Discipleship Resource Ideas

The following suggestions are to give you some ideas of book on different topics or books of the Bible to help with personal study or if you are working in a discipleship relationship.

Topical Books/Studies - Books on specific topics that may help

Money

• Dave Ramsey “Total Money Makeover”
• Faith and Finances by Tim Rosen

Forgiveness

• Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace by Miroslav Volf

Marriage

• Marriage on the Rocks by Jimmy and Karen Evans
• Mingling of Souls by Matt and Lauren Chandler
• You and Me Forever by Francis Chan and Lisa Chan
• The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
• Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
• Sacred Marriage by Gary L. Thomas
• The Art of Marriage by FamilyLife
• Five Love Languages Gary Chapman
• His Needs Her Needs Willard F. Harley Jr.  

Parenting

• Gospel-Powered Parenting by William Farley
• Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
• What Every Son Wishes His Father Had Told Him by Byron Yawn
• Raising a Modern Day Knight by Robert Lewis
• Give them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Plowman
• Bringing up Girls OR Bringing up Boys by James Dobson
• Praying Circles Around Your Children by Mark Batterson
• Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel

Anger

• Anger: Handling a Powerful Emotion in a Healthy Way by Gary Chapman
• Uprooting Anger by Robert D. Jones

Surrender to God

• Breaking Free by Beth Moore
• Crazy Love by Francis Chan
• Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
• Radical by David Platt
• The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer

How to Study the Bible

• How To Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee
• Knowing Scripture by R.C. Sproul
• Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods

Disciple-Making

• Multiply by Francis Chan
• Building a Discipling Culture by Mike Breen
• The Master Plan for Evangelism by Robert Coleman
• Real-Life Discipleship Jim Putman (Must have)  

Spiritual Growth

• Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes
• Disciplines of a Godly Woman by Barbara Hughes

Identity/Purpose

• Made for More by Hannah Anderson
• Abba’s Child by Brennan Manning
• Search for Significance by Robert McGee
• The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson
• The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
• Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby

Understanding What you Believe

• Reason for God by Tim Keller
• Mere Christianity by CS Lewis

Work/Life Balance – Healthy Boundaries

• Boundaries by Henry Cloud
• The Best Yes by Lysa Terkeurst

Addiction

• Food
  • Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst
  • Eat with Joy by Rachel Marie Stone
  • Love to Eat, Hate to Eat by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Other
  • Life’s Healing Choices by John Baker
  • Breaking Free by Beth Moore
  • Addiction: A Banquet in the Grave by Edward T. Welch
• Pornography
  • Overcoming Lust by Jim Vanderspeck
  • Finally Free by Heath Lambert
  • A Man’s Strategy for Conquering Temptation by Bob Vereen

Prayer

• Prayer by Tim Keller
• Lord, Teach us To Pray by Rev. Andrew Murray

Holy Spirit

• Forgotten God by Francis Chan

Bible Studies – Helping you choose a book of the Bible that meets your Huddle’s needs.

Ephesians: Identity in Christ- How grace and the gospel define who you are and how you should live.

• How Do You Walk the Walk you Talk? Kay Arthur
• NAVPRESS – Ephesians LifeChange Bible Study Series

Hebrews: What is faith? How does it direct how we live, love and serve?

Philippians: Confidence in Christ – finding peace and joy in the midst of difficult circumstances.

• NAVPRESS – Philippians LifeChange Bible Study Series

Acts: How did the Church begin? What is your mission? How does God want to use you to build His Church?

John: Who is Jesus? A teacher? A Prophet? Or the true Son of God?

• Steve Severance’s John Study

Mark: Who is Jesus? What is the gospel? 

Romans: Understanding what Christians believe – a clear discussion of Christian doctrine that Paul presented to the Romans. How does what God did through Jesus inform how we live?