Recommended Reading

Bp. Chuck Jones' Top Six Picks

Books on Life in Christ

  • The_Saving_Life_of_Christ_cover

    The Saving Life of Christ

    by Major W. Ian Thomas

    "This book is simply written and will be of much help to new converts and defeated Christians in starting them off to a victorious spiritual life." -- Bibliotheca Sacra

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    "Major Thomas points out how many dedicated people, ministers, Sunday school teachers, and the like, have come out of the old life but never gone on to the full, joyous life in Christ. He writes with fresh insight into many Bible passages, and challenges Christians to walk on and take the victory that is already won." -- Faith at Work

    ". . . a very inspiring and helpful book." -- Baptist Standard

    "This is one of the most helpful treatments of a neglected subject which has come to this reviewer's attention." --The Baptist Bulletin

    ". . . the author evidences keen insight into the definition and activity of the two natures of the believer and the path to victory. This path is explained with refreshing theological objectivity." --The Sunday School Times

    "A deeply spiritual study of the doctrine of the indwelling Christ. . . . Complete surrender is our need that Christ may live through us. We found the book helpful and enriching." -- The Southern Baptist S.S. Board

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  • Victory_in_Christ_cover

    Victory In Christ

    by Charles G. Trumbull

    "To me, to live is Christ." -Philippians 1:21

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    Can Christians ever "win" if the Christian life is a drudgery of ups and downs? Where only some days we conquer our sinful desires, and only sometimes we succeed at loving unconditionally?

    No. That's counterfeit success, if any is found in such a life at all, says Charles Trumbull in Victory in Christ. "If you have to work for your victory, it is not the real thing," he says. The true essence of living a full Christian life means we quit trying. Instead, we let Jesus Christ live His life through ours. This book reveals the tremendous freedom that is for every believer who truly releases control, and learns to rely 100 percent on the Lord.

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  • The Normal Christian Life

    The Normal Christian Life

    by Watchman Nee

    This great Christian classic unfolds the theme of Christ our Life. Nee reveals the secret of spiritual strength and vitality that should be the normal experience of every Christian. His fresh spiritual insights on the cross and resurrection of Christ have proven a blessing to many.

  • Born_Crucified_LE Maxwell_cover

    Born Crucified

    by L.E. Maxwell

    L. E. Maxwell writes, “The cross is the key to all situations as well as to all Scripture.”

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    By relating the cross as essential to the life of the believer, Professor L.E. Maxwell simply and practically shows how an understanding of our identification with Christ in his death and resurrection can lead to life as it was meant to be lived. It is by living with a cross-centered perspective that we can have both victory over sin and power to serve God well.

    Maxwell's heart and vision for training up young people with the truth of God's Word and the necessity of evangelism shines forth in this little book. Readers know authenticity when they read it--and Maxwell exudes it.

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  • Hudson_Taylors_Spiritual_Secret_cover

    Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret

    by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor

    A spiritual biography of the "father of modern missions", Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret poses one question: What empowered Hudson Taylor's ministry in China?

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    The answer is unfolded in these pages. Written by Taylor's son and daughter-in-law, it shows us a man with fierce faith who believed that God truly would fulfill all He promises in Scripture.

    For Christians longing for the inward joy and power that Hudson Taylor had, they can find the secret to it here. The secret, it turns out, is available to any who call on Christ's name.

    "An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power," Taylor said. "Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs—an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?"

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  • The Law of Liberty in the Spiritual Life

    The Law of Liberty in the Spiritual Life

    by E.H. Hopkins

    Within Christianity, worship is reverent honor and homage that is paid to God. Throughout Christianity's history, communal Christian worship has been liturgical, with prayers, hymns, and texts rooted in Scripture, particularly the Psalter.

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    Sacramental and ceremonial worship continues to be practiced by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, as well as by several Protestant denominations including Lutherans and Methodists. On the other hand, within Evangelism, worship is viewed more as an act of adoration of God, with a more informal, spontaneous framework.

    The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, with its various denominations, from the life of Jesus Christ in the 1st century to the present. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity spread to all of Europe in the Middle Ages, and since the Renaissance, has expanded throughout the world and become the world's largest religion (with over 2 billion faithful). At first persecuted, but later embraced by the Roman Empire, the East-West Schism, or Great Schism of 1054, separated the Church into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches, i.e., Western Catholicism (based on Rome) and Eastern Orthodoxy (based on Constantinople). The rise of Islam resulted in a number of Crusades fought by Christian Armies from Europe, whose aim was to re-capture and hold Jerusalem. In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire, and Christianity was almost completely removed from the territory that now comprises Turkey. The three most important traditions that emerged from the Protestant Reformation (1521-1610) were the Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist, Presbyterian, etc.), and Anglican traditions.

