Further Reading

I am dedicated to learning as well as experience.  As such I will be adding to this list of books as we work our way through this journey of holiness.  May God use this web page and these books in some small way to open your eyes, ears, and mind to all the He has for you.

HOLINESS

Bridges, Jerry. The Pursuit of Holiness. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2006.

Blackaby, Henry. Holiness: God’s Plan for Fullness of Life. Nashville, TN: Nelson, 2003.

DeMoss, Nancy Leigh. Holiness: The Heart God Purifies. Chicago, IL: Moody, 2005.

Eldredge, John. The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God’s Goodness Frees Us from Everything that Plagues Us. New York, NY: Faith Words, 2013.

Lewis, C. S. “Good Infection,” Mere Christianity, The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002.

———. “The Great Divorce,” The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002.

———. The Weight of Glory: And Other Addresses. Revised. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1980.

Quarles, Charles. Sermon on the Mount: Restoring Christ’s Message to the Modern Church. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 2011.

Tozer, A. W. The Knowledge of the Holy. New York, NY: HarperOne, 1961.

 

GOING DEEPER

Lloyd-Jones, David Martyn. Darkness and Light: An Exposition of Ephesians 4:17-5:17. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1982.

———. God’s Ultimate Purpose: An Exposition of Ephesians 1:1-23. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1978.

———. Life in the Spirit: in Marriage, Home and Work, an Exposition of Ephesians 5:18-6:9. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1973.

Lovelace, Richard F. Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal. Downers Grove,, IL: IVP, 1979.

Otto, Rudolf. The Idea of the Holy: an Inquiry into the Non-rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and Its Relation to the Rational. Translated by John W. Harvey. New York, NY: Oxford University, 1923.

Ryle, J. C. Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots. Moscow: Charles Nolan Publishers, 2001.

 

CULTURAL BACKGROUND

Bellah, Robert N., Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton. Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2008.