Roger's book recommendations
Bibles:
* Life Application Study Bible (for new Christians, I'd recommend New Living Translation)
* NIV Study Bible
* ESV Study Bible
* NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture
* NLT Life Recovery Bible: Addiction Bible Tied to 12 Steps of Recovery for Help with Drugs, Alcohol, Personal Struggles - With Meeting Guide
* Schuyler Bibles (fancy goatskin and calfskin Bibles; I have 2 purple goatskin ones: NLT and NASB.)
* Thompson Chain Reference Bible (I bought one of these when I first started in ministry - an NIV. I love the chain reference system!)
Bible Commentaries: (all of mine are digital in the Accordance Bible Software)
* NIV Application Commentary
* New American Commentary
* Tyndale Commentary
* "For Everyone" Commentaries
* Wiersbe Bible Commentary
Anything by:
* C.S. Lewis
* Dallas Willard
* Henri Nouwen
* Richard Foster
* Phillip Yancey
* Brennan Manning
* William Lane Craig (also watch his debates on YouTube)
Christian books:
* Questions of Life - Nicky Gumbel (The Alpha course in book form)
* School of Kingdom Ministry Manual: Understanding and Accessing the Kingdom - Putty Putman (SOKM manual)
* Breakthrough: Discovering the Kingdom - Derek Morphew
* Demonstrating the Kingdom - Derek Morphew
* Doing Healing - Alexander Venter
* Power Healing - John Wimber
* Power Evangelism - John Wimber
* Victory over the Darkness - Neil T. Anderson
* The Bondage Breaker - Neil T. Anderson
* Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship - Jack Frost
* How We Love: Discover Your Love Style - Milan and Kay Yerkovich
* Emotionally Healthy Spirituality - Peter Scazzero
* The Emotionally Healthy Church - Peter Scazzero
* Beyond Counseling: The Next Step to Healing - Gary Heese
* What's So Amazing About Grace? - Phillip Yancey
* The Ragamuffin Gospel - Brennan Manning
* The Cure: What If God Isn't Who You Think He Is and Neither Are You - John Lynch, Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall
* The Good and Beautiful God - James Bryan Smith (as well as the rest of the Apprentice Series)
* Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth - Richard Foster
* Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christ - Richard J. Foster
* Spiritual Formation Workbook - James Bryan Smith and Richard Foster
* Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home - Richard Foster
* Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World - Richard Foster
* A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix - Edwin Friedman
* Knowing God - J.I. Packer
* Discipleship Essentials - Greg Ogden
* Experiencing God - Henry Blackaby
* Spiritual Leadership - Henry Blackaby
* Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life - Henry Cloud and John Townsend
* Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives - Richard Swenson
* The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World - John Mark Comer
​* The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
* Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God - Jamie Winship
* Moving from I to We: Recovering the Biblical Vision for Stewarding the Church - Paul Ford
* The Ascent of a Leader: How Ordinary Relationships Develop Extraordinary Character - Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall, Ken McElrath
* Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life - by Paul Stanley and J. Robert Clinton
* The Making of a Leader: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development - J. Robert Clinton
* The Spirit-Filled Small Group - Joel Comiskey
* ReGroup: training groups to be groups (workbook and DVD) - Henry Cloud, Bill Donahue, and John Townsend
* Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church - N.T. Wright
* Saving Eutychus: How to preach God's word and keep people awake - Gary Millar and Phil Campbell
* The Story of Christianity: Volume 1 & 2 - Justo González
* 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John Maxwell
* Developing the Leader Within You - John Maxwell
* Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity - Alisa Childers
* Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come - John Daniel Davidson
* The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare - Ed Murphy
* Systematic Theology, Second Edition: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine - Wayne Grudem
* On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision - William Lane Craig
* Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics - William Lane Craig
* Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul - J.P. Moreland
* Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit's Power - J. P. Moreland
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Secular books:
* One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way - Robert Maurer, Ph.D.
* The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business - Charles Duhigg
* Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - James Clear
* Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen
* The Bullet Journal Method - Ryder Carroll
* Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Greg Mckeown
* Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
* Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television – Jerry Mander
* In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed - Carl Honore
* Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism - Fumio Sasaki
* How to Finish Everything You Start - Jan Yager
* The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again - Catherine Price
* The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
* First Things First - Stephen Covey
* Fat Funeral: The Science of Small Habits for Lasting Weight Loss - Daniel Dell'uomo
* Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well - Gabrielle Lyon
* The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Peace - Dave Ramsey
* The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy - Thomas Stanley and William Danko
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For Fun (some of my favs from childhood):
* Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
* Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
* Flatland - Edwin A. Abbott
* The Incredible Journey - Sheila Burnford
* Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan