Papa G's Top Ten (more than!) Book Recommendations

For Personal Spiritual Growth:
1. Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
2. No Easy Road by Dick Eastman
3. Called & Committed by David Watson
4. No Wonder They Call Him Savior by Max Lucado
5. All of A.W. Tozer’s books especially The Pursuit of God
6. The Navigator by Robert D. Foster (a must read! Life story of Dawson Trotman)
7. The Divine Romance by Gene Edwards
8. A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards

For Personal Leadership/Life Growth:
1. The Jesus Style by Gayle D. Erwin
2. The Vanguard Leader by Frank Damazio
3. Team Ministry by Dick Iverson
4. When The Giant Lies Down by Dick & Ruth Foth
5. The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham by Harold Myra & Marshall Shelley
6. Disciple by Juan Carlos Ortiz
7. The Oswald J. Smith Treasury (5 little books with different titles)
8. Be The Leader You Were Meant To Be by Leroy Eims
9. The Making of a Christian Leader by Ted W. Engstrom
10. Life is Tremendous (Leadership Is For You) by Charles E. Jones
11. The Lost Art of Disciple Making by Leroy Eims
12. The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman

For Marriage and Family:
1. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
2. The Strong-Willed Child by James Dobson
3. If Only He Knew: What No Woman Can Resist by Gary Smalley
4. Personality Plus by Florence Littauer
5. The Two Sides of Love by Gary Smalley & John Trent

For Survival and Endurance:
1. Well-Intentioned Dragons by Marshall Shelley
2. Healing for Damaged Emotions David A. Seamands
3. Hang in There…to the Better End (formerly Running the Mid-Night Marathon)by Craig Brian Larson
4. Three Steps Forward Two Steps Back by Charles R. Swindoll

For Church Structure/Growth:
1. Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger
2. The Presence Based Church by Terry Teykl
3. Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero
4. Breaking Down Walls by Raleigh Washington & Glen Kehrein
5. A Drink at Joel’s Place by Jess Moody
6. Re-Thinking the Church by James Emery White
7. Church in the New Testament by Kevin J. Conner

For Miscellaneous Reasons:
1. The Beauty of Spiritual Language by Jack Hayford
2. Surprised by the Power of the Spirit by Jack S. Deere
3. Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
4. With the Word (a devotional commentary) by Warren Wiersbe
5. Afghanistan My Tears by David Leatherberry

Obviously, some of these books are out of print but it would be worth your effort to try and find them. I pray you have some of the greatest experiences of your life and ministry in '09. Please know you are loved and believed in! Always always, Papa G.