Creek Covenant Church Resources

Recommended readings from friends at The Creek

The Creek Message Library
Time With God

Spiritual Formation

  • Reflections from selected Sunday messages - 2009

    Reflections from selected Sunday messages - 2008

     

  • Daily spiritual reflections, www.pray-as-you-go.org
  • Prayer: Does it Make any Difference, Philip Yancey
  • Believing God, Beth Moore
  • The Revolution: A Field Manual for Changing Your World, several authors -
  • Breathe: Creating Space For God In A Hectic Life, Keri Wyatt Kent
  • The Barbarian Way, Erwin McManus
  • My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers
  • Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home, Richard Foster
  • Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • If You Want to Walk On Water, You Have to Get Out of the Boat, John Ortberg
  • An Ordinary Day with Jesus, John Ortberg
  • Life of the Beloved, Henri Nouwen
  • Waking the Dead, John Eldredge
  • Wild at Heart, John Eldredge
  • The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others, Scot McKnight
  • Topical Studies
  • Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch, Leslie and Lee Strobel
  • The Case for Easter, Lee Strobel
  • Boundaries Face to Face, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  • The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
  • Daily or weekly email devotions from Henri Nouwen Society: www.henrinouwen.org/home/free_eletters/

Reasons for the Christian Faith

  • Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
  • The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona
  • Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
  • A Severe Mercy, Sheldon Vanauken

Evangelism/Worldview Discussions

  • More Ready Than You Realize, Brian McLaren
  • Going Public with Your Faith: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work, William Carr Peel
  • A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, Brian McLaren

God and Theology

  • Knowing God, J.I. Packer
  • Grace and Truth Paradox, Randy Alcorn
  • What's So Amazing about Grace, Philip Yancey
  • How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth, Gordon Fee, Douglas Stuart

Church History

  • Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley

Marriage

  • The Marriage Book, Nicky and Sila Lee
  • The Mystery of Marriage, Mike Mason

Parenting, Moms, Dads

  • Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood, Robert Lewis
  • Raising Great Kids, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
  • Boundaries with Kids, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Sexuality

  • Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time, Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey
  • Every Young Woman's Battle, Shannon Ethridge

Other

  • Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller