recommended reading

 Here are a few books you may be interested in reading.

These are simply books I’ve read at one point or another and found fascinating, insightful or helpful. Enjoy.

Spirituality: 

-Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God. -Dane Ortlund. 

-Jonathan Edwards on Revival: A Narrative of Surprising Conversations / The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God / An Account of the Revival of Religion In Northampton 1740 - 1742.

-Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. -Dane Ortlund.

-God in Our Midst.  Seeking and Receiving Ongoing Revival.  -J.I. Packer.

-God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs.  -Tim and Kathy Keller.

-Knowing God. -J.I. Packer. 

-Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel. -Ray Ortlund.

-Mere Christianity.  -C.S. Lewis.

-Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church.  -John Onwuchekwa.

-Thoughts for Young Men: An Exhortation Directed to Those in the Prime of Their Life. -J.C. Ryle.

-The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ. -Ray Ortlund.

-The Knowledge of the Holy.  -A.W. Tozer

-The Practice of the Presence of God. -Brother Lawrence.

-The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions. 

-True Spirituality.  -Francis A. Schaeffer.

Theology: 

-Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist. -Sam Storms.

-Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology. -R.C. Sproul.

-Lectures to My Students. -Charles Spurgeon.

-Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason In The Life of the Soul. -J.P. Moreland.

-Proverbs: Wisdom that Works. -Ray Ortlund.

-Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism: The Battle for Gospel-Centered Preaching. -Ian Murray.

-Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. -N.T. Wright.

-The Sovereignty of God. -Arthur W. Pink.

-The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance -Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters. -Sinclair Furguson.

-Young, Restless and Reformed: A Journalists Journey with the New Calvinists. -Collin Hansen.

-18 Words: The Most Important Words You Will Ever Know. -J.I. Packer.

Faith & Work: 

-Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. -Tim Keller. 

-Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business. -Wayne Grudem.

-The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in a Post-Christian World.  -Rosaria Butterfield.

-Why Business Matters to God: (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed)  -Jeff Van Duzer. 

Entrepreneurship: 

-Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You. -John Warrillow.

-Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. -Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan, w/ Charles Burck.

-Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. -Jim Collins. 

-Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck —Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. -Jim Collins. 

-Grinding it Out: The Making of McDonalds. -Ray Kroc with Robert Anderson.

-How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. -Jim Collins. 

-Jack: Straight from the Gut. -Jack Welch with John A. Byrne.

-Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm. -Verne Harnish. 

-Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America.

-Please Don’t Just Do What I Tell You, Do What Needs to Be Done: Every Employee’s Guide to Making Work More Rewarding. -Bob Nelson.

-Principles: by Ray Dalio.

-Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine. -Mike Michalowicz.

-Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business. -Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters.

-Steve Jobs: by Walter Isaacson.

-The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. -Patrick Lencioni.

-The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues. -Patrick Lencioni.

-The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. -Patrick Lencioni.

-The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. -Patrick Lencioni. 

-The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. -Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

-The Portable MBA, Fifth Edition. -Edited by Kenneth M. Eades with The Faculty of the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. 

-The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World. -Stephen Mansfield.

-Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons and World-Class Performers. -Tim Ferriss.

Productivity: 

-Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business. -Patrick Lencioni.

-Do the Work: The Enemy is the Resistance. -Steven Pressfield.

-Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. -Greg McKeown.

-The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. -Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.

-The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Inner Creative Battles. -Steven Pressfield.

Economics & Personal Finance: 

-Equity Happens: Building Lifelong Wealth with Real Estate. -Robert Helms & Russell Gray.

-Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach their Kids about Money that the Poor and Middle Class Do Not. -Robert Kiyosaki.

-The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant: Principles for Successful Living. -Terry Felber. 

-The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy. -Thomas J. Stanley. 

-The Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients. -George S. Clason.

Marketing:

-Building a Story Brand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen. -Donald A. Miller

-The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! -Al Ries & Jack Trout. 

-Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us.  -Seth Godin.

Social & Political: 

-How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present. -Thomas J. DiLorenzo

-How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. -Michael Pollan.

-Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self. -Stephen Mansfield.

-Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds. -Carmine Gallo.

-The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder. -Peter Zeihan.

-The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness. -Steve Deangelo.

-The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal. -James E. Loehr & Tony Schwartz

Justice: 

-Free At Last?: The Gospel in the African-American Experience. -Carl F. Ellis

-The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce’s Circle Transformed Britain. -Stephen Tomkins.

-The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. -Michelle Alexander.

-Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Justice System. -Alec Karakatanis.

Life, Psychology & Philosophy: 

-The Alchemist. -Paulo Coelho.

-The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective. -Richard Rohr & Andreas Ebert.

-The Denial of Death. -Ernest Becker. 

-12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. -Jordan Peterson.