    Religious education refers to the teaching of a particular religion and its key characteristics, such as: beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and roles of the faithful. In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which is largely separate from the dominant secular curriculum, and is undertaken on a voluntary basis by believers. In societies that adhere to religious law, "religious education" is an inherent part of the core curriculum, which teaches doctrines that define social customs as laws, with violations of them being treated as crimes, or at least misdemeanors requiring punitive action.

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  • The_Saving_Life_of_Christ_cover

    The Saving Life of Christ

    by Major W. Ian Thomas

    "This book is simply written and will be of much help to new converts and defeated Christians in starting them off to a victorious spiritual life." -- Bibliotheca Sacra

    More...

    "Major Thomas points out how many dedicated people, ministers, Sunday school teachers, and the like, have come out of the old life but never gone on to the full, joyous life in Christ. He writes with fresh insight into many Bible passages, and challenges Christians to walk on and take the victory that is already won." -- Faith at Work

    ". . . a very inspiring and helpful book." -- Baptist Standard

    "This is one of the most helpful treatments of a neglected subject which has come to this reviewer's attention." --The Baptist Bulletin

    ". . . the author evidences keen insight into the definition and activity of the two natures of the believer and the path to victory. This path is explained with refreshing theological objectivity." --The Sunday School Times

    "A deeply spiritual study of the doctrine of the indwelling Christ. . . . Complete surrender is our need that Christ may live through us. We found the book helpful and enriching." -- The Southern Baptist S.S. Board

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  • Victory_in_Christ_cover

    Victory In Christ

    by Charles G. Trumbull

    "To me, to live is Christ." -Philippians 1:21

    More...

    Can Christians ever "win" if the Christian life is a drudgery of ups and downs? Where only some days we conquer our sinful desires, and only sometimes we succeed at loving unconditionally?

    No. That's counterfeit success, if any is found in such a life at all, says Charles Trumbull in Victory in Christ. "If you have to work for your victory, it is not the real thing," he says. The true essence of living a full Christian life means we quit trying. Instead, we let Jesus Christ live His life through ours. This book reveals the tremendous freedom that is for every believer who truly releases control, and learns to rely 100 percent on the Lord.

    Less...

  • The Normal Christian Life

    The Normal Christian Life

    by Watchman Nee

    This great Christian classic unfolds the theme of Christ our Life. Nee reveals the secret of spiritual strength and vitality that should be the normal experience of every Christian. His fresh spiritual insights on the cross and resurrection of Christ have proven a blessing to many.

  • Born_Crucified_LE Maxwell_cover

    Born Crucified

    by L.E. Maxwell

    L. E. Maxwell writes, “The cross is the key to all situations as well as to all Scripture.”

    More...

    By relating the cross as essential to the life of the believer, Professor L.E. Maxwell simply and practically shows how an understanding of our identification with Christ in his death and resurrection can lead to life as it was meant to be lived. It is by living with a cross-centered perspective that we can have both victory over sin and power to serve God well.

    Maxwell's heart and vision for training up young people with the truth of God's Word and the necessity of evangelism shines forth in this little book. Readers know authenticity when they read it--and Maxwell exudes it.

    Less...

  • Hudson_Taylors_Spiritual_Secret_cover

    Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret

    by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor

    A spiritual biography of the "father of modern missions", Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret poses one question: What empowered Hudson Taylor's ministry in China?

    More...

    The answer is unfolded in these pages. Written by Taylor's son and daughter-in-law, it shows us a man with fierce faith who believed that God truly would fulfill all He promises in Scripture.

    For Christians longing for the inward joy and power that Hudson Taylor had, they can find the secret to it here. The secret, it turns out, is available to any who call on Christ's name.

    "An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power," Taylor said. "Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs—an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?"

    Less...

  • The Law of Liberty in the Spiritual Life

    The Law of Liberty in the Spiritual Life

    by E.H. Hopkins

    Within Christianity, worship is reverent honor and homage that is paid to God. Throughout Christianity's history, communal Christian worship has been liturgical, with prayers, hymns, and texts rooted in Scripture, particularly the Psalter.

    More...

    Sacramental and ceremonial worship continues to be practiced by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, as well as by several Protestant denominations including Lutherans and Methodists. On the other hand, within Evangelism, worship is viewed more as an act of adoration of God, with a more informal, spontaneous framework.

