New Believer Book Recommendations
In the comments section, please recommend ONE BOOK that you would give to a new believer (besides the bible). You may suggest more, if you'd like.
Then, please pick ONE BOOK that you would never give to a new believer.
No big essays required, people. But let's get a lot of participation on this one!
13 comments:
Not really fair unless I start, huh?
YES: The Holiness of God; R.C. Sproul
NO: Good Morning, Holy Spirit; Benny Hinn
YES: Basic Christianity; John Stott
NO: Roberts' The Early Church Fathers (in 38 volumes)
YES: Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ, John Piper
NO: Absolutely Free, Zane Hodges
Living by the Book; Howard Hendricks
YES: Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper (it's also a nice gateway into other meaty books)
NO: Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson
discerningreader.com, run by Tim Challies, is a nice site for critical reviews on this subject
YES: The Purpose Driven Life - Warren
NO: Desiring God - Piper
(Ironically, I'm not a big fan of the "Purpose Driven" empire, and I loved Desiring God. There are a lot of great books I think every Christian should read that would scare a new believer to death. If the new believer was intellectually capable, a good early read would be The Cost of Discipleship - Bonhoeffer.)
Yes - Case for Christ; Lee Strobel
No - Truth Dig; Sam Harris
I'd also probably stay away from any books by Danielle Steele, just because they are not very good.
YES: Mere Christianity
NO: The Book of Mormon
YES: In the Footsteps of Jesus; Bruce Marchiano / The Ragamuffin Gospel; Brennan Manning
NO: as a pastor, I've had a lot of bad experiences with ladies of my congregation reading stuff from Joyce Meyer (though I confess I've never read any of her stuff personally)
YES: "Six Hours, One Friday" by Max Lucado
NO: anything by John M. Frame
Yes: the cross-centered life by C.J. Mahaney
No: YOur best life now by Mr Osteen
Don't worry, everybody. Dustin is not a heretic.
He's just mad that I made him read a book by John M. Frame for his internship.
Apparently, his earned his degree at Liberty reading books that have pictures you can color.
(settle down, I'm just teasing back!) :-p
YES: (sorry I have to put two)
Purpose Driven Life
Spiritual Disciplines (DS Whitney)
NO: The Excellent Wife (I am also against the Danielle Steele books)
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