Ambleside Online Worldview Book Options
This is a list from World
magazine; the Advisory has not read most of these titles.
anything by Mortimer Adler
Every Man's Battle by Steve Arterburn (about pornography. I've heard
it's very good. )
Every Man's Marriage (previously released as Every Woman's Desire) by
Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
Relativism - Feet Planted Firmly In Mid-Air by Francis Beckwith and
Gregory Koukl
Transformed into His Image - Jim Berg (I think this is Changed into His
Image, available from BJU and Amazon)
The Christian Mind by Harry Blamires. A little known and mentioned book
which should be a must read for every Christian.
Slouching Toward Gomorrah by Robert Bork
The Classic Collection on Prayer by E.M. Bounds
Revenge of Conscience by J. Budziszewski
What We Can't Not Know by J. Budziszewski
Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
Spiritual Comfort by John Colquhoun
How Now Shall We Live? by Chuck Colson
The Body by Chuck Colson
Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwell
Thinking Straight in a Crooked World by Gary Demar (formerly titled, I
believe, Surviving College Successfully).
Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
TwentySomeone by Craig Dunham and Doug Serven
Wild at Heart by John Eldridge (along with the Every Man's series by
Steve Arterburn) are three very good books on Christian living that
have a solid biblical basis and are a great source of wisdom for young
men. I know as a recent college graduate these books were a great help
in the many challenges that I faced in my Christian walk.
Shadow of the Almighty by E. Elliot
Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics by Norman L. Geisler
Legislating Morality: Is It Wise? Is It Legal? Is It Possible? by
Norman L. Geisler, Frank Turek
Why I Am A Christian by Norman Geisler & Paul Hoffman
Christian Apologetics by Norman Geisler
Hammer of God by Bo Giertz
The Holy Spirit (Revised & Updated edition) by Billy Graham
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
The Call by Os Guinness
The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards. Vol. I by John H.
Gerstner
In, But Not Of : A Guide to Christian Ambition by Hugh Hewitt (which
has excellent advice for a person starting a career)
What Love is This? by Dave Hunt
Independent Bible Study by Irving L. Jensen
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm by Phillip Keller
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Calvin's Institutes editted by Tony Lane
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Know What You Believe and Know Why You Believe by Paul Little
Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
Commentary on Galatians by Martin Luther
Commentary on Romans by Martin Luther
Hard to Believe by John MacArthur
Anything by J.P. Moreland
The Genesis Record by Henry Morris
With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray
Revival & Revivalism by Ian Murray
Evangelicalism Divided by Ian Murray
Forgotten Spurgeon by Ian Murray
Jonathan Edwards, A New Biography by Ian Murray
The Question of God by Armand Nicoli
Assumptions That Affect Our Lives by Christian Overman
Concise Theology by J.I. Packer
The Soul of Science by Nancy Pearcy
Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey
Desiring God by John Piper
Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle
Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History edited by William Safire
How Then Should We Live? by Francis Schaeffer
Whatever Happened to the Human Race? by Francis Schaeffer
Trilogy (which includes The God Who Is There), Francis Schaeffer
True Spirituality (by Francis Schaeffer?)
How to be Your Own Selfish Pig by Susan Schaeffer-McCauley
Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg
Under the Influence: How Christianity Transformed Civilization by Alvin
J. Schmidt
A Patriot's History of the US by Schweikart & Allen
The Greatest Among You by Randy Sims
Anything by R.C. Sproul
The Mystery of The Holy Spirit by R.C. Sproul
Pleasing God by R.C. Sproul
Morning and Evening, daily readings by C.H. Spurgeon
Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon
The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life by Charles Stanley
Baptism and Fullness: The Work of The Holy Spirit Today by John R.W.
Stott
Living the Life God Planned: A Guide to Knowing God's Will by Bill
Thrasher
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein
The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
The Counselor: Straight Talk about The Holy Spirit by A.W. Tozer
I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist by Norm Geisler and Frank
Turek
A Severe Mercy by Sheldon VanAuken
God at Work, Your Christian Vocation in all of Life by Gene Edward Veith
something by Denis Waitley
Sit, Walk, Stand; Do All to the Glory of God, Twelve Basketfulls and
others by Watchman Nee
Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson
Commandments by Thomas Watson
Lord's Prayer by Thomas Watson
Ideas Have Consequences by Richard Weaver
The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal
The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard (commentor says: I would place
The Divine Conspiracy in rare company indeed: alongside the writings
of Martin Luther, Teresa of Avilia and Hildegard of Bingin, and perhaps
even Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo. If the parousia tarries,
this is a book for the next millennium.
The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
The Prayer that God Answers by Michael Youssef
The Spirituality that Heals by Michael Youssef
Anything by Ravi Zacharias
Can Man Live Without God? by Ravi Zacharias
These don't fit with alphabetized authors
Poems by Christina Rosetti
The Word of God (ESV translation)
The Reformation Study Bible (ESV Translation)
Being Human by ?? (Probably Being Human: The Nature of Spiritual Experience, by Ranald Macauley and Jerram Barrs, read a series of blog posts about this book here.
The Institutes ( by John Calvin?)
The Fundamentals (?)
The Book of Common Prayer
The Valley of Vision - a collection of Puritan prayers
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