Here are all the books we’ve read for Re:Train. It’s a long list with some outstanding books and some that were, at least to me, a little lacking. I’m try a quick rating system (out of ✪✪✪✪✪). At some further date, I may add a fuller review of each book
Spiritual Formation and Disciplemaking taught by Pastor Bill Clem
Required
- Death By Love by Mark Driscoll – ✪✪
- How People Change by Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp – ✪✪
- God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Story-Line of the Bible by Vaughan Roberts – ✪✪✪
Recommended
Missional Christology taught by Dr. Bruce Ware
Required
- Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology by Fred Sanders and Klaus Issler, eds. – ✪
- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance by Bruce A. Ware – ✪✪✪✪✪
- Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper – ✪✪✪✪
- Pierced for our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution by Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach – ✪✪✪✪
Recommended
- Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears – ✪✪
- Your Jesus is too Safe: Outgrowing a Drive-Thru, Feel-Good Savior by Jared C. Wilson – ✪
Missional Ecclesiology taught by Dr. Gregg Allison
Required
- Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears – ✪✪
- The Assembly of “The Way”: The Doctrine of the Church, Foundations of Evangelical Theology by Gregg R. Allison (forthcoming from Crossway) – ✪✪✪✪
- Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion? by John G. Stackhouse, Jr., ed. – ✪✪✪
- The Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the Spirit by Craig Van Gelder – ✪✪✪
Recommended
Missional Missiology taught by Dr. Ed Stetzer
Required
- Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending Church in North America by Darryl Guder, ed. – ✪✪✪
- The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin – ✪✪✪
- Breaking the Missional Code by Ed Stetzer and David Putmum – ✪✪
Missional Practicum taught by Mark Driscoll, Scott Thomas, and Jeff Vanderstelt
Required
- Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordeiro – ✪
- Confessions of a Reformission Rev. by Mark Driscoll – ✪✪
- Humility: True Greatness by C. J. Mahaney and Joshua Harris – ✪✪✪✪✪
- One biography from this list (others were also approved including the Whitefield bio that I read – ✪✪✪✪✪)
Leader as Prophet taught by Dr. John Piper
Required
- The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper – ✪✪✪
- Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture: The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching by Graeme Goldsworthy – ✪✪✪✪✪
- Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon – ✪✪✪✪
- Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today by John Stott – ✪✪✪✪
Recommended
Leader as Priest taught by Dr. Sam Storms
Required
- A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ: 100 Daily Meditations on 2 Corinthians by Sam Storms – ✪✪✪
- Brothers, We are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical by John Piper – ✪✪✪✪
- The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift That Changes Everyting by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne - ✪✪✪✪✪✪ (yes, I know 6 stars. It’s that good)
Recommended
- Signs of the Spirit: An Interpretation of Jonathan Edwards’ ‘Religious Affections’ by Sam Storms – ✪✪✪
- Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist by Sam Storms – ✪✪✪✪✪
Leader as King taught by Rick Melson
Required
- Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership by Alexander Strauch – ✪✪✪
- Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders – ✪✪✪
- On Church Leadership by Mark Driscoll – ✪✪
- The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni – ✪✪
- Meetings That Work: A Guide to Effective Elders’ Meetings by Alexander Strauch – ✪✪
- The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make by Hans Finzel – ✪✪
