Barnabas Piper

Disruptive Witness

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“While reading Disruptive Witness I got more than a little tired of Alan Noble reading my mind, diagnosing my issues, and jabbing at the nerves of my heart. Page after page he hit on issues of thought, habit, perspective, or lifestyle with which I struggle and in which I fail to be a proper witness for Jesus. Of course what I was really tired of was my own distracted, thin faith. And those are the very things this book helps. Noble clearly and gently diagnoses the problems first and then he offers robust solutions. Disruptive Witness is incisive, substantial, and encouraging for tired, frustrated believers looking for direction.”

Family Discipleship That Works

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“In all honesty, as both a father and a pastor, I usually cringe when I see books about family worship (or parenting in general) because of how many of them heap pressure, expectation, and even legalistic standards on parents. In Family Discipleship That Works Brian Dembowczyk does a wonderful job pointing parents to Christ as hope and a means of discipleship. Brian doesn't shy away from high biblical standards and commands, but neither does he burden parents with them. Rather, he models what he writes about by explaining truth with clarity and grace and dependence on the gospel of grace. This book offers a deep, firm foundation for discipleship as parents, and meaningful, practical steps we can take.”

Friend-ish

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“It’s rare for a book to model its subject, but Friend-ish actually demonstrates real friendship. It is relational and honest and enjoyable. It is willing to diagnose and press on the difficult aspects of life, relationships, and sin. It convicts and encourages, and not in a trite or fluffy way. Most importantly, it draws on Scripture and points to Jesus uncompromisingly and clearly throughout. Kelly also offers keen, incisive observations about cultural trends and personal experiences in friendship. Friend-ish is smart, discerning, and godly—a profoundly helpful book for men and women seeking better friendships and to be better friends.”

Go Outside

Christian Living

“As the parent of two teenagers, I've learned that if someone besides me tells them the same thing once that I have told them one hundred times, they actually listen to the other person. So thank God for those other people! In Go Outside, Jared and Becky are those other voices who share clear, blunt, biblical, practical wisdom for young people in the vein of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. They point young people to Jesus with actionable, encouraging steps. I am eager for my daughters to read this book and to get it in the hands of young adults at our church to help them live faithfully for Jesus.”

Struck

History & Biography

“A good memoir is about the author but not really about the author. In it the reader sees themself, their experiences, their emotions, their life. Struck is just such a memoir. Russ has told his story, but not just his story. He has told my story of pain and grief and faith and fear and recovery and doubt and help. And he has told yours too. His story is of a medical crisis and more. Yours may be of a broken marriage or a lost child or a career in ruins, but it's the same story with the same hope. As you read this story of a stranger, you will see yourself and your loved ones in the pages and be encouraged.”

Talking Back to Purity Culture

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Rachel Joy Welcher's book is a God-honoring and human-dignifying work that will help people find healing for sins, for shame, and from abuses inflicted on them. It is one I wish I'd had available during my teen years and twenties as I navigated purity culture and came out pretty lost. Rachel offers such a pointed, gracious corrective to the many missteps and also a clear, hopeful, honoring path forward for women and men alike whose perspective on sexuality and purity has been skewed by this culture. I'm so grateful for her strong, gracious words helping readers understand what purity means to God, not just as a fabricated culture.”

The 5 Masculine Instincts

Men

“It's funny how as we grow older and live more of life we often end up with a foggier sense of who we are and where our lives are supposed to go—well, more tragic than funny, really. It leads us into so many misguided decisions and down wrong paths. This book is not a guide or a self-help book, which is good because our selves were what caused this confusion in the first place. Nor is it a sermon or a mandate. Instead, it's a reflection on purpose and direction, and identity woven through with biblical truth. For any disillusioned, post-idealist adults facing broken dreams or a confusing vision of the future, this book is for you and will be a help.”

The Mission of the Body of Christ

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“For those of us church folk who are overly familiar with the Bible, it's easy to forget (or maybe we never learned) the richness of Scripture's narrative. For those new to faith in Jesus, the Bible can overwhelm and the story of redemption, mission, and transformation gets easily lost. Russ seeks to be a 'faithful servant of Scripture' and is he ever. His retelling of the Bible's stories doesn't distract—it amplifies. This book draws the reader into God's transforming word and does so with the craft of an artist and a pastor's soul. I cannot recommend The Mission of the Body of Christ enough.”