{"id":2162,"date":"2013-02-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totellyouthetruth.net\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2013-02-26T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:00:00","slug":"recommended-books-for-new-believers-for-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davecruver.com\/?p=2162","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Books for New Believers (for Anyone!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few recommended books to read particularly if you are a new believer. However, these are good books for any Christian to read.<\/p>\n<p>I have listed the books in an order that should build a solid foundation of the Christian Gospel upon which our faith is built. What books would <em>you<\/em> recommend?<\/p>\n<p>What is the Gospel by Greg Gilbert<br \/>\nGospel by JD Greear<br \/>\nGospel Primer for Christians by Milton Vincent<br \/>\nGospel Deeps by Jared Wilson<br \/>\nGospel-Centered Discipleship by Jonathan Dodson and Matt Chandler<br \/>\nGospel as Center by various<br \/>\nGrace Transforming by Philip Ryken<br \/>\nA Hunger for God by John Piper<br \/>\nJesus + Nothing = Everything by Tullian Tchividjian<br \/>\nStop Asking Jesus into Your Heart by JD Greear<br \/>\nRespectable Sins by Jerry Bridges<br \/>\nLiving the Cross Centered Life by CJ Mahaney<br \/>\nEmbracing Obscurity by Anonymous<br \/>\nDisciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes<br \/>\nThe Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges<br \/>\nIf God is Good by Randy Alcorn<br \/>\nThe Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges<br \/>\nThe Transforming Power of the Gospel by Jerry Bridges<br \/>\nWhen People are Big and God is Small by Edward T. Welch<br \/>\nWho Do You Think You Are? by Mark Driscoll<br \/>\nThe Work of Christ by RC Sproul<br \/>\nYou Can Change by Tim Chester<\/p>\n<p>Other recommendations:<br \/>\nCreature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church by Matt Chandler<br \/>\nChristian Beliefs by Wayne Grudem<br \/>\nBasic Christianity by John Stott<br \/>\nReason for God by Tim Keller<br \/>\nReasons for Belief by Norman Geisler<br \/>\nWhy Church Matters by Joshua Harris<br \/>\nEveryday Church by Tim Chester<\/p>\n<p>[amazon asin=1433515008,1433673126,1885904673,1433526409,143353021X,143351561X,1433534002,0891079661,1433507781,1433679213,&#038;template=carousel&#038;live=1]<\/p>\n<p>[amazon asin=1600061400,1590525787,1433677814,1581347588,1576835073,160142132X,0891099417,1617479225,0875526004,1400203856,0781407265,1433512319&#038;template=carousel&#038;live=1]<\/p>\n<p>Other recommendations:<br \/>\n[amazon asin=1433678624,0310255996,0830834036,1594483493,0764210572,1601423845,1433532220&#038;template=carousel&#038;live=1]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few recommended books to read particularly if you are a new believer. However, these are good books for any Christian to read. I have listed the books in an order that should build a solid foundation of the Christian Gospel upon which our faith is built. What books would you recommend? 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