This list is actively recommended by our Pastor, who has personall read and approved each book.
Bibles
At Redeemer, we use the English Standard Version(ESV) across all of our ministries. If you are looking for a really good study Bible, to aid you in your study of God's Word, we strongly recommend the Reformation Study Bible, published by Ligonier.
Christian Living
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
Bryan Chapell, Unlimited Grace: The Heart Chemistry That Frees from Sin and Fuels the Christian Life
Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ
Greg Gilbert, What is the Gospel?
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: It's Causes and Cures
Jared Mellinger, Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection
Paul Miller, A Praying Life
J.I. Packer, Knowing God
John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy
Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God
A. Craig Troxel, With All Your Heart
Devotional
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
D.A. Carson, For the Love of God Vols 1+2
Barbara Duguid, Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration
Paul Tripp, New Morning Mercies
Fighting Sin
Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
Kevin Deyoung, The Hole in Our Holiness
Kris Lungaard, The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin
David Powlison, Making All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually Broken
J.C. Ryle, Holiness
Evangelism & Apologetics
Mark Dever, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
Tim Keller, The Reason for God
Greg Koukl, Tactics
J.I Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
Life in the Church
Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
Kevin DeYoung, What is the Mission of the Church?
Dave Helm, One to One Bible Reading
Matt Merker, Corporate Worship
Pain and Suffering
Christopher Ash, Trusting God in the Darkness
Ligon Duncan, When Pain is Real and God Seems Silent
Tim Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
David Powlison, God's Grace in Your Suffering
Men & Women
Kevin DeYoung, Men and Women in the Church
Gloria Furman, Glimpses of Grace
Gloria Furman, Missional Motherhood
Gloria Furman, Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full
Barbara Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Woman
R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man
Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word
Children's
- Ages 0-3
- Catechism for Young Children
- Kevin DeYoung, Biggest Story ABC
- Stephen Nichols, Reformation ABCs
- Devon Provencher, God (Big Theology for Little Hearts)
- God Made Me: 8 book set
- Ages 4-7
- First Catechism
- Kevin DeYoung, The Biggest Story
- Jonathan Gibson, The Moon Is Always Round
- CCEF, Good News for Little Heart Series (10 Books)
- Helen Taylor, Little Pilgrim's Progress
- Sinclair Ferguson, The Big Book of Questions and Answer
- RC Sproul, Children's Collection
- Betsy Childs Howard, Arlo and the Great Big Cover Up
- Andrew Wilson, Sophie and the Heidelberg Cat
- Gail Schoonmaker, Big Picture Bible Crafts
- Ella Lindval, Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol 1
- Ella Lindval, Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol 2
- Ella Lindval, Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol 3
- Ella Lindval, Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol 4
- Ella Lindval, Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol 5
- Ages 8-12
- Catherine Vos, The Child's Story Bible
- David Murray, Exploring the Bible: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids
- David Murray, Meeting with Jesus: A Daily Bible Reading Plan for Kids
- Linda Finlayson, God's Timeline: The Big Book of Church History
- Linda Finlayson, God's Bible Timeline
- Andrew Peterson, Wingfeather Saga (4 Volumes)
Marriage & Parenting
Jason Helopoulos, A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home
R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Family
Terry Johnson, The Family Worship Book: A Resource Book for Family Devotions
Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Christian Marriage
Paul Tripp, What Did You Expect?
Tedd Tripp, Shepherding a Child's Heart
Timothy Witmer, The Shepherd Leader at Home
Theology
Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God
John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion
Michael Horton, Pilgrim Theology
Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will
J.I Packer, In My Place Condemned He Stood
John Piper, Providence
Vaughan Roberts, God's Big Picture: Tracing the Story-Line of the Bible
R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology?
Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillenial Alternative
Fiction
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Books for Our Cultural Moment
Voddie Baucham, Fault Lines
Kevin DeYoung, What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
Rod Dreher, Live Not By Lies
Sharon James, Gender Ideology: What Do Christians Need to Know?
Carl Truman, Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
Thaddeus Williams, Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth