
Books for 2009-2010 Circles and Small Groups:
A Woman Jesus Can Teach: Lessons from New Testament Women Help You Make Today’s Choices
by Alice Mathews
Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life
by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
How People Change
by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp
The Mentoring Mom: 11 Ways to Show Christ to Your Child
by Jackie Kendall
Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
by Dallas Willard
Books by 2009-2010 First Presbyterian Speakers:
Jacob & the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel’s Story
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels
The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants
by Kenneth Bailey
Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World
Raising Self-Respecting Children in a Self-Absorbed World
by Jill Rigby Garner
Moments for Singles
The Beautiful Ache: Finding the God Who Satisfies When Life Does Not
The Sacred Ordinary: Embracing the Holy in the Everyday
Treasured: Knowing God by the Things He Keeps
by Leigh McLeroy
Listening to the Language of the Bible: Companion Bible Study
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
by Lois Tverberg
Book Suggestions for Devotional Life:
Extreme Devotion: Voice of the Martyrs
by The Voice of the Martyrs
Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence—Devotions for Every Day of the Year
by Sarah Young
Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Morning and Evening
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Praying God’s Word Day-By-Day
by Beth Moore
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
by Tim Keller
The Return of the Prodigal Son
by Henri Nouwen
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
by Arthur G. Bennett (Editor)
Book Suggestions on Marriage and Family, Finance, and Sexuality:
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self Reliant Kids
by Wendy Mogel
Debt-Proof Your Marriage: How To Achieve Financial Harmony
by Mary Hunt
Desperate Marriages: Moving Toward Hope and Healing in Your Relationship
Hope for the Separated: Wounded Marriages Can Be Healed
by Gary Chapman
Extreme Pursuit: Winning the Race for the Heart of your Son
by John E. Davis
Five Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter
by Vicki Courtney
Helping Children Survive Divorce: What to Expect; How to Help
by Dr. Archibald D. Hart
His Needs, Her Needs
by Willard F. Harley, Jr.
How to Manage Your Money: An In-Depth Bible Study On Personal Finances
by Larry Burkett
How to Save Your Marriage Alone
by Ed Wheat
Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
by Diane Mandt Langberg
Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity
by Lauren Winner
Sacred Marriage: What if God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
by Gary Thomas
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
by John Piper and Justin Taylor
The Silence of Adam: Becoming Men of Courage in a World of Chaos
by Larry Crabb
Surviving An Affair
By Willard Harley and Jennifer Chalmer
Undefiled: Redemption from Sexual Sin, Restoration for Broken Relationships
by Harry Schaumburg
What to do when he says: I Don’t Love You Anymore
By David Clarke, PhD.
Books from First Presbyterian’s 2010 Marriage and Parenting Conference
(Sponsored by the Children’s Ministry)
Raising Girls
Mirror and Maps: A Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Teen
by Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff
Christian Marriage: The New Challenge
by David Thomas
Becoming a Dad: A Spiritual, Emotional, and Practical Guide
Does This Dress Make Me Look Fat? A Man’s Guide to the Loaded Questions Women Ask
Yup. Nope. Maybe.: A Woman’s Guide to Getting More out of the Language of Men
Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys
by Stephen James and David Thomas
Book Suggestions for Further Study:
According to the Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible
by Graeme Goldsworthy
Breaking the Idols of Your Heart: How to Navigate the Temptations of Life
by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
Called By a New Name: Becoming What God has Promised
Discovering Jesus: Awakening to Jesus
I Am With You Always: Meeting Jesus in Every Season of Life
Jesus Ascended: The Meaning of Christ’s Continuing Incarnation
Writing on the Heart: Inviting Scripture to Shape the Daily Life
by Gerrit Scott Dawson
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
by Tim Keller
The Four Loves
Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis
The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules
by Carolyn Custis James
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses
by Vern S. Poythress
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
by N.T. Wright
Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life
by Simon Chan
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
by D.M. Lloyd Jones
When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What we Can While We Wait for God
by John Piper