RESOURCES
RESOURCE LIBRARY
Our staff has sifted through their favorite resources to give recommendations for you and your family. Click the sections below to find something helpful for you!
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FOR ADULTS
How Can We Be the Body When Physically Separated?
Author: Erik Raymond
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Author: David Qaoud
Publication/Website: Gospel Relevance
Let Your Waiting Say, ‘I Trust You’
Author: Jani Ortlund
Publication/Website: Desiring God
Author: Marshall Segal
Publication/Website: Desiring God
Author: Jon Bloom
Publication/Website: Desiring God
6 Reasons Why Church Membership Matters
Author: Kevin DeYoung
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Your Strength Will Fail: Why God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle
Author: Jon Bloom
Publication/Website: Desiring God
His Precious and Very Great Promises
Author: Travis Slater
Publication/Website: Harvest Church
Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus
Author: N.T. Wright
Publication/Website: Time Magazine
12 Songs to Sing During a Crisis
Author: Joe Deegan
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Hosts: Morgan Cheek and Stacey Booth
Weekly podcast about life, death, and everything in between. Each episode will consist of interviewing a guest who is walking through some kind of grief. This is a space where the hurting and suffering can find deep Hope in the midst of whatever season they are in.
Trusting God in Difficult Times
Interview With: Tim Keller
Podcast/Website: Gospel in Life/YouTube
Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle
Interview With: John Piper
Podcast/Website: Desiring God
The Danger of Deserting Community
Interview With: John Piper
Podcast/Website: Desiring God
Host: Rankin Wilbourne
Podcast/Website: Pacific Crossroads Church
Book Recommendations for Spiritual Growth/Spiritual Disciplines
Recommended by John Trippe in his Spiritual Disciplines Adult Sunday School Class
Author: John Piper
Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures
Author: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
What Grieving People Wish You Knew About What Really Helps (and what really hurts)
Author: Nancy Guthrie
Corresponding Resources:Ten Ways to Help, Not Hurt; Shephering Self Care
Author: J.I. Packer
Author: Francis Schaeffer
Author: Paul David Tripp
The Prodigal God: Rediscovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Author: Tim Keller
Author: John Piper
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Author: Andy Crouch
Redemption Accomplished and Applied
Author: John Murray
Why Work? Discovering Real Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
An Encouragement to Read Books in a Day of Anxious Headlines
About: Westminister Bookstore has recommended 16 books to read during this pandemic. They say, "There is a unique value in Book-Reading during a season when we’re bombarded with thousands of anxiety-producing, 5-second headlines."
ONLINE RESOURCES
APPS
This free app is designed to help you spend regular time in Scripture. It's formatted so you progress through the Bible chronologically and it supplements your reading with creative videos.
BOOKS
Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament
Author: Christopher Wright
Scripture set to music designed to help with memorization and meditation
Resurrection Letters, Volume 1
An album about the resurrection, start to finish; perfect resource for celebrating Easter
Andrew Peterson (Apple Music link)
With Sandra McCracken
PODCASTS:
Hosts: Laura Wifler and Emily Jensen
Hosts: Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan
Guest Speaker: Jen Wilkin
Podcast/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Training a Child in the Way He Should Speak
Guest Speaker: Jen Wilkin
Podcast/Website: The Gospel Coalition
ARTICLES:
Author: Jen Wilkin
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
VIDEOS:
Host: Matthew Goodman
About: This resource provides Bible study blueprints for busy parents. If you've got 5 minutes per day, here's how you can stay in God's Word together.
BOOKS:
Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, Smarter in an Anxious World
Author: Sissy Goff
Author: James Dobson
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids With the Love of Jesus
Authors: Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson
Mom Enough: The Fearless Mother’s Heart and Hope
Author: Desiring God
Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches
Author: Rachel Jankovic
Author: Gloria Furman
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full
Author: Gloria Furman
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
Sissy Goff, author of Raising Boys and Girls
FAMILY DEVOTIONS:
Family Table Talk Conversations
Publication/Website: Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (CPYU)The Gospel Coalition
ARTICLES:
Author: Mark Vroegop
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Author: Paul Tripp
Publication/Website: Weekly Devotional with Paul Tripp
When Kids Won’t Bow to Your Idols
Author: Jennifer Phillips
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
3 Things to Tell Your Children About Gender
Author: Dan Doriani
Publication/Website: The Gospel Coalition
Parents, Your Kids Need Big Theology
Author:Jessica Robyn Provencher
Publication/Website: Crossway
FOR YOUTH
ONLINE:
Church 101Author: RYM
Bible 101Author: RYM
APPS:
This free app is designed to help you spend regular time in Scripture. It's formatted so you progress through the Bible chronologically and it supplements your reading with creative videos.
Scripture set to music designed to help with memorization and meditation
Resurrection Letters, Volume 1
An album about the resurrection, start to finish; perfect resource for celebrating Easter
Andrew Peterson (Apple Music link)
Insecure: Fighting our Lesser Fears with a Greater One
Author: John Perritt
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Author: Timothy Keller
Be Still & Know: Meditations on the Character of God
Author: Brian H. Cosby
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Author: John Mark Comer
FOR CHILDREN
Author: Ellie Holcomb
Author: L. J. Sattgast
Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Jesus Calling Bible Storybook
Author: Sarah Young
Read Aloud Bible Stories (all volumes)
Author: Ella K. Lindvall
Volumes 1-3 - Scripture set to music; great for kids and adults!
Artist: Ellie Holcomb
Artist: Ellie Holcomb
New songs for children, about the old Story.
Word-for-word scripture songs for families
On each episode, we’ll teach the Bible, sing the Bible, and talk about what it means with some friends.