J.D. Greear

Look and Live

Christian Living

Foreword

(wrote a foreword)

Lovestruck

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“With winsome vulnerability and endearing honesty, Sharon delivers a holistic tool for understanding, appreciating, and navigating God’s gift that is marriage. Intentionally biblical and thoughtfully practical.”

Making All Things New

Christian Living

“I love David Powlison. Few living authors have shaped my approach to gospel growth, and even preaching, more than he has. Gifted Christian counselors like Powlison read the Bible in a unique way, laying open both the truth of Scripture and the foundations of the human heart, showing where one intersects the other. I have to think that if you heard Jesus preach in the first century, you would have assumed you were listening to a very gifted counselor. In this remarkably insightful book, Powlison offers gospel hope to those who have sinned through sex and those who have suffered through it. I am excited to provide this resource to people dealing with an area in which many first experience their need of the gospel.”

My One Word

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Martin Luther famously said that God overturned all of Satan's work in his heart through the louder word of the gospel. My friend Mike Ashcraft has shown us how single gospel-based words can renew our hearts and refocus our lives.”

New Morning Mercies

Christian Living

“There are few writers I trust more with my soul than Paul Tripp. A lifelong student of the Scriptures and the human heart, he knows how to open up the one and apply it to the other. This format might perhaps be the best medium for absorbing Tripp’s insights. He gives us so much to ponder; I find myself meditating on one weighty truth for the rest of the day. Filled with fresh insight, pastoral wisdom, and gospel depth, it’s not an exaggeration to call this book life-changing. I’ve recommended this devotional more than any other for several years now.”

No Greater Love

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“I haven't read a book on friendship in a decade, and this felt so fresh. Whether you are single or married, young or old, male or female, this is the book you need to read this year. Rebecca demonstrates that friendship is a lost art and the missing element in most churches. Its absence robs every other part of our lives. This is a delightful, important, and (crucially) biblical book.”

No Longer Strangers

Evangelism & Missions

“No Longer Strangers makes a significant and insightful contribution to the ongoing discussion about Christianity and immigration. The authors understand that each person who wishes to immigrate is created in the image and likeness of God and should be treated as such, including in how the gospel is brought to them. This book provides a vision of what that looks like for the church. It is not the first word or the last word on the topic, but it is an important word for all church leaders and Christians doing evangelism with immigrant communities. The authors raise good questions—as you wrestle with both the problems and proposed solutions—you will be inspired to think about ministry in your context. You’ll be grateful you read this book—you’ll be more self-aware as a Christian and better able to equip your church for Christlike engagement with your immigrant neighbors.”

None Like Him

Christian Living

“My wife and I love Jen Wilkin. She represents a rising generation of evangelical women discontent with the status quo, yet fiercely committed to the Scriptures. Her teaching is provocative without approaching compromise, revolutionary without seeking novelty. This book is rock solid, and it portends an encouraging future for evangelicalism.”

None Like Him and In His Image Gift Edition

Christian Living

“My wife and I love Jen Wilkin. She represents a rising generation of evangelical women discontent with the status quo yet fiercely committed to the Scriptures. Her teaching is provocative without approaching compromise, revolutionary without seeking novelty. This book is rock solid, and it portends an encouraging future for evangelicalism.”

Not in It to Win It

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“For as long as I’ve known Andy Stanley, he has championed the primacy of reaching people as the task of the church. As he often says (quoting James, a first-century leader of the church), “We ought not make it hard for the gentiles who are turning to God.” I believe the issues Andy raises in this book are the most pressing questions facing the church right now, and they get at the heart of the Great Commission itself. I invite you to wrestle with them thoughtfully and prayerfully, as I have. If we are to represent Jesus in this generation, we must be people full of grace and truth, and that is no small challenge. Even in places where you come to different conclusions than Andy, you’ll be richer for having wrestled through these issues.”

Redemptive Reversals and the Ironic Overturning of Human Wisdom

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The apostle Paul said that the gospel was foolishness to the Greeks and a stumbling block to the Jews. The gospel is just as scandalous and surprising today—or to use Greg Beale’s term, ironic. To encounter that irony is to stumble into strong evidence of the gospel’s divinity. Beale does a masterful job of directing us to a powerful internal testimony the Scripture gives of its truthfulness. Furthermore, Redemptive Reversals is overflowing with anecdotal illustrations, pastoral cautions, cultural connections, and practical applications. It’s a refreshing, unique, and important book all serious Bible students should have in their library.”

Replicate

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Robby Gallaty's ministry prophetically and relentlessly calls the church toward her central task: disciple-making. Not only did Jesus give us the Great Commission, He modeled for us how to accomplish the task, and this book walks you carefully down that path. In Replicate, Robby and Chris illuminate Christ's model and provide a practical approach to help equip both church leaders and laypeople alike.”

Sex in a Broken World

Christian Living

“Lots of books are written about sex, but none of them are like this one. This book is an unapologetically God-centered view of sex, exploring not only how God intended it to work, but also why it so often does not. Paul Tripp, who has to be one of our generation’s most insightful Christian thinkers, asks questions in this book that few people of faith dare to ask: Why did God create me with unfulfilled desires? Why do I so often feel disappointed? What does God really feel toward me when I fall to those same temptations again and again? You will not only read this book, but you will devour it, and you’ll likely find yourself recommending it to everyone you know.”

Sex, Dating, and Relationships

Christian Living

“Jay and Gerald have written a provocative book on one of the most pressing issues of our generation—sexual purity. As the authors show, few things necessitate getting to the core of the gospel like our soul’s craving for sexual fulfillment. We cannot think too carefully about what our heavenly Father has said. Even where I reach different conclusions from the authors, I am grateful for another investigation of the biblical data.”

Sticky Leaders

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Larry is a contrarian. When everyone else nods their heads yes, he’s often shaking his no. But there is no contemporary Christian leader who writes with more ingenuity, creativity, and insight about leadership. In many ways, he’s a modern-day Solomon.”

Sticky Teams

Church Leadership & Ministry

“No one has more practical, down-to-earth, but Spirit-filled wisdom than Larry Osborne.”

Swing Low, volume 1

History & Biography

“Walter R. Strickland II has made an incredible contribution with both volumes of Swing Low, laying out a well-organized history of the African American Christian tradition, and supporting it with an expansive anthology of primary sources. His thorough work highlights people and movements that were instrumental in American religious history. It is a valuable resource for those studying the holistic story of the church in America.”

Swing Low, volume 2

History & Biography

“Walter R. Strickland II has made an incredible contribution with both volumes of Swing Low, laying out a well-organized history of the African American Christian tradition, and supporting it with an expansive anthology of primary sources. His thorough work highlights people and movements that were instrumental in American religious history. It is a valuable resource for those studying the holistic story of the church in America.”

Talking about Race

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Making progress in racial reconciliation is one of the most pressing needs of the church today, and we desperately need gospel-centered, culturally adept, clear-eyed, humility-rich, biblically wise, prayer-soaked, unflinching-yet-gracious guidance in it. Isaac’s book asks some great questions and offers much needed insight into both the biblical and cultural dimensions of these questions. I have come to love and trust Isaac’s counsel in many areas, and in this book he is at his best.”

The Final Days of Jesus

Theology

“An enlightening and edifying look at the most important week in history. Both those who want to know more about the history and those who long to behold the wonder will find much to love about this great work. One gets the sense that we should proceed through these pages on our knees.”