Recommended Resources for Adult Bible Study and Christian Education

General Bible Study

Bible Study that Works | David Thompson
Life Changing Bible Study | Matt Friedeman
Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry to the Old Testament | Sandra Richter
Basic Introduction to the New Testament | John Stott

How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels | N.T. Wright
Paul and the Power of Grace | John M.G. Barclay
Revelation and the End of All Things | Craig Koester

Bible Reference

The New Testament in its World | N.T. Wright and Michael Bird
The IVP Bible Background Commentary | John Walton (OT), Craig Keener (NT)
NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible | Zondervan
The Bible for Everyone Commentary Series | N.T. Wright
Word Biblical Commentary Series | Zondervan

Bible Study Curricula

OneBook Series | Seedbed
Epic of Eden Series | Seedbed
More to the Story Series | Andy Miller

Discipleship and Spiritual Growth

Celebration of Discipline | Richard Foster
Renovation of the Heart | Dallas Willard
Hearing God | Dallas Willard
How to Pray | Pete Greig
Learning to Breathe | Chris Lohrstorfer
The Purity Principle | Randy Alcorn

Knowledge of the Holy | A.W. Tozer
Every Day with the Master | Dennis Kinlaw
Life Together | Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living | Stanley Grenz
Worship, Communion, and the Triune God of Grace | James B. Torrance

Church History

The Story of Christian Theology | Roger Olson
Know the Creeds and Councils | Justin S. Holcomb
The Mosaic of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity | Roger Olson
How God Saves the World: A Short History of Global Christianity | Timothy Tennant
Turning Points: Decisive Moments in Christian History | Mark Noll
Wesley & The People Called Methodists | Richard Heitzenrater

Theology

The Sermons of John Wesley: A Collection for the Christian Journey | Ed. Kenneth J. Collins and Jason E. Vickers
Called to Be Holy: A Biblical Perspective | John Oswalt
The Holy Spirit: An Introduction | Matt Ayars
Holiness: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology | Ayars, Bounds, and Friedeman
Let’s Start with Jesus: A New Way of Doing Theology | Dennis Kinlaw
Classic Christianity: A Systematic Theology | Thomas C. Oden

Atonement and the Death of Christ |
William Lane Craig
The Mosaic of Atonement | Joshua McNall
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Meaning of the Church | N.T. Wright
The Unseen Real: Life in the Light of the Ascension of Jesus | Stephen Seamands
The Doctrine of Good Works | Friedeman, Friedeman, and McCall
Heaven | Randy Alcorn

Disciplemaking, Evangelism & Missions

The 5Q Method of Discipleship | Matt Friedeman
The Master Plan of Evangelism | Robert Coleman
The Heart of the Gospel | Robert Coleman
The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission | Christopher J.H. Wright

Apologetics

Mere Christianity | C.S. Lewis
Simply Christian | N.T. Wright
The Case for Christ | Lee Strobel
The Problem of God | Mark Clark
The Problem of Pain | C.S. Lewis
The Return of the God Hypothesis | Stephen Meyer

Can We Trust the Gospels? | Peter J. Williams
Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity | Alisa Childers
Total Truth | Nancy Pearcey
Strange New World | Carl Trueman
Critical Dilemma | Neil Shenvi

Prayer, Healing and Spiritual Warfare

Mighty Prevailing Prayer: Experiencing the Power of Answered Prayer | Wesley Duewel
Wounds that Heal: Bringing Our Hurts to the Cross | Stephen Seamands
Follow the Healer: Biblical and Theological Foundations for Healing Ministry | Stephen Seamands
The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis