Books That Have Impacted Me in 2019

I am a book-a-holic.  I love reading.  I love holding a real book and marking it up.  My wife gets frustrated at the books all around our house which is just the tip of the iceberg.  I love to read.  

This year, I have had some time to read and want to share the books that have had an impact in my life this past year and these are in no particular order:

• Covocational Church Planting by Brad Brisco
• Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby
• Something Needs to Change by David Platt
• Live Dead Joy Devotional by Dick Brogden
• On Preaching by H.B. Charles
• Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney
• Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt
• Saturate by Jeff Vanderstelt
• Tangible Kingdom by Hugh Halter
• The Persian Gamble by Joel Rosenberg Books
• Unleader by Lance Ford
• The Christian Leader by Bill Hull
• This Changes Everything by Jaquelle Crowe
• Visionary Marriage by Rob and Amy Rienow
• You and Me Forever by Francis and Lisa Chan
• Letters to the Church by Francis Chan
• Discipleship by A.W. Tozer
• The Pathway to God's Presence by Tom Elliff
• Prayerobics by Cecil Murphey
• Kingdom Marriage by Tony Evans
• Primal Fire by Neil Cole
• Eldership and the Mission of God by J.R. Briggs
• Gospel Eldership by Robert H. Thune
• CSB Bible
• Amplified Bible

If you are a part of leadership at Church Inside Out and Mobile Missions Network, I would encourage you to read the following first if you chose any: (Note: we will read a few as a leadership in 2020.)

1.  Live Dead Joy by Dick Brogden.  If you are looking for a devotional to really challenge you and help you read through the Bible in one year, this is the one.  I have gone through this devotional the last two years and it has made a significant impact in my walk with Christ.
2. Tangible Kingdom by Hugh Halter to get a holistic view of what we are trying to accomplish
3.  Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney.  This has been an incredible book for me and I believe it will help us as a church in our efforts in praying for revival.
4.  The Pathway to God's Presence-above all, we need God's presence and Elliff has a clear way of helping us move this direction.
5.  Primal Fire by Neil Cole-want to know your calling/your mission in life?  This breaks down in understandable terms the basis of Church Inside Out in Ephesians 4:11-12.
6.  Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt.  Is the Gospel your native language?  Can you point people to Scripture when they come to you?  Can we adequately express the Gospel?
7. Something Needs to Change by David Platt.  Want a perspective on how big the world is, how Big our God is and the need to take the Gospel not just to the nations but to our communities?
8.  Letters to the Church by Francis Chan.  If you have been around Church Inside Out for any length of time, you will find we do things a bit different.  This is another book that explains the flavor we are.
9.  You and Me Forever by Francis and Lisa Chan.  If Satan can get to the marriage, the family is taken out and it hurts the church too.  Our marriage is the most important relationship we have outside of our relationship with Christ.  This book will put your marriage into an eternal perspective.
10.  Covocational Church Planting by Brad Brisco.  I love Brad's writing on the Kingdom and it puts into perspective the Kingdom and the role of the church as an instrument.  He also addresses APEST--activating all people for the advancement of the kingdom.
11.  My favorite translation is the CSB (Christian Standard Bible) because I like the way it reads and is easy to understand.  The CSB is what I use when I preach.  I like the Amplified Bible for my study.