Recommended Reading List
WDW 2015
Hard Times
- Does grace grow best in winter? By J. Ligon Duncan
- Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts by Jerry Bridges
- Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow by Nancy Guthrie
- The Power of Suffering: Strengthening Your Faith in the Refiner’s Fire by John MacArthur
- Brokenness: The Heart God Revives by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Picture Perfect: When Life Doesn’t Line Up by Amy Baker
- It’s Not Fair! Finding Hope When Times Are Tough by Wayne Mack and Deborah Howard
- Lifelines for Tough Times: God’s Presence and Help When You Hurt by Mike Fabarez
Grief:
- From Grief to Glory by James W. Bruce III
- A Shelter in the Time of Storm: Meditations on God and Trouble by Paul Tripp
Depression:
- Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness by Edward T. Welch
- If I’m a Christian, Why Am I Depressed? By Robert Somerville
- Out of the Blues: Dealing with the Blues of Depression and Loneliness by Wayne Mack
Fear:
- Is God Really in Control? Trusting God in a World of Hurt by Jerry Bridges
- Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest by Ed Welch
- Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety: Becoming a Woman of Faith and Confidence by Elyse Fitzpatrick
- Courage: Fighting Fear With Fear by Wayne Mack
Relationships
- True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia by Jerry Bridges
- When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward T. Welch
- What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?: Answers to the Big Questions of Life by Edward T. Welch
- The Company We Keep: In Search of Biblical Friendship by Jonathan Holms
Difficult Relationships:
- The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
- Choosing Forgiveness: Your Journey to Freedom by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Relationships A Mess Worth Making by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp
- War of Words: Getting to the Heart of Your Communication Struggles by Paul Tripp
Marriage:
- What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage by Paul Tripp
- Staying in Love for a Lifetime by Ed Wheat
- Tying the Knot Tighter: Because Marriage Lasts a Lifetime by Martha Peace and John Crotts
- Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage by Ed M.D. Wheat and Gaye Wheat
- When Sinners Say “I Do” by Dave Harvey
- How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick
Engagement:
- Pre-Engagement: Five Questions to Ask Yourselves by David Powlison and John Yenchko
Singleness:
- Sacred Singleness: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Purpose and Fulfillment by Leslie Ludy
- Fine China is for Single Women Too by Lydia Brownback
- Redeeming Singleness by Barry Danylak
- Singled Out for Him by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Parenting
- Mom Enough: The Fearless Mother’s Heart and Hope by Desiring God
- Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches by Rachel Jankovic
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
- Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms by Gloria Furman
- Beyond Bath Time: Embracing Motherhood as a Sacred Role by Erin Davis
- Gospel-Powered Parenting: How the Gospel Shapes and Transforms Parenting by William Farley
Christian Growth
- How People Change by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp
- The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
- In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life by Sinclair Ferguson
- Jesus Christ: Self Denial or Self Esteem? by David Tyler
- Found: God’s Will by John MacArthur
- Renewing Your Mind in a Mindless World: Learning to Think and Act Biblically by James Montgomery Boice
- Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ by Jerry Bridges
- Growing in Christ by J.I Packer
Counseling
- Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change by Paul David Tripp
- Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically by John MacArthur
- Women Counseling Women: Biblical Answers to Life’s Difficult Problems by Elyse Fitzpatrick
- Counseling the Hard Cases: True Stories Illustrating the Sufficiency of God’s Resources in Scripture by Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert
Women’s Issues
- Fierce Women: The Power of a Soft Warrior by Kimberly Wagner
- Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World by Carolyn McCulley
- True Beauty by Carolyn Mahaney and Nicoe Mahaney Whitacre
- God’s High Calling for Women by John MacArthur
- Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow
- Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick
- Resisting Gossip: Winning the War of the Wagging Tongue by Matthew C. Mitchell
- Disciplines of a Godly Woman by Barbara Hughes
- Becoming a Woman of Freedom by Cynthia Heald
- The Overwhelmed Woman’s Guide to…Caring for Aging Parents by Julie-Allyson Ieron
Emotions
- Feelings and Faith: Cultivating Godly Emotions in the Christian Life by Brian Borgman
- Freeing Tangled Hearts by Dolores Kimball
Hermeneutics
- Grasping God’s Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays
Biographies
- A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot
- Shadow Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot by Elisabeth Elliot
- The Tapestry: The Life and Times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer by Edith Schaffer
- Not by Sight: A Fresh Look at Old Stories of Walking by Faith by Jon Bloom
- Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Christian History by Diana Lynn Severance
- A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
- Stepping Heavenward: One Woman’s Journey to Godliness by Elizabeth Prentiss
