Books
Books I am Currently Reading
Justo Gonzalez, A History of Christian Thought, Volume 1
Johann Gerhard, Gerhard’s Commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy
Lutheran Service Book, Companion to the Services
J.R.R. Tolkien, the Hobbit
Books I Recommend
Prayer/Meditation:
Treasury of Daily Prayer (book) / PrayNow (app for Apple and Android devices)
Lutheran Service Book
C.F.W. Walther, God Grant It (daily devotional book)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
Introduction to the Christian Faith:
Gene Edward Veith, The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals
Daniel Preus, Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center
Luther, Lutheranism:
Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (A Readers Edition of the Book of Concord, ed. McCain), CPH
Hermann Sasse, Here We Stand: The Nature and Character of the Lutheran Faith
Bo Giertz, The Hammer of God (fiction)
Arthur Just, Heaven on Earth: The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service
Scot Kinnaman, Lutheranism 101
Robert Preus, Justification and Rome
Hermann Sasse, This Is My Body
CPH, The Lutheran Difference
Klemet I. Preus, The Fire and the Staff
Apologetics (addressing challenges to Christianity):
James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door
Ethics, Culture, Contemporary Issues:
Gene Edward Veith, God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
Gene Edward Veith, Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood
Richard Eyer, Holy People, Holy Lives: Law and Gospel in Bioethics
Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option
Edna Hatlestad Hong, Bright Valley of Love
Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Happy?
Church History:
Justo Gonzalez, A History of Christian Thought, Volumes 1-3
Pastoral Care and Leadership:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible
St. Gregory the Great, the Book of Pastoral Rule
Leadership:
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win