BOOKS:
 The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
You are not an accident. Even before the universe was created, God had you in mind, and he planned you for his purposes. These purposes will extend far beyond the few years you will spend on earth. You were made to last forever!
Self-help books often suggest that you try to discover the meaning and purpose of your life by looking within yourself, but Rick Warren says that is the wrong place to start. You must begin with God, your Creator, and his reasons for creating you. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
This book will help you understand why you are alive and God's amazing plan for you both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide you through a personal 40-day spiritual journey that will transform your answer to life's most important question: What on earth am I here for? Knowing God's purpose for creating you will reduce your stress, focus your energy, simplify your decisions, give meaning to your life, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity.
The Purpose-Driven Life is a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st century based on God's eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using over 1,200 scriptural quotes and references, it challenges the conventional definitions of worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. In the tradition of Oswald Chambers, Rick Warren offers distilled wisdom on the essence of what life is all about.
This is a book of hope and challenge that you will read and re-read, and it will be a classic treasured by generations to come.
ISBN: 9780310205715
2002 Zondervan
336 pages
Available in the Pavilion
 Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis
Arguably the 20th century's most influential Christian writer, C.S. Lewis sought to explain and defend the beliefs that nearly all Christians at all times hold in common. His simple yet deeply profound classic, originally delivered as a series of radio broadcasts, is a book to be thoroughly digested by believers and generously shared with skeptics.
ISBN: 9780060652920
2001 Zondervan/harpersanfransico
240 pages
Available in the Pavilion
 The Ragamuffin Gospel
by Brennan Manning
Most of us believe in God's grace—in theory. But somehow we can't seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, tallying our failures and successes on a score sheet. Yet God gives us His grace, willingly, no matter what we've done. We come to Him as ragamuffins—dirty, bedraggled, and beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of His "furious love." Brennan Manning's now-classic meditation on grace and what it takes to access it—simple honesty—has changed thousands of lives. It will change yours, too.
ISBN: 9781590525029
2005 WaterBrook Press
272 pages
Available in the Pavilion
 The Case For Christ
by Lee Strobel
A seasoned journalist chases down the biggest story in history. Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools like Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis who are recognized authorities in their own fields. Strobel challenges them with questions like; How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual event?
Strobel's tough, point-blank questions make this Gold Medallion-winning book read like a captivating, fast-paced novel. But it's not fiction. It's a riveting quest for the truth about history's most compelling figure. What will your verdict be in The Case for Christ? Lee Strobel probes with bulldog-like tenacity the evidence for the truth of biblical Christianity. Lee Strobel asks the questions a tough-minded skeptic would ask. Every inquirer should have it.
ISBN: 0310209307
1998 Zondervan
304 pages
Available in the Pavilion
 The Pursuit of God
by A.W. Tozer
In the muddle of day-to-day life, have you somehow forgotten that Christianity is a living, vibrant relationship with a personal God? In this classic bestseller and recipient of both the ECPA Gold and Platinum Book Awards, The Pursuit of God reminds and challenges you to renew your relationship with your loving God.
In each of the 10 chapters, Tozer explains one aspect of hungering for God and ends with a prayer. This classic was written during a train trip from Chicago to McAllen, Texas, in the late 1940s. Tozer wrote all night, the words coming to him as fast as he could put them down.
ISBN: 9781600660153
2006 Wingspread Publishers
121 pages
Available in the Pavilion
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Drive Time Devotions - Downloadble Audio Daily Devotions
These downloadable devotions by Pastor Tom Holladay will take you through the Bible a book at a time, a chapter a week, listening to a ten-minute devotion each day. It's best to listen to only one of the ten minute devotions per day, for both learning and spending time with Jesus.
www.Crosswalk.com - Bibles, Study Resources, and Articles
Crosswalk.com has numerous articles, audio messages, and daily devotionals on a wide range of subjects like News and Culture, Entertainment, Family, Singles, Career and Finances.
However, one of the most valuable aspects of Crosswalk.com is their extensive Bible Study Tools section - it’s one of the best collections available online. Here you’ll find online searchable Bibles in almost every translation, as well as several different commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and concordances.
To go directly to the study tools click on http://bible.crosswalk.com
www.AllAboutGod.com - Articles on Theology and the Bible, Q & A
AllAboutGod.com is a great resource for finding quick answers to those questions that are bound to come up – or the ones you’ve always wondered about. There are short articles on hundreds of different topics that many people have found helpful.
ON CAMPUS SEMINARS:
Examine the Evidence:
Examine the Evidence explores controversial topics and tough questions that both believers and seekers ask. What is true, how do you know, and what evidence is there – if any – to believe? Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding and broader perspective of important faith issues! Informative and engaging, open and honest, these seminars meet you where you are and challenge the way you think.
See the Spiritual Growth Homepage for times and locations, or listen to archived audio from past seminars on our Sermons and Seminars media center.
Free Seminars – No Registration Required. New topics from a variety of guest speakers every month!
Foundations:
Developed by Tom Holladay and Kay Warren, Foundations is a comprehensive study that teaches the essential truths of the Christian faith in a simple, systematic, and life changing way. The 24 sessions explore 11 core doctrines: The Bible, God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, Creation, Salvation, Sanctification, Good and Evil, The Afterlife, The Church, and The Second Coming.
See the Spiritual Growth Homepage for times and locations, or listen to archived audio from past studies on our Sermons and Seminars media center.
SMALL GROUPS:
The best way to grow in your new faith is to join up with a few other people in a small group Bible study. We have groups that are open to people from every stage of the spiritual journey, so there’s no need to feel intimidated by thinking you don’t know enough, or are too new as Christian.
To find out more about small groups or to find a group you’d be interested in visiting, see the Small Group Homepage on the Saddleback website.
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