    The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, with its various denominations, from the life of Jesus Christ in the 1st century to the present. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity spread to all of Europe in the Middle Ages, and since the Renaissance, has expanded throughout the world and become the world's largest religion (with over 2 billion faithful). At first persecuted, but later embraced by the Roman Empire, the East-West Schism, or Great Schism of 1054, separated the Church into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches, i.e., Western Catholicism (based on Rome) and Eastern Orthodoxy (based on Constantinople). The rise of Islam resulted in a number of Crusades fought by Christian Armies from Europe, whose aim was to re-capture and hold Jerusalem. In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire, and Christianity was almost completely removed from the territory that now comprises Turkey. The three most important traditions that emerged from the Protestant Reformation (1521-1610) were the Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist, Presbyterian, etc.), and Anglican traditions.

    Religious education refers to the teaching of a particular religion and its key characteristics, such as: beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and roles of the faithful. In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which is largely separate from the dominant secular curriculum, and is undertaken on a voluntary basis by believers. In societies that adhere to religious law, "religious education" is an inherent part of the core curriculum, which teaches doctrines that define social customs as laws, with violations of them being treated as crimes, or at least misdemeanors requiring punitive action.

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Books on Prayer

  • Growing_in_Prayer_cover

    Growing In Prayer

    by Mike Bickle

    A practical, effective strategy for incorporating prayer into everyday life.

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    As the founder of the International House of Prayer, Mike Bickle has devoted his life to understanding and practicing the principles and power of prayer. In Growing in Prayer he combines his biblical study with his extensive experience on the topic to give you the tools you need to develop a stronger prayer life through a passionate commitment to your relationship with God.

    Start today! God is waiting to hear from you. He doesn’t just love you, He really likes you and enjoys listening to you when you pray even in your weaknesses. You can be confident that your prayers are valuable to God and will make a difference in your world.

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    Quiet Talks on Prayer

    by S.D Gordon

    Never has a discussion on prayer been as open and honest as it is in S.D. Gordon’s Quiet Talks on Prayer. Quiet Talks brings fresh thought and insight to a topic that Christians are familiar with, but may not always understand. Gordon delves into the power, importance, and difficulties of prayer—and uses Christ’s prayer habits as a guide for our own improvement. This book is perfect for those yearning to improve their understanding of prayer as a spiritual discipline while strengthening their relationship with God.

  • With_Christ_in_the_School_of_Prayer_cover

    With Christ in the School of Prayer

    by Andrew Murray

    To Andrew Murray, prayer was more than a means of maintaining the Christian life. He believed prayer was the highest work entrusted to man by God, the root and strength of all our other work in Him. It is only through prayer that the believer taps into the Source of highest power.

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    Murray discovered that it is Christ who teaches us to pray. The more we abide in Him and grow into His likeness, the more our lives will become like His. Enter into Jesus’ “school of prayer” and you, too, will…

    • Pray with more power and understanding
    • Tap into specific prayers guided by the Holy Spirit
    • See your prayers answered daily
    • Discover how prayer works with fasting
    • Learn to pray with greater boldness
    • Become a powerful intercessor for others

    It was Murray’s heartfelt desire that all Christians would enroll in a personal session With Christ in the School of Prayer.

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  • Destined_for_the_Throne_cover

    Destined For The Throne

    by Paul E. Billhiemer

    From the Foreword by Billy Graham: "Every Christian...should study this book prayerfully and apply its principles to life."

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    Revealing profound truths about the church and her unique part in the kingdom of God, this book continues to amaze believers more than thirty-five years after its first publication. Its down-to-earth style and biblical insights provide the reader with a rare glimpse into the eternal plan of God to provide a bride--a reigning companion--for His Son.

    Inspiring, challenging, and often surprising, this book will transform how you view your relationship with the heavenly Bridegroom--Jesus--and rekindle an excitement for the awesome privilege of prayer.

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    In Touch With The Throne

    by T. Austin-Sparks

    Prayer becomes a glorious thing when it is really intelligently and spiritually a matter of cooperation with God. Cooperation eliminates selfishness and everything that is merely personal. That is one of its chief values, for it means that prayer should bring us into the Divine plan, the Divine method, the Divine time and the Divine spirit, or disposition.

    More...

    All these things are important - not only to know the plan, but God's method of fulfilling His plan; not only to know the plan and the method, but to come into God's time; and then, not only to be on that executive side, but to be in a right spirit for the thing when the time has come, to do it in the Spirit, in the demeanor of the Lord.

    All that is co-operation. We may be in a right thing, in a right way, at a right time, and yet not be helping the Lord because we are in a wrong spirit that is not the spirit of the Lord. Prayer in cooperation with God is to make adjustments in all these matters.

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    The Kneeling Christian

    by Unknown Christian

    One of the most influential and widely circulated books on prayer, Kneeling Christian is a powerful and impassioned call to prayer.

