GREAT READS
This selection of books are among those that have guided our studies and talks at Friday Morning Men’s Fellowships through the years. Click to purchase a copy of your choice Amazon.com.
The Song of Solomon offers strikingly candid—and timeless—insights on romance, dating, marriage, and sex.
Originally written in the 1600's, Thomas Watson's commentary on the Ten Commandments is as relevant today as it was then, if not more so.
Life is hard, especially for Christians. It is certain that we will face difficulties and that God will allow them. But just as certain is the fact that the same God who led us in will lead us out.
God intends for you to go forward. Everything so far in your life―including your Red Sea moments of crisis―is simply God’s preparation for stronger days ahead.
How often are we more concerned with our outward image than with our inner qualities? Your reputation is what others think is true about you, but your character is who you are on the inside.
As a Christian, does your leadership approach look any different from that of those who don't follow Christ? Throughout the Bible, God shows us what leadership looks in His kingdom, and sometimes it can seem upside-down.
J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than forty books, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms.
Leadership does not come from a job title. It isn't a matter of personality or charisma. And it isn't the same thing as iron-fisted authority. True leadership—the kind that refuses to bend to a shifting, fickle world—comes from a much deeper source.
The purpose of this book is to define the path leaders needs to take, as they stand in the sphere of societies where bigotry and increase of shying away from the truth of Biblical teaching are on the rise, as societies takes roots in different paths of societal perpetual nature of moral decay gains its pleasures.
Are you feeling overwhelmed in this post-pandemic world? Bill Mowry unpacks four competencies for everyday leaders in churches, ministries, communities, and businesses.
The most influential leader in the early church was undoubtedly the apostle Paul. He never lost the vision of God's single new humanity―Jews and Gentiles together. And in his letters we watch him exercising his leadership skills among the early Christians.
It's incredible when someone uses their gifts to make you feel valued and inspire you to greatness. What does it take to develop that kind of heart and influence? How can you become a leader like Jesus?
Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard and trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley present this carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice.
Use this helpful book to learn about the leadership tools to fuel success, grow your team, and become the visionary you were meant to be.
Leadership is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done?
The president of Joe Gibbs Racing―the winningest team in NASCAR history―shares the secrets of succeeding in business and in life.
This 30-day devotional guide for leaders is designed to bring encouragement, instruction, and comfort. Author Boyd Bailey’s daily devotionals through the Wisdom Hunters organization are read by more than 100,000 leaders daily.
Become a next generation leader—rich in emotional and social intelligence and orchestrating outstanding collaborative results—by mastering these eight status quo-shattering paradoxes.
No matter where you lead, the qualities that make a great leader are the same: you should be humble, selfless, honest, collaborative, and teachable.
Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains.
A #1 New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert answers questions from his readers about what it takes to be in charge and make a difference.
This book provides practical wisdom and guidelines backed by scripture. Including deep, thought-provoking questions to inspire you to evaluate your life through 16 areas of self-study, this is your complete guide to become the influential Christian leader you were made to be.
Is leadership a title? Authority? Charisma? Today more than ever, Christians need a model of leadershipthat is based on God’s Word, that brings God glory.
Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaves together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses.
Speakers often use the words vision, boldness, and influence to describe the characteristics of effective leaders. Perry Noble makes the case that the heart of great leadership lies elsewhere.
Christian leaders face challenges. But God works with us and through us to accomplish his purposes.
The strongest leaders are set apart by their relationships with their colleagues, their families, and the members of their community. They form bonds built on respect and mutual appreciation, and in doing so, they bring out the best in themselves and in others.
The purpose of this book is to compel us all into a regular time with God so that, as a result, we will apply His wisdom to our lives.
Award-winning executive consultant Chris Mefford and retired, high-ranking US Navy SEAL trainer Kyle Buckett argue that organizations need more than just leaders. They need successful teams.
Justin Irving and Mark Strauss explore how leadership models have moved from autocratic and paternalistic leader-centered models toward an increased focus on followers.
Together We Lead will empower you to design a ministry model that integrates a biblical standard for leadership while managing the overall work of the church. You will be encouraged to consider your calling to ministry and how to lead in relationship with others.
In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude. It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do.
In The Emotionally Healthy Leader, bestselling author Peter Scazzero shows leaders how to develop a deep, inner life with Christ, examining its profound implications for surviving stress, planning and decision making, building teams, creating healthy culture, influencing others, and more.
Charles Spurgeon, “the Prince of Preachers,” is well remembered and remarkably readable some 130 years after his death. This brand-new devotional on the topic of biblical manhood is compiled from his decades of weekly sermons.
Each devotion shares an interesting story and Scripture, followed by a special section that will encourage and challenge you to live what you believe in everyday situations.
The 100 devotions in this book will guide you through your daily demands in fresh, relevant ways. Each entry includes a “life moment” and a “God moment” that encourages your walk with Christ and challenges you to grow.
When pressure rises from the expectations of life, men need to know that they can stand strong in the power of the Lord.
