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The best way to take advantage of these suggested resources is to find a tab (to the left of this window) that best correlates to what you should be considering at this stage in your life.

Scan through our listings in a section, and identify a resource or two that seems like it would profit you the most. Buy the book and read it with a willing heart to be taught.

As you delve into these sources may God deepen your desire to glorify Him by treasuring Jesus Christ and speading His eternal joy!

Why are these sources listed, but not for sale?

Grace is a "portable church." Meaning, we don't own our meeting facility so we set-up and tear-down each week in rented space for our corporate meetings.

Although we strongly desire to have a bookstall set up each week with resources for purchase, at this time we feel that it would not be the best use of our energies on Sunday's.

Added to that, many people are web-savvy enough to find better deals on the internet for these same books than the discounted prices Grace would like to make them available for through our bookstall.

The resources we've listed have been read by our elders, and are happily commended to you for your progress and joy in your faith in Christ.

If you have a question about a resource, or would like to see a category that is not listed here, let us know. We hope you are edified by the things you find and use from these listings.

Filed under About Resources

Clyde Cranford's Because We Love Him will be the guiding resource for Grace Groups beginning in the Fall '08. You are invited to delve into this practical resource that answers many questions related to living a life of holiness...which is the chief response of love to God.

This book is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Because of this, it is available through the church for members for $10.

You may contact us for information about Grace Groups.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer, Grace Groups, and Am I a Christian?

This book is a quick read and will give you a strong grasp on the storyline of the entire Bible. An excellent read for any Christian.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Biblical Theology

Big books sometimes seem daunting. However, when you view them as made up of many small books, they aren't so big anymore, they're more easily storable! There are a variety of excellent Systematic Theology books available to the church today. Some are bigger than others, but each seeks to take the major themes of the Bible and explain what the themes means (i.e., salvation, God, etc.). 

Such reading is important for any serious student of the Bible. We would recommend the following with joy:

• Charles Hodge, 3 Vols.
• Wayne Grudem
• Robert Culver
  

Filed under Systematic Theology

This trusted guide has helped thousands of Christian parents learn how to minister to their children's hearts (as well as their own hearts!).

Filed under Parenting

Missions exists because worship doesn't. This book explains why that's true, and why it should matter deeply to you.

Filed under Missions and Church Health

Every Christian longs to be like Christ. "He humbled himself." In this book, Andrew Murray helps us see Christ, and shows us how to be like Him.

This was one of Grace's Summer 2008 Fellowship of the Burning Heart books.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Fellowship of The Burning Heart

This book looks at nine features that promote the health of a local church. At Grace, we've used this book to come up with our "10 Essentials of Church Health." (We combined two from the book, and added two more :). We talk through these ten essentials in our pre-membership seminar, Foundations of Grace.

You can stay tuned to our calendar to find information about our upcoming seminars.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Church Health

The health of a church will rise and fall with its preaching. We need to hear from God. This tiny resource helps us see that true health is not to be measured in numbers or other "results," but by whether or not His truth is faithfully proclaimed. Everyone who preaches or teaches God's Word should take 30 minutes and read this fantastic resource.

Filed under Church Health

Highly tauted as a helpful guide to understanding how God has been at work from Bible-times until now, Shelley's book will help you see where we fit on the grand tapestry of what God has been doing, and will continue to do, for His own glory and for the good of His people.

Filed under Christian History and Missions

Pastor Mark Dever of Capitol Hill Baptist Church has preached and published one sermon on each book of the Bible. There's also one sermon on the entire Old Testament, as well as one sermon on the entire New Testament. There's even one sermon on the entire bible. These volumes will be a blessing to anyone who wants a better grasp on the Christ-centered message of the Bible.

Filed under Biblical Theology

J.I. Packer's book, Knowing God, is a spiritual classic. There's a good reason more than 1 million copies have been sold. Few resources have been more shaping for the present generation of Christian's than this book. If you long to know God more, and to live a life that pleases Him, this book will be your treasured friend!

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Systematic Theology

"Our greatest need is a greater view of God," said A.W. Tozer. He's right. His book, The Knowledge of the Holy, contributes help to our greatest need. This book is highly recommended for all who are seeking to follow Christ.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Systematic Theology

Have you wondered how to know if you or someone else is a true Christian? The Puritan, Henry Scougal, wondered the same thing.

After searching the Scriptures, Scougal realized the Scriptures teach that God lives inside of the true believer as the distinguishing mark of His salvation.

The Great Awakening preacher, George Whitefiled, attributes his own conversion to Christ as a result of reading this book. It is one of the most highly recommended books in our resource section. Read it. You will be happy you did.

Each summer groups of Grace Church folks gather together for "the fellowship of the burning heart." These groups exists to stir our affections to live more devotedly for the glory of God by treasuring Jesus and commending Him to others. We hope you will consider joining a "burning heart" group this summer!

Filed under Helps For A New Believer, Fellowship of The Burning Heart, and Am I a Christian?

In Matthew 7, Jesus said "Many" will wrongly presume that He is their Lord. What a sobering thought. No one wants to be duped about anything. This is especially true about eternal matters. Jim Elliff's loaded but quick-read, Wasted Faith, helps answer how we can be sure our faith is not "wasted."

Filed under Am I a Christian?

John Owen's Communion with God is a Christian classic, and served as the guiding resource for Grace Groups in Fall/Spring 2007-2008. If you're longing for a greater understanding and application of what it means to fellowship with God through Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, we encourage you to read this excellent guide.

Filed under Helps For A New Believer and Grace Groups

In this book, Matthew Mead exposes a variety of ways people are able to sooth their consciences without truly exercising saving faith in Jesus Christ. If you are one who is uncertain about your salvation, or if you feel that you have "a form of godliness, without the power of godliness," this would be a helpful source to consult.

Filed under Am I a Christian?

In this excellent resource, John Angell James guides the reader to carefully examine the gospel of God's saving grace in Christ, and to examine himself in light of the gospel.

Filed under Am I a Christian?

This book was on Grace's summer 2008 "Burning Heart" reading list. It aims at the center of the Christian's affections now and forevermore. To see and savor Jesus' glory is the great design of God in our salvation (E.g., John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6).

Filed under Fellowship of The Burning Heart

This is an introductory Systematic Theology book by Wayne Grudem that is smaller than his larger Systematic Theology, and is a trusted guide for believers and churches.

Filed under Systematic Theology

Whether you are a preacher or not, this book will help you see why every passage of Scripture is distinctly Christian. It will also help non-preachers understand why every sermon, even those from the Old Testament, must be preached as Christian Scripture

Filed under Biblical Theology and Church Health

This time-tested resource will help each believer understand that he is called to be a missionary, and how to live like it.

Filed under Missions

This children's bible, geared mainly toward children under nine or ten years old, and working well with those as young as two years old, is highly recommended for use in family devotions.

This bible stands out as a wonderful resource for tracing the Christ-centered story-line of the Bible. As such, it will be helpful for many adults as well.

Filed under Biblical Theology and Parenting

These resources have helped shape our understanding of the biblical office and role of elders.

1. Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch
2. Polity, Mark Dever
3. A Display of God's Glory, Mark Dever
4. Biblical Eldership, John Piper
5. Elders in Congregational Life, Phil Newton
6. Elders and Leaders, Gene Getz
   

Filed under Systematic Theology and Church Health