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Resources for Sharpening

  • Agnew, Travis. Distinctive Discipleship. Tag Publishing, 2019.
  • Boa, Kenneth. Conformed to His Image Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship. Rev. ed. Translated by R. H. Fuller. New York: Touchstone, 1959. (Originally published in 1937).
  • _____. Life Together. Translated by John W. Doberstein. New York:  Harper and Brothers, 1954.
  • Bridges, Jerry. Growing Your Faith. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2004.
  • _____. The Blessing of Humility. Colorado Springs, NavPress, 2017.
  • _____. Respectable Sins. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2007.
  • _____. The Pursuit of Holiness. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1978, 1996, 2006.
  • _____. The Fruitful Life. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2006.
  • _____. The Practice of Godliness. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1983, 1996, 2008.
  • Coleman, Robert E. The Master Plan of Evangelism. Grand Rapids: Revel, 1963, 1964, 1993.
  • Hull, Bill. The Complete Book of Discipleship. Colorado Springs: Nav Press, 2006.
  • Ogden, Greg. Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time. Rev. Ed., Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 2016.
  • Piper, John. Desiring God. Rev. Ed. Colorado Springs, Multnomah, 2011.
  • _____. Don’t Waste Your Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.
  • _____. Let the Nations Be Glad. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1993, 2003, 2010.
  • Russell D. Moore, Tempted and Tried. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011.
  • Spurgeon, Charles Haddon. The Soul Winner. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1963.
  • Tozer, A. W. The Pursuit of God. Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 2017. (The first edition published in 1948).
  • Wilkins, Michael J. Following the Master: A Biblical Theology of Discipleship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
  • Blackaby, Henry and Norman Blackaby. Experiencing Prayer with Jesus: The Power of His Presence and Example. Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2006.
  • Carson, D. A. Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation. 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014.
  • Elliff, Bill. The Presence Centered Church. Little Rock, AR: Truthlink, 2015.
  • Eliff, Tom. A Passion for Prayer. Fort Washington, PA: CLC, 1998, 2001, 2010.
  • Foster, Richard J. Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1992.
  • Hemphill, Ken. The Prayer of Jesus: The Promise and Power of Living in the Lord’s Prayer. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2001.
  • Hunt, T. W. The Doctrine of Prayer. Nashville: LifeWay, 1986.
  • Keller, Timothy. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. New York: Penguin Group, 2014.
  • Lawless, Chuck. The Potential and Power Of Prayer. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2022
  • Millar, J. Gary. Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2016.
  • Miller, Paul E. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2017.
  • Mohler, R. Albert, Jr. The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord’s Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution. Nashville: Nelson, 2018.
  • Onwuchekwa, John. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.
  • Foster, Richard J. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Revised and Expanded. San Francisco, Harper Collins, 1988.
  • Mathis, David. Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Disciplines. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2016.
  • Whitney, Donald S. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Updated and Revised. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014.
  • Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives. New York: Harper Collins, 1988.
  • Warren, Tish Harrison. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2016.
  • Anderson, Keith. A Spirituality of Listening. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2016.
  • Duvall, J. Scott, and J. Daniel Hayes, et.al. Grasping God’s Word, 4th ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020.
  • Finn, Nathan A. and Keith S. Whitfield, eds. Spirituality for the Sent. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2017.
  • Chan, Francis. Multiply. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2012.
  • Fee, Gordon D. and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981, 1993, 2003, 2014.
  • McGrath, Alister. Christian Spirituality. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999.
  • Morgan, Christopher W., ed. Biblical Spirituality. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001.
  • Rogers, Matt and Donny Mathis. Seven Arrows. Spring Hill, TN: Rainer Group, 2017.
  • Arnold, Clinton E. 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare. Three Crucial Questions Series. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997.
  • Powers of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul’s Letters. Downers Grove: IVP, 1992.
  • Beilby, James K. and Paul R. Eddy, eds. Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.
  • Cole, Graham A. Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels, Satan, and Demons. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019.
  • Cook, William F. and Chuck Lawless. Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture. Nashville: B & H Academic, 2019.
  • Heiser, Michael S. Supernatural. Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2015.
  • _____. The Unseen Realm. Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2015.
  • Lawless, Chuck. Discipled Warriors: Growing Healthy Churches That Are Equipped for Spiritual Warfare. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2002.
  • Putting on the Armor: Equipped and Deployed for Spiritual Warfare. Nashville: Lifeway Church Resources, 2007.
  • Lightner, Robert. Angels, Satan, and Demons. Swindoll Leadership Series. Nashville: Nelson, 1998.
  • Schemm, Peter R., Jr. “The Agents of God: Angels.”  In A Theology for the Church, rev. ed. Edited by Daniel L. Akin. Nashville: B&H, 2014.
  • Sproul, R.C. Unseen Realities: Heaven, Hell, Angels, and Demons. Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2012.

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