Desring God

Meditations of a Christian Hedonist       By: John Piper       Click Here to Purchase Online This has been one of the most important books I have ever read.  One of the main contributions that John Piper's work has made to my life is to solidify and define the core of the theology that I live on.  This book helped me to see the Biblical foundation of the truth that my purpose is to glorify God and that this is the greatest news I could ever recieve.  The summary on the back says: "...Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: Delight is our duty.  Join him as he stuns you again and again with life-impacting truths you saw in the Bible, but never dared to believe."  (Submitted by Pastor Tyler Horton) The 'purchase this book' link will actually take you to Piper's website where you can either read the book for FREE online or purchase it on a whatever you can afford basis.

Three Deadly Influences that Undermine Your Spiritual Life       By: John MacArthur, Jr. "So to possess the Lord Jesus Christ is to have very spiritual resource.  All strength, wisdom, comfort, joy, peace, meaning, value, purpose, hope, and fulfillment in life and forever is bound up in Him.  Christianity is an all-sufficient relationship with an all-sufficient Christ.  There's no reason anyone who believes God's Word should struggle with such a self-evident truth" (pg. 18-19).  This summarizes the main point of this extremely helpful book.  It is a little bit dated in the specific issues that it confronts but is still relevant.  The ways that we are tempted to add to Christ change in their appearance but the principles will ring true until eternity.  I literally couldn't put it down when I read it for the first time.  I wanted to keep reading to be more and more impressed with all I possess in Jesus Christ.  (Submitted by Pastor Tyler Horton)