The Books That Have Marked Men's Leaders
from Patrick Morley
Volume 294
September 15, 2008
Looking for something to read? Want to stretch your worldview? Need more of a theological base? Here are some great resources along that line.
Not long ago I shared the list of books that have most influenced me and asked you to send me yours. The response was way more than I expected.
It’s an interesting list to ponder, since these are the books that are speaking into the lives of leaders in the men's discipleship movement! Here they are in alphabetical order by title:
- 12 Ordinary Men by John MacArthur
- Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
- Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell
- As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
- Authenticity by Greg Hybel
- Basic Christianity by John R.W. Stott
- Breaking Free by Beth Moore
- Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
- Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley
- Directionally Challenged by Travis Collins
- Drawing Near by John Bevere
- Empowered Church Leadership by Brian Dodd
- Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby
- Finding God at Harvard by Kelly Monroe
- Fundamentalism and American Culture by George Marsden
- Harry Denman: A Biography by Harold Rogers
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Husbands and Fathers by Derrick Prince
- I Dare You by William Danforth
- If You Want to Walk on Water You Have to Get Out of the Boat by John Ortberg
- If You Will Ask by Oswald Chambers
- Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Trip
- Knowing God by J.I. Packer
- Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
- Letters From a Skeptic by Edward & Gregory Boyd
- Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
- Loving God by Charles Colson
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
- My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
- No Fear of the Storm by Tim LaHaye
- Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald
- Personal Holiness in Times of Temptation by Bruce Wilkerson
- Prayers that Avail Much by Germaine Copeland
- Re-Discovering the Church by Bill Hybels
- Reforming Fundamentalism by George Marsden
- Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
- The Bible
- The Blessing by Gary Smalley
- The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
- The Case for Creation by Lee Strobel
- The Dangerous Act of Worship by Mark Labberton
- The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- The Good Life by Charles Colson
- The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
- The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancey
- The Man God Uses by Henry Blackaby
- The Man in the Mirror by Patrick Morley
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
- The Prayer Life by Andrew Murray
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges
- The Radical Cross by A.W. Tozer
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- The Search for Significance Robert S. McGee
- The Secret of Happiness by Billy Graham
- The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
- The Unusual Suspect by Stephen Baldwin
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson
- What Does Prayer Enable God to Do by Eddie Deitz
- Your God is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan
Let me know if you actually decide to read one of them.
Patrick Morley, Ph.D. |
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