My Utmost for His Highest will encourage and move you to think more deeply about your relationship with the Lord.
You can learn much from the successes and failures, lives, loves, and legacy of scriptural men—and you’ll find great insights in The Men of the Bible Devotional.
Even in the busiest week, there’s always a moment to connect with God. Tap into the Bible’s life-transforming wisdom with the Strength in Faith Devotional.
How can you rest in the truth that God has a purpose for you, a purpose He promises to fulfill? How can you know you are following God's will?
No matter what happens in this ever-changing world, God invites us to count on him because he never changes.
Strengthen the core of your life and faith on a year-long journey with beloved Super Bowl–winning former head coach Tony Dungy.
Each day, you’ll find a Scripture verse, short devotion, and thought-provoking question to help you find purpose, meaning, and direction in life and become the man God has called you to be.
David Jeremiah distills the wisdom of the Bible into 365 beautifully crafted devotional readings that will help guide your walk of faith every day of the coming year.
Prayer is the Christian’s lifeline to God, and with it lives are changed for eternity! E. M. Bounds knew the secrets of prayer and that God has established divine principles and promises for our every need.
The act of praying demands an impossibility that we request and Lewis’s insights on Christianity, reflections, and teachings are cultivated from essays, articles, letters, and his classic words in How to Pray.
Looking for help in their own leadership, entrepreneur Ryan Skoog, CEO Peter Greer, and executive advisor Cameron Doolittle set out to investigate how leaders pray. What do they say to God? How often do they pray, and for how long? Where do they pray? And how on earth do they make time for prayer?
A.W. Tozer pointed out that the Church's greatest curse is unanswered prayer, and that many people do not seem bothered by that. Maybe they don't understand what answered prayer is all about.
For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the world discover the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God.
Men just get this book. It seems to resonate with them. Men who don't read many books read this one and want to get it into the hands of others.
When you open this book, you’ll find that you aren’t just reading. No, you are being remade, reoriented, restored from the frustration of what you may have known as stale religion.
A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life.
It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love.
Do you pray as often and as bravely as you want to? Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with God and experience a deeper, more intentional prayer life?
The Bible is the infallible Word God. It is reliable. Good science and archaeology support its accuracy. We must follow God’s plan.
Bible teacher Kay Arthur’s inductive study method has helped millions of people discover the truth of God’s Word for themselves. This bestselling and dynamic guide, written with David Arthur and Pete De Lacy, invites readers of all levels of Bible literacy and learning to dive deeper into God’s promises.
With so many Bible translations available, how do you make a choice between them? How do you even know what the criteria should be for making a choice? Learn how we got our modern Bible in English.
How and when did the books of the Bible originate? In what sense are these books different from other books? How have these books been preserved and transmitted to us?
There is sweetness in the providence of God, whose "judgment is unsearchable" and whose "paths beyond tracing out", yet is committed and faithful to care for the most needy amongst his children.
It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like.
God has chosen to give His authority to men in various areas including the government, employment, the church and families. If we have a healthy understanding of the fear of the Lord, we will understand why God places authorities in our lives.
Contained in these pages is a warm-hearted, incisive, yet deeply substantial treatment of that most crucial of Christian doctrines, the depravity and powerlessness of mankind.
In this Christian classic, late pastor and evangelist A. W. Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, grieving the hustle and bustle and calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God.
Is the Bible true, or is it merely a collection of myths and legends? Explore extraordinary evidence revealing that the Bible is trustworthy from beginning to end.
Originally written in the seventeenth century by William Gurnall, this is among the most regarded Christian books ever written. This modern format contains 365 daily devotionals.
Right now, there is a real spiritual battle going on in the unseen realm. Every Christian must equip themselves against the forces of darkness. Victory is possible when we use the full armor of God described in Ephesians 6.
Dressed To Kill is considered by many to be a true classic on the subject of scriptural warfare. Questions at the end of each chapter will guide you into deeper study.
Respected scholar and speaker Larry Richards offers a balanced, evangelical-friendly approach to spiritual warfare based on the book of Ephesians.
The Bible is the most important book ever written. And yet we are separated from its authorship by millennia. To engage the Bible fully as a life-changing practice, we need to find our way into it and through it.
A concise, easy-to-understand guide to God's Word—giving you a helpful and memorable overview of all 66 books. For each book of the Bible, Know Your Bible provides data on the author and time frame, and more…
All human conflict originates from fear, and fear originates from a false view of God, ourselves, and others. Until we exchange what's false for what's real, we will never experience being fully alive, fully human, and fully free.
Learn the power of intentionality when it's a part of authentic community… the processes Jesus used and modeled, distilled and activated for the 21st century. Here's a way for more mature believers to find purpose and meaning as they move into the giving back season of life.
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious promises, and yet, people find prayer to be boring, obligatory, or confusing. Staton addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are.
Bestselling author and pastor Louie Giglio shares practical ways to overcome the Enemy’s lies and instead find peace and security in any challenging circumstance or situation. The book draws insights from Psalm 23.