Recommended Books

"Business as Mission" by Michael Baer discards the notion that business is strictly a secular activity. In this book, Baer describes four aspects of a Kingdom business: Vocational, Intentional, Relational, and Operational, that can transform the business world.

How does work fit into a meaningful, God-honoring life?

For some, the answer comes quickly. Others have a tough time connecting their job to their faith.

Are we just to work hard, avoid immorality, and witness to coworkers?

Questions about work should go even deeper.

-- Does all work really matter? Does it matter equally?

-- Is being “true to your craft” the same thing as being faithful at work

-- How can you use your work to promote the good of your neighbor, mankind, and the world?

The product of twenty years of thought and hundreds of interviews, Work goes beyond historical background and inspiring stories to explain the Bible’s teaching on the nature, glory, misery, and eventual restoration of work. Through our work, whatever it may be, we have an opportunity to love our neighbors as ourselves—and to serve God in transforming his world.

1. Introduction

Have you ever wondered what it really means to live out your faith in a way that honors God every day? True Spirituality by Chip Ingram tackles this challenge head-on, offering a practical, biblical roadmap to becoming a living sacrifice in today’s world.

2. Author and Context

Chip Ingram is a well-known pastor, teacher, and author with a passion for helping Christians live out authentic faith. In True Spirituality, he draws on Romans 12 to challenge believers to move beyond superficial faith and embrace a transformative walk with God.

3. Key Takeaways

1. Surrendering Fully to God
Ingram unpacks Romans 12:1–2, calling us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. This is a radical shift from cultural Christianity to a life of full devotion.

2. Transforming Your Mind
He highlights the importance of renewing our minds daily through God’s Word, challenging cultural lies, and replacing them with biblical truth.

3. Authentic Community
The book emphasizes genuine relationships within the body of Christ, marked by humility, service, and love. Ingram shows how Romans 12 calls us to value others above ourselves and to live in harmony.

4. Overcoming Evil with Good
One of the most powerful sections is Ingram’s teaching on responding to evil with good — a principle that’s desperately needed in our workplaces and communities today.

4. Personal Reflection

Reading True Spirituality was a timely reminder for me to evaluate my own walk with God. Too often, I find myself slipping into patterns of convenience rather than commitment. Ingram’s call to live a fully surrendered life challenged me to consider whether my faith is truly shaping how I lead and serve in every area of my life — at home, in the office, and in my community.

5. Who Should Read This Book?

This book is perfect for Christian business leaders, small group leaders, and anyone looking to deepen their walk with Christ. Whether you’re a seasoned believer or just starting out, True Spirituality offers a powerful challenge to embrace God’s call in Romans 12 and live it out authentically.

6. Amazon Link

Grab your copy of True Spirituality – Becoming a Romans 12 Christian on Amazon and discover how Chip Ingram’s insights can help you become a fully devoted follower of Jesus.

Pastors and church leaders want to see lives changed by the gospel. They work tirelessly to care for people, initiate new ministries, preach creatively, and keep up with trends. Sadly, much of this effort does not result in deeply changed disciples.

Traditional discipleship strategies fail because they do not:

• Slow down people's lives so they can cultivate a deep, personal relationship with Jesus.
• Challenge the values of Western culture that have compromised the radical call to follow the crucified Jesus.
• Integrate sadness, loss, and vulnerability, leaving people defensive and easily triggered.
• Measure our spiritual maturity by how we are growing in our ability to love others.

In Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, bestselling author Pete Scazzero lays out how to create an emotionally healthy culture and multiply deeply-changed people in every aspect of church life—including leadership and team development, marriage and single ministry, small groups, preaching, worship, youth and children's ministry, administration, and outreach.

Complete with assessments and practical strategies, Emotionally Healthy Discipleship will help you move people to the beneath-the-surface discipleship that actually has the power to change the world.

The Holy Spirit is often portrayed as something weird. But the Bible makes it clear that the Spirit is not something. He is someone--a Person who has promised to never leave your side. In this interactive book, John Bevere invites you into a personal discovery of the most ignored and misunderstood Person in the Church: the Holy Spirit. Interactive book includes: daily devotions, group discussion questions, and a bonus chapter with answers to some of the toughest questions about the Holy Spirit. Don't miss this amazing introduction.

Days before Chad Williams was to report to military duty in Great Lakes, Illinois, he turned on a television and was greeted with the horrifying images of his mentor, US Navy SEAL Scott Helvenston, being brutally murdered in a premeditated ambush on the roads of Fallujah, Iraq. Steeled in his resolve, Chad followed in Scott’s footsteps and completed the US military’s most difficult and grueling training to become a Navy SEAL. One of only 13 from a class of 173 to make it straight through to graduation, Chad served his country on SEAL Teams One and Seven for five years, completing tours of duty in the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq.

Part memoir, part evangelism piece, SEAL of God follows Chad’s journey through the grueling Naval Ops training and onto the streets of Iraq, where he witnessed the horrors of war up close. Along the way, Chad shares his own radical conversion story and talks about how he draws on his own experiences as a SEAL to help others better understand the depths of Christ’s sacrifice and love.

"Discover how to fearlessly draw near to a holy God, pray without ceasing (and without posturing), and delight in the experience of being fully known and fully loved"--

"Platform Get Noticed in a Noisy World" by Michael Hyatt is my go to resource book as I go about the process of building my platform. No one building a platform in today's media noisy world should be without this book!

"Lead with a Story" by Paul Smith is a wonderful book that helps you learn the power of leadership through storytelling.

"Courage and Calling--Embracing Your God-Given Potential" by Gordon T Smith helps the reader understand the difference between vocation and calling, A great read for the Christian leader in the marketplace.