and Temptation. Each character he meets brings new content to his life and journey. Once you start reading you will not put it down.
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The Bible Exposition Commentary - Warren Wiersbe
Description: This is like sitting at the feet of your Grandpa. Weirsbe is a lovely man whom explains with great stories, incite, and scripture what a given verse is saying as well as practical application. This is a great commentary! Even if you just get the New Testament it would be great for the library.
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The Dangerous Duty of Delight - John Piper
Description: Though I am openly not a calvanist, I do love the pastor writer John Piper. His books are great, the ones I have read. This is a very small book. It is like the size of the book Prayer of Jabez. Yet it is amazing and he quotes from C.S. Lewis a lot which I love. Lewis changed Piper's life and He explains.
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How People Grow - Henry Cloud and Townsend
Description: This is a great book by 2 well known Christian psychologists. They are awesome how they see scripture and God's design for us to grow into healthy people. This book deals with many hard issues of life and how we can grow into the people who God wants us to be.
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Daily Light - Jonathan Bagster in reprint by Anne Graham Lotz
Description: This book was complied by Jonathan Bagster of London, England in 1794 during his daily devotions. It is pure scripture. What this man did was he took common verses within the Bible on common issues and grouped them together for daily readings. It is a devotional but no words are given from Jonathan but only the groups of scripture he pairs for each day. It is a blessing. Each daily reading is a page long and can be found leather bound at the bookstore.