Books We Recommend

It is often said that if you really want to know what a church believes, see the books they recommend.
The elders of Grace Bible Church would like to encourage you to read deeply from the following books:
Study Bibles                       Recommend MacArthur Study Bible or ESV Study Bible
                                                Contains study notes on Old & New Testament
Systematic Theology                 Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem)
A Systematic Theology of Biblical Christianity (Rolland McCune)
Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (MacArthur, John, and Richard Mayhue)

Atlas-                                        Holman Bible Atlas

General Men’s Discipleship:       Disciplines of a Godly Man (Kent Hughes)
The Life of a God-Made Man (Dan Doriani)
Men of the Word (Nathan Busenitz)
What is the Gospel? (Greg Gilbert)

Humility:                                   Humility: True Greatness (C. J. Mahaney)
                                                The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness (Timothy Keller)

Communing with Christ:             Abiding in Christ (Andrew Murray)

Discipleship:                Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus (Mark Dever)
One to One Bible Reading a simple guide for every Christian (David Helm)

Sexual Purity:                
Finally Free (Heath Lambert)
Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault (Justin S. Holcomb & Lindsey A. Holcomb)

Prayer:                          A Guide to Prayer (Isaac Watts);
Praying Backwards (Bryan Chappell)
A Simple way to Pray (Martin Luther)
Weapon of Prayer (EM Bounds)
Scripture-Prayers of Jesus/ Psalms/ Prayers of Paul
A Praying Life (Paul E. Miller)
A Call to Spiritual Reformation (D.A. Carson)
Transforming Prayer (Daniel Henderson)
A Method for Prayer (Matthew Henry)
The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer (E.M. Bounds)
 
Marriage:                                  Marriage Matters: Extraordinary Change through Ordinary Moments (Winston T. Smith)
When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage (Dave Harvey)
Gospel-Centered Marriage (Tim Chester)

Parenting:                                 Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, by Paul David Tripp
A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World by John Stonestreet
The Disciple-Making Parent: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Raising Your Children to Love and Follow Jesus Christ (Chap Bettis)

Being a husband:                              The Complete Husband (Lou Priolo);
The Exemplary Husband (Stuart Scott)

Women:                      Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free   (Nancy Leigh DeMoss)
Let the Women be Women by Chris Mueller
Adorned: Living Out the Beauty of the Gospel Together By: Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
A woman’s Wisdom- How the book of Proverbs speaks to everything. By Lydia Brownback
Girls Gone Wise In A World Gone Wild by Mary A. Kassian
Helper by Design: God's Perfect Plan for Women in Marriage (Elyse M. Fitzpatrick)

Dating                             Holding Hearts/ Holding Hands- Recovering a Christian view of Biblical Dating (Richard & Sharon Philips)

Marketplace:                            Business for the Glory of God (Wayne Grudem)
The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs (Sebastian Traeger, Greg D. Gilbert)

The Fear of God:                        The Joy of Fearing God (Jerry Bridges)
When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Edward T. Welch)

Identifying Sin:                          Respectable Sins (Jerry Bridges)
Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem (Robert D. Jones)
Killing Sin Habits: Conquering Sin with Radical Faith (Stuart Scott)

Theological study:                     The Inspiration & Authority of the Bible (Benjamin Warfield)
The Attributes of God (A. W. Pink)- Free download on internet
The Canon of Scripture (F.F. Bruce)
A Call to Spiritual Reformation (DA Carson)
The Man called Christ (Bruce Ware)

Spiritual Warfare           Power Encounters (David Powlison)
Understanding Spiritual Warfare (Edited James Beilby & Rhodes Eddy)
What every Christian needs to know about the Quran (James R White)
Kingdom of the Cults, The (Walter Martin)

Reaching out to the Poor-
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (Steve Corbett)
Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People (Steve Corbett)
Good News to the Poor- Social Involvement and the Gospel (Tim Chester)
 
Commentary Guide              Commentaries for Biblical Exposers (Dr. Jim Rosscup)