Over the past few years we have collected a “best of” list of books, sermons, and other resources related to Christian worldview, leadership, and vocation. Check back in here, as this list is ever-evolving.
*Anything with a star is something we have read (or listened to, etc.) and can personally recommend.
Calling (Vocation, Roles, etc.)
*Os Guiness, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life
*Gene Edward Veith, God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
*Andreas Köstenberger and David Jones, God, Marriage, and Family: Rebuilding the Biblical Foundation
A.J Conyers, The Listening Heart: Vocation And the Crisis of Modern Culture
John Calvin, “Vocation,” Institutes of the Christian Religion
William Perkins, “A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men”
Alistair McGrath, “Calvin and the Christian Calling“
Robert Barnett, “An Outline of Theological Reflections on the Purpose of Work“
Work (Leadership, Planning, etc.)
Leland Ryken, Work & Leisure in Christian Perspective
*Tim Keller, Work
*Tim Keller, Made for Stewardship
*Tim Keller, Work and Rest
*Henry Blackaby, Spiritual Leadership
*John Piper, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
*Grant Layman, Message on Roles & Goals at Family Room
Allister Stone, “John Calvin, the Work Ethic, and Vocation“
Theology & Christian Worldview
*Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
*John Frame, Doctrine of God
John Piper, The Blazing Center
*Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism (review)
Cornelius Van Til, The Defense of the Faith
J.P. Moreland, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview
Chuck Colson, Kingdoms in Conflict
James Montgomery Boice, Two Cities, Two Loves: Christian Responsibility in a Crumbling Culture
James Sire, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalogue
Lesslie Newbigin, Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth
Lesslie Newbiggin, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
*Tim Keller, The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World
*John Piper, The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
*Mark Driscoll, The Supremacy of Christ and the Church in a Postmodern World
*D.A. Carson, The Supremacy of Christ and Love in a Postmodern World
D.A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism
*David Wells, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
David Wells, Above All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ in a Postmodern World
*Carl Henry, Twilight of a Great Civilization
Carl Henry, The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
*Stanley Kurtz, Culture and Values in the 1960s
Francis Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto
*Rodney Stark, The Victory of Reason: How Christianity, Freedom, and Capitalism Led to Western Success
Mercy & Outreach
*John Piper, “No Swagger in Cultural Engagement”
*Francis Schaeffer, The God Who is There
*Brian Follis, Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer
Ken Sande, The Peacemaker
Marvin Olasky: Freedom, Justice and Hope: Toward a Strategy for the Poor and the Oppressed
Marvin Olasky, The Tragedy of American Compassion
Business
*Wayne Grudem, Business to the Glory of God
Michael Novak, Business as a Calling: Work and the Examined Life
*Jim Collins, Good to Great
Dennis Bakke, Joy at Work
Cultivating Christian Thought
J.P. Moreland, Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
James Sire, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling
Christianity and Media
Marvin Olasky, The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media
*Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
Christian Work & Worldview Events & Training
The Clash: Forging a Mind to Engage the World. Worldview conference from Sovereign Grace Ministries.
BreakPoint & Prison Fellowship Wilberforce Weekend conference. Chuck Colson’s worldview training program conference.
Strategic Life Training. Two-year worldview training program developed by Dennis Peacocke and the team at Strategic Christian Services.
Center for Faith & Work. Vocational-equipping and Cultural-renewal ministry of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.
Other Related Christian Organizations & Initiatives
Focus on the Family’s Total Truth DVD curriculum. A twelve-part in-depth worldview training series covering subjects of philosophy, ethics, anthropology, theology, science, history, and sociology with experts such as Ravi Zacharias, Os Guinness, and R. C. Sproul.
Passing the Baton. Founder Jeff Myers offers a compelling mission for this ministry: “By 2015, we will mobilize one million adults to pass the baton of culture-shaping leadership to the next generation.”
Christian Leadership Ministries’ Academic Initiative. A more scholarly organization, they too reference volumes of external materials, mainly through their bibliography sections.
Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics. Another good source of references and materials specific to apologetics from a reformed perspective
Calvin College’s Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Once you join (it’s free), you can download numerous classics in PDF format, and some in audio format that they created.
Desiring God. Dr. Piper’s ministry is a great place to start for just about anything.
Biblicaltraining.org. Extensive online leadership training materials (mainly downloadable sermons).
Sermonaudio.com. A clearinghouse of available sermons in audio formats.
Monergism.com. A clearinghouse of reformed theology and links to volumes of materials all over the web.