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    This unsigned work shows the true working of God through the message of the unnamed author, which challenges the believer to a dedicated life of prayer. Throughout, the author treats these important and difficult issues with clarity and an attentive eye toward the Biblical account of prayer. The author discusses vital issues of prayer in order to provide an all-encompassing guide to a life of prayer. After all, the author encourages, believers can do far more in a life of prayer than in a life devoted to good works.

    With such encouragement and guidance, Kneeling Christian has changed the way hundreds of thousands of believers have prayed.

    Less...

  • Growing_in_Prayer_cover

    Growing In Prayer

    by Mike Bickle

    A practical, effective strategy for incorporating prayer into everyday life.

    More...

    As the founder of the International House of Prayer, Mike Bickle has devoted his life to understanding and practicing the principles and power of prayer. In Growing in Prayer he combines his biblical study with his extensive experience on the topic to give you the tools you need to develop a stronger prayer life through a passionate commitment to your relationship with God.

    Start today! God is waiting to hear from you. He doesn’t just love you, He really likes you and enjoys listening to you when you pray even in your weaknesses. You can be confident that your prayers are valuable to God and will make a difference in your world.

    Less...

  • by Photos8.com

    Quiet Talks on Prayer

    by S.D Gordon

    Never has a discussion on prayer been as open and honest as it is in S.D. Gordon’s Quiet Talks on Prayer. Quiet Talks brings fresh thought and insight to a topic that Christians are familiar with, but may not always understand. Gordon delves into the power, importance, and difficulties of prayer—and uses Christ’s prayer habits as a guide for our own improvement. This book is perfect for those yearning to improve their understanding of prayer as a spiritual discipline while strengthening their relationship with God.

  • With_Christ_in_the_School_of_Prayer_cover

    With Christ in the School of Prayer

    by Andrew Murray

    To Andrew Murray, prayer was more than a means of maintaining the Christian life. He believed prayer was the highest work entrusted to man by God, the root and strength of all our other work in Him. It is only through prayer that the believer taps into the Source of highest power.

    More...

    Murray discovered that it is Christ who teaches us to pray. The more we abide in Him and grow into His likeness, the more our lives will become like His. Enter into Jesus’ “school of prayer” and you, too, will…

    • Pray with more power and understanding
    • Tap into specific prayers guided by the Holy Spirit
    • See your prayers answered daily
    • Discover how prayer works with fasting
    • Learn to pray with greater boldness
    • Become a powerful intercessor for others

    It was Murray’s heartfelt desire that all Christians would enroll in a personal session With Christ in the School of Prayer.

    Less...

  • Destined_for_the_Throne_cover

    Destined For The Throne

    by Paul E. Billhiemer

    From the Foreword by Billy Graham: "Every Christian...should study this book prayerfully and apply its principles to life."

    More...

    Revealing profound truths about the church and her unique part in the kingdom of God, this book continues to amaze believers more than thirty-five years after its first publication. Its down-to-earth style and biblical insights provide the reader with a rare glimpse into the eternal plan of God to provide a bride--a reigning companion--for His Son.

    Inspiring, challenging, and often surprising, this book will transform how you view your relationship with the heavenly Bridegroom--Jesus--and rekindle an excitement for the awesome privilege of prayer.

    Less...

  • intouch

    In Touch With The Throne

    by T. Austin-Sparks

    Prayer becomes a glorious thing when it is really intelligently and spiritually a matter of cooperation with God. Cooperation eliminates selfishness and everything that is merely personal. That is one of its chief values, for it means that prayer should bring us into the Divine plan, the Divine method, the Divine time and the Divine spirit, or disposition.

    More...

    All these things are important - not only to know the plan, but God's method of fulfilling His plan; not only to know the plan and the method, but to come into God's time; and then, not only to be on that executive side, but to be in a right spirit for the thing when the time has come, to do it in the Spirit, in the demeanor of the Lord.

    All that is co-operation. We may be in a right thing, in a right way, at a right time, and yet not be helping the Lord because we are in a wrong spirit that is not the spirit of the Lord. Prayer in cooperation with God is to make adjustments in all these matters.

    Less...

  • kneeling-thumb

    The Kneeling Christian

    by Unknown Christian

    One of the most influential and widely circulated books on prayer, Kneeling Christian is a powerful and impassioned call to prayer.

    More...

    This unsigned work shows the true working of God through the message of the unnamed author, which challenges the believer to a dedicated life of prayer. Throughout, the author treats these important and difficult issues with clarity and an attentive eye toward the Biblical account of prayer. The author discusses vital issues of prayer in order to provide an all-encompassing guide to a life of prayer. After all, the author encourages, believers can do far more in a life of prayer than in a life devoted to good works.

    With such encouragement and guidance, Kneeling Christian has changed the way hundreds of thousands of believers have prayed.

    Less...

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