EAC Book List

The following titles represent favorite books that the staff has been reading lately. They cover a broad range of topics from finding God to knowing Him better, from recovery and healing to inspiration and growth.

We hope that this list will be as helpful to you as it has been to us.

Theology

Chosen But Free: A Balanced View of Divine Election
By: Norman L. Geisler

The debate between Calvinism and Arminianism, between divine sovereignty and human responsibility, continues to be discussed through the Christian church. It is an issue that has immense influence on how a believer relates to prayer, evangelism, and other Christian responsibilities. Dr. Geisler takes a moderating position, convincingly affirming the sovereignty of God and His foreknowledge along with the human responsibility to choose or reject Him.

In The Shadow of the Cross
By: Ray Pritchard

Perhaps there is a mystery so monumental as God dying a death of shame to redeem mankind. Can the riches of Calvary ever be fully mined? Can an event that has cast a shadow that reaches as far forward as eternity and as far back as the Garden of Eden ever be fully comprehended? Richard Pritchard, after thirty years of being a Christian and twenty years of pastoring, takes a fresh look at the deeper meaning of the cross. The result is a spiritual torch that will ignite a revival in your soul.

Christian Life

The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live
By: Larry Crabb

Everybody wants a "good life" that's free from problems. But for some Christians, the desire to fix what's wrong with life and the pursuit of biblical "principles" and "blessings" actually become a form of idolatry. Dr. Crabb shows you how to escape that bondage and learn to experience true freedom and connectedness with God.

Life in the Spirit
By: Robertson McQuilkin

Robert McQuilkin writes, "The Holy Spirit is the source of our spiritual blessing, the administrator and executive officer of our triune God." So why do we so often neglect the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives? With fresh insights, McQuilkin reveals how the church has too often ignored the Spirit's influence and what we must do to get back to our spiritual roots. Grounded in solid theological basics, the book thoroughly explores the core biblical teachings about the Holy Spirit and describes His ten activities (including glorifying, sending, gifting, overcoming, transforming, and revealing).

Missions

Answering Islam, 2d ed.: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
By: Norman L. Geisler, Abdul Saleeb

Understand the most formidable religious challenge to Christianity today! Written by a lifelong Christian and a former Muslim, this theological critique clearly presents the basic doctrines of Islam, offers a Christian response to Muslim beliefs, and argues in support of Christian claims. New preface written in light of 9/11; new appendixes; updated information.

Changing the Mind of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong?
By: James Engel, William A. Dyrness

Missions, in their contemporary, Western form, cannot be said to be successful, particularly in the area of discipleship. But where have we gone wrong? Part of the problem, according to Dyrness and Engel, is associating missions with "modernity...and Western forms of political and economic power." But more importantly, they assert that we Christians in the West have for too long interpreted the call to go and make disciples of all nations in a deficient manner, relegating the call to simply "communicating a set of biblical propositions to a maximum number of people, and declaring them as 'reached' once this takes place," thereby measuring our success "by numerical response" alone. This misinterpretation is seen in Changing the Mind of Missions as the greatest deterrent to successful missionary activity in our time. This book is a clarion call for the recovery of a New Testament mindset concerning missions. Additionaly, it seeks to help us all understand the New Testament's missionary God as evidenced in the life of Christ.

How did the early church achieve is amazing success? In the words of Dyrness and Engel, they recognized that "the appearance of Jesus Christ as God's messiah" inaugurated or began the "last days of God's reign on earth" and God's calling out "a people to announce and embody that reign." They also knew that "the power and authority for missions comes wholly and exclusively from the risen Christ who calls His church to serve Him." Accordingly, if these two conceptions do not form the foundation of our missions strategies, our strategies will fail, as Dyrness and Engel understand it.

They attempt to paint a picture of the missionary mindset in the New Testament and the church that lived that mindset out. They compare the various views of the Great Commission as expressed in each of the Gospels and in Acts, offering a composite view of missions. True missions are defined as those that "extend the mighty work that Christ embodied as he restored God's reign on earth--atoning for human sin on the cross and conquering sin and death in the resurrection." But there is a future aspect to missions as well, as missions should anticipate "what God will do one day when Christ returns in glory to renew the earth." Ultimately, true missions must be trinitarian: they are "God-originated, Christ-centered, and Spirit-empowered."

Single, Marriage, and Parenting

Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs
By: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Discover the secret that cracks the communication code between husbands and wives and reap the benefits of marriage as God intended. Citing extensive biblical and psychological research, Eggerichs shows that harmony and happiness in relationships is not achieved by love alone, but by building on both parts of the Ephesians 5:33 equation: love and respect.

I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah
By: Ravi Zacharias

When Isaac meets Rebekah, it's love at first sight---and a happy marriage is born. Drawing on principles in Genesis 24, Zacharias helps you move from romance to lasting love by seeking counsel when searching for a mate, cherishing your spouse, remaining pure, becoming a person of prayer, and risking everything to experience God's ideal love